QA Jobs in Cumbria

Quality Assurance (QA)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cumbria requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 42 -
Rank change year-on-year -52 - -
Permanent jobs citing QA 17 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 0.77% 0.64% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.13% 8.82% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £22,500 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% - -
75th Percentile £23,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +1.01%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 412 34 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 18.78% 7.26% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 158 20 21
10th Percentile - £31,000 -
25th Percentile - £36,688 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £67,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.74% +50.00% +28.57%
75th Percentile £54,532 £70,000 £47,500
90th Percentile - £71,250 -
North West median annual salary £47,683 £48,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -0.66% -3.03% -1.00%

QA
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Cumbria

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Salary Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in Cumbria.

Salary trend for QA in Cumbria

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Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness -25 2 - - 2
Broughton-in-Furness - 2 - -
Dalton-in-Furness - 2 - -
Grange-over-Sands - 2 - -
Kirkby-in-Furness - 2 - -
Millom - 2 - - 1
Ulverston - 2 - -
Windermere - 1 £22,500 -
QA
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 16 (94.12%) VoIP
General
1 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Instrumentation Engineer
1 16 (94.12%) Senior
1 16 (94.12%) Senior Electrical Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Analyst
2 1 (5.88%) Graduate
2 1 (5.88%) Graduate Analyst
2 1 (5.88%) Graduate Test Analyst
2 1 (5.88%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Coaching
1 16 (94.12%) Configuration Management
1 16 (94.12%) Requirements Management
1 16 (94.12%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (5.88%) Code Quality
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
2 1 (5.88%) Software Engineering
2 1 (5.88%) Software Testing
2 1 (5.88%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) Degree
2 16 (94.12%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (94.12%) Chartered Engineer
Vendors
1 16 (94.12%) Siemens