QA Leader Job Trends in Swindon

Quality Assurance Lead
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Quality Assurance Lead salary in Swindon is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Swindon 0.66% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median annual salary £67,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 135 259 197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.40% 93.50% 98.50%
Number of salaries quoted 86 172 170
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,775 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,438 £36,250 £38,062
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,650 £45,000 £50,702
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% -11.25% +19.30%
75th Percentile £50,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £56,748 £72,500 £75,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £40,792 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.42% - +5.82%

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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 Swindon.

QA Leader job vacancy trend in Swindon

QA Leader
Salary Trend in Swindon

Salary distribution trend for QA Leader job vacancies in Swindon.

Salary distribution trend for QA Leader job vacancies in Swindon

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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 Swindon region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA