QA Leader Jobs in Manchester

Quality Assurance Lead
North West > Manchester

The median Quality Assurance Lead salary in Manchester is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 252 255
Rank change year-on-year +35 +3 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 2 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.040% 0.039% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.043% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £48,000 £44,125 £49,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,438 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -2.17% +0.92%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,438 £59,688
90th Percentile £57,000 £67,375 £61,375
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +36.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,799 4,653 5,524
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 91.74% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,726 2,711 3,740
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,600 £57,325 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +4.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Leader in Manchester

QA Leader
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for QA Leader in Manchester

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 Manchester region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) FMCG
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Replication
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management

QA Leader 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%) Cypress.io
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) FMCG
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA