QA Analyst Jobs in Manchester

Quality Assurance Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Quality Assurance Analyst salary in Manchester is £42,875 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 221 206
Rank change year-on-year +58 -15 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Analyst 2 7 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.087% 0.11% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.12% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 11
10th Percentile £41,288 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £41,344 £34,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,875 £45,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +38.46% -7.14%
75th Percentile £44,594 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £44,763 - -
North West median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
% change year-on-year -17.65% +17.24% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,101 5,818 4,112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 95.08% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,218 4,305 2,553
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £40,988 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,968 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £80,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in Manchester

QA Analyst
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for QA Analyst in Manchester

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 20 June 2025, QA Analyst 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 Manchester region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Games
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) TestRail
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
1 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Games
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA