QA Leader Job Trends in Shropshire

Quality Assurance Lead
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Quality Assurance Lead salary in Shropshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 1.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £47,500 - -
25th Percentile £49,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £59,375 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +12.24% -10.91%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Shropshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Shropshire with a recognized job title 534 94 281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.36% 97.92% 93.36%
Number of salaries quoted 331 77 192
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% -32.77%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £56,563
90th Percentile £73,750 £74,250 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'QA Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

QA Leader job vacancy trend in Shropshire

QA Leader
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for QA Leader job vacancies in Shropshire.

Salary distribution trend for QA Leader job vacancies in Shropshire

QA Leader
Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Leader within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Ludlow - 5 £55,000 -
Telford - 3 £62,500 - 1
QA Leader
West Midlands

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 26 April 2026, QA Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Shropshire region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) QA
2 5 (62.50%) Selenium
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
3 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Playwright
4 3 (37.50%) AI
4 3 (37.50%) Azure
4 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) SDLC
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Cypress.io
5 2 (25.00%) Data Validation
5 2 (25.00%) Data-Driven Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) GitLab
5 2 (25.00%) Java
5 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
5 2 (25.00%) JMeter
5 2 (25.00%) LoadRunner
5 2 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Postman
5 2 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
5 2 (25.00%) REST Assured
5 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (25.00%) SQL

QA Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Siteimprove
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Selenium
2 2 (25.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (25.00%) GitLab
2 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (25.00%) JMeter
2 2 (25.00%) LoadRunner
2 2 (25.00%) Postman
2 2 (25.00%) REST Assured
3 1 (12.50%) Burp Suite
3 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
3 1 (12.50%) Gatling
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (12.50%) SoapUI
3 1 (12.50%) SonarQube
3 1 (12.50%) TestRail
3 1 (12.50%) Toad
3 1 (12.50%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (12.50%) Blockchain
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) N-Tier
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Kali Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Testing
3 3 (37.50%) AI
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Data Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Data-Driven Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Test Management
4 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) JCL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Grafana
1 1 (12.50%) HP ALM
1 1 (12.50%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) AppDynamics
1 1 (12.50%) HP
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) Splunk
1 1 (12.50%) Veracode