QA Job Trends in North Wales

Quality Assurance (QA)
Wales > North Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in North Wales requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 12 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 -22
Permanent jobs citing QA 2 9 3
As % of all permanent jobs in North Wales 1.80% 8.18% 2.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.00% 39.13% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £22,700
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.20%
Wales median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £32,603
% change year-on-year -11.54% +99.37% -27.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North Wales

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 North Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 10 23 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Wales 9.01% 20.91% 7.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 9
10th Percentile £54,270 £34,000 -
25th Percentile £68,175 £37,000 £22,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £48,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +58.13% +43.28% -25.56%
75th Percentile - £55,500 £34,250
90th Percentile - £57,500 -
Wales median annual salary £53,750 £49,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.69% +8.89% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in North Wales.

QA job vacancy trend in North Wales

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Salary Trend in North Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Wales citing QA

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Job Locations in North Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North Wales region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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
Denbighshire - 1 - -
Flintshire - 1 £45,000 -
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Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CBAP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google