Software Quality Assurance
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 201 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +100 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Quality Assurance | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the North West | - | - | 0.045% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 0.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median annual salary | £37,500 | £45,000 | £57,547 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | -21.80% | +17.44% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West
Software Quality Assurance 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 the North West.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 479 | 939 | 537 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West | 7.52% | 18.58% | 11.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 265 | 391 | 395 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,750 | £30,750 | £26,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,854 | £35,901 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £45,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.38% | -4.21% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £60,680 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £77,000 |
| England median annual salary | £58,000 | £60,000 | £59,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.33% | +1.69% | +2.61% |
Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Quality Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Software Quality Assurance
Salary Trend in the North West
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Software Quality Assurance.
