QA Job Trends in Runcorn

Quality Assurance (QA)
Cheshire > Runcorn

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Runcorn requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 5 12
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 +4
Permanent jobs citing QA 9 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Runcorn 13.85% 12.50% 2.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 56.25% 75.00% 6.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.00%
75th Percentile - - £71,250
90th Percentile £41,250 - -
Cheshire median annual salary £30,000 £46,128 £42,500
% change year-on-year -34.96% +8.54% +6.25%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Runcorn

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 Runcorn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 16 4 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Runcorn 24.62% 16.67% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 2
10th Percentile - - £28,875
25th Percentile - - £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +8.11% +22.84%
75th Percentile £41,250 - £59,688
90th Percentile £83,750 - £66,625
Cheshire median annual salary £55,000 £48,306 £40,000
% change year-on-year +13.86% +20.77% -13.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Runcorn

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

QA job vacancy trend in Runcorn

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Salary Trend in Runcorn

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Runcorn citing QA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Runcorn citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Runcorn 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:

General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) QA Officer
2 2 (22.22%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (22.22%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Salesforce Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Salesforce Support
2 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) CRM
1 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (22.22%) Workflow
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Salesforce
1 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow