Quality Assurance (QA)
Manchester > Stockport
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stockport requiring QA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 5 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing QA | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Stockport | - | 18.39% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 51.61% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £25,000 | - |
| Manchester median annual salary | £52,500 | £45,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -18.18% | -4.35% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Stockport
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 Stockport.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 4 | 31 | 14 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stockport | 6.67% | 35.63% | 20.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 20 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £23,200 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £27,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £25,000 | £28,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -10.71% | -46.67% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £35,000 | £43,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £77,500 | £50,750 |
| Manchester median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -13.64% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stockport.
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Salary Trend in Stockport
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing QA.
