QA Manager Job Trends in Somerset

Quality Assurance Manager
South West > Somerset

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in Somerset is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £92,778
% change year-on-year -27.27% -40.72% +76.72%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 418 586 382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.89% 86.56% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 225 324 298
10th Percentile £25,512 £29,262 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £37,099 £35,003
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £45,186
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +10.65% -4.87%
75th Percentile £50,000 £62,813 £62,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £51,500 £52,700
% change year-on-year -12.62% -2.28% +5.40%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

QA Manager job vacancy trend in Somerset

QA Manager
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in Somerset.

Salary distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in Somerset

QA Manager
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manager within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
Taunton - 1 £47,500 - 1
QA Manager
South West

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, QA Manager 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 Somerset region featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA