QA Job Trends in Oldham

Quality Assurance (QA)
Manchester > Oldham

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 16 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Permanent jobs citing QA 1 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oldham 4.76% 6.98% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 100.00% 33.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,744 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 - -
75th Percentile £76,201 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -13.64%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Oldham

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 Oldham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1 9 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oldham 4.76% 20.93% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,744 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 - £22,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -43.04%
75th Percentile £76,201 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.91% -3.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Oldham

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

QA job vacancy trend in Oldham

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Salary Trend in Oldham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oldham citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oldham citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oldham 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance