QA Jobs in the North West

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 12 77
Rank change year-on-year -59 +65 -16
Permanent jobs citing QA 306 1,305 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.16% 16.29% 3.97%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 24.82% 68.00% 24.19%
Number of salaries quoted 203 130 210
10th Percentile £26,050 £22,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,875 £37,750 £37,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,250 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% +7.04% +4.74%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £60,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £76,520
England median annual salary £53,150 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% - +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,233 1,919 1,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.72% 23.96% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 875 524 840
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £38,688 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,827
90th Percentile £84,919 £75,000 £76,520
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA in the North West.

Salary trend for QA in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Manchester -60 175 £47,750 -13.18% 83
Merseyside -32 46 £42,560 +40.69% 8
Lancashire -44 40 £40,000 -15.79% 9
Cheshire -58 40 £42,500 +41.67% 25
Cumbria - 5 £35,000 - 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.59%) IIS
2 5 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.98%) Confluence
4 2 (0.65%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.65%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.33%) CMS
5 1 (0.33%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.98%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.98%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 44 (14.38%) Azure
2 36 (11.76%) SaaS
3 21 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.56%) AWS
5 12 (3.92%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.27%) Google Play
7 8 (2.61%) Serverless
8 7 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.96%) OCI
10 4 (1.31%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.31%) GCP
11 2 (0.65%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.65%) PaaS
12 1 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
12 1 (0.33%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.33%) BrowserStack
12 1 (0.33%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.33%) Modbus
1 1 (0.33%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.80%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.25%) Relational Database
3 11 (3.59%) Oracle Database
4 6 (1.96%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.31%) MySQL
6 4 (1.31%) Power BI
6 4 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.65%) OLTP
8 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.33%) Big Data
9 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.33%) LogicBlox
9 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 21 (6.86%) Git
2 13 (4.25%) Appium
2 13 (4.25%) Cypress.io
3 12 (3.92%) Selenium
4 11 (3.59%) Jasmine
4 11 (3.59%) JIRA
4 11 (3.59%) Karma Test Runner
5 10 (3.27%) Postman
6 6 (1.96%) JDeveloper
6 6 (1.96%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.63%) Android Studio
8 3 (0.98%) GitLab
9 2 (0.65%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.65%) JMeter
9 2 (0.65%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.65%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.65%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.33%) QADirector
10 1 (0.33%) TestCafe
General
1 83 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.90%) Finance
3 37 (12.09%) Legal
4 34 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 27 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (7.52%) Pharmaceutical
7 19 (6.21%) Law
8 16 (5.23%) Retail
9 13 (4.25%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.63%) Automotive
12 5 (1.63%) Games
12 5 (1.63%) Marketing
13 3 (0.98%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.98%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.33%) Banking
14 1 (0.33%) Police
14 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (20.92%) Developer
2 36 (11.76%) Senior
3 27 (8.82%) Lead
4 26 (8.50%) Analyst
5 24 (7.84%) Project Manager
6 22 (7.19%) C# Developer
7 20 (6.54%) Senior Developer
8 17 (5.56%) QA Manager
8 17 (5.56%) Quality Manager
8 17 (5.56%) Tester
9 11 (3.59%) .NET Developer
9 11 (3.59%) QA Engineer
9 11 (3.59%) Software Tester
10 10 (3.27%) Android Developer
10 10 (3.27%) QA Analyst
10 10 (3.27%) Senior Android Developer
11 9 (2.94%) IT Manager
12 8 (2.61%) C# .NET Developer
12 8 (2.61%) Lead Developer
12 8 (2.61%) QA Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (12.09%) .NET
2 28 (9.15%) JSON
3 25 (8.17%) REST
4 19 (6.21%) XML
5 15 (4.90%) AngularJS
5 15 (4.90%) SOAP
6 14 (4.58%) HTML
6 14 (4.58%) RESTful
6 14 (4.58%) Web Services
7 12 (3.92%) ASP.NET
8 11 (3.59%) CSS
8 11 (3.59%) Playwright
8 11 (3.59%) RxJS
8 11 (3.59%) Sass
8 11 (3.59%) XML Schema
9 10 (3.27%) Android SDK
9 10 (3.27%) React
10 7 (2.29%) Node.js
11 4 (1.31%) ASP.NET Web API
12 3 (0.98%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.19%) Product Ownership
2 19 (6.21%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.90%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.25%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.63%) Blog
6 5 (1.63%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.98%) IoT
7 3 (0.98%) iPad
8 2 (0.65%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.65%) e-Health
8 2 (0.65%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.65%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.65%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.65%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.33%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.33%) Life Science
9 1 (0.33%) Replication
9 1 (0.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.84%) Android
2 9 (2.94%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.61%) Windows
4 1 (0.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (30.72%) Agile
2 54 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 54 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (16.01%) DevOps
4 42 (13.73%) Mentoring
5 41 (13.40%) Test Automation
6 39 (12.75%) Software Testing
7 35 (11.44%) Coaching
8 34 (11.11%) SDLC
9 33 (10.78%) Design Patterns
10 31 (10.13%) Project Management
11 28 (9.15%) Code Quality
12 26 (8.50%) Roadmaps
13 24 (7.84%) Computer Science
13 24 (7.84%) Unit Testing
14 23 (7.52%) QMS
15 22 (7.19%) Analytics
15 22 (7.19%) Clean Code
16 21 (6.86%) CI/CD
16 21 (6.86%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 49 (16.01%) JavaScript
2 40 (13.07%) C#
3 31 (10.13%) SQL
4 29 (9.48%) Java
5 22 (7.19%) Python
6 19 (6.21%) T-SQL
7 16 (5.23%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.58%) Kotlin
9 11 (3.59%) VB
9 11 (3.59%) VB.NET
9 11 (3.59%) VB6
10 7 (2.29%) Ruby
11 6 (1.96%) Bash
11 6 (1.96%) Go
11 6 (1.96%) Perl
12 5 (1.63%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.63%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.31%) Swift
14 3 (0.98%) PHP
14 3 (0.98%) R
Qualifications
1 39 (12.75%) Degree
2 19 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.96%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.63%) AAT
4 5 (1.63%) HND
5 4 (1.31%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.31%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (0.98%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.65%) CEH
7 2 (0.65%) CISM
7 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.65%) OSCP
7 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.65%) PMP
7 2 (0.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.21%) GMP
2 14 (4.58%) PMO
3 7 (2.29%) GDPR
4 2 (0.65%) SLA
5 1 (0.33%) GAMP
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (1.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.33%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (9.48%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.88%) Oracle
3 16 (5.23%) Google
4 5 (1.63%) Intel
4 5 (1.63%) SAP
5 3 (0.98%) Thales
6 1 (0.33%) Aderant
6 1 (0.33%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (0.33%) Apple
6 1 (0.33%) AVEVA
6 1 (0.33%) BT
6 1 (0.33%) Ceridian
6 1 (0.33%) Cisco
6 1 (0.33%) iManage
6 1 (0.33%) Rockwell
6 1 (0.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.33%) Siemens
6 1 (0.33%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.33%) VMware