QA Leader Jobs in Exeter

Quality Assurance Lead
Devon > Exeter

The median Quality Assurance Lead salary in Exeter is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 0.71% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £56,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £45,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 129 353 219
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 97.51% 83.27%
Number of salaries quoted 114 289 177
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,598 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £31,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £40,000 £44,656
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% -10.43% +17.51%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £54,050
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £69,250
Devon median annual salary £31,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Job postings that featured QA Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Job vacancy trend for QA Leader in Exeter

QA Leader
Salary Trend in Exeter

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

Salary trend for QA Leader in Exeter

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 21 July 2025, QA Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Exeter region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

QA Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA