QA Job Trends in Chester

Quality Assurance (QA)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chester requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 10 30
Rank change year-on-year +1 +20 0
Permanent jobs citing QA 11 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 6.51% 2.86% 1.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 50.00% 20.00% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 2
10th Percentile £19,000 - £14,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £19,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +101.92% -40.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £56,250 £33,000
90th Percentile - - £37,200
Cheshire median annual salary £45,000 £48,750 £51,250
% change year-on-year -7.69% -4.88% +16.48%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Chester

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Chester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 22 5 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 13.02% 14.29% 9.63%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 12
10th Percentile £35,450 £40,875 £26,200
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,938 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £58,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.45% +67.86% -24.32%
75th Percentile £67,375 £67,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £70,000 - £55,750
Cheshire median annual salary £45,000 £48,306 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.84% +20.77% -11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Chester.

QA job vacancy trend in Chester

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Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing QA

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Salary Histogram in Chester

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Chester over the 6 months to 23 March 2026.

Salary histogram for QA in Chester

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 4 (36.36%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Mobile Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) QA Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Security Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Security Support Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Support Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (36.36%) Technical Support
1 4 (36.36%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) QA Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) CCTV
2 4 (36.36%) Driving Licence
2 4 (36.36%) Onboarding
3 2 (18.18%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Android
1 4 (36.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (36.36%) Compliance Audit
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Siemens