QA Manager Job Trends in Coventry

Quality Assurance Manager
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in Coventry is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Coventry 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Coventry. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Coventry with a recognized job title 483 123 214
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.89% 86.01% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 313 58 133
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £25,850
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,188 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £67,875 £71,082
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'QA Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

QA Manager job vacancy trend in Coventry

QA Manager
Salary Trend in Coventry

Salary distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in Coventry.

Salary distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in Coventry

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, QA Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Coventry region featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware