QA Manager Job Trends in Taunton

Quality Assurance Manager
Somerset > Taunton

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in Taunton 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 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Taunton 1.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% - -
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 - - -
Somerset median annual salary £47,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 61 15 42
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.43% 65.22% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 44 9 30
10th Percentile £28,975 £47,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £52,000 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +27.91% +2.37%
75th Percentile £46,250 £62,500 £52,438
90th Percentile £50,000 £63,750 £61,470
Somerset median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,186
% change year-on-year -20.00% +10.65% -4.87%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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 Taunton.

QA Manager job vacancy trend in Taunton

QA Manager
Salary Trend in Taunton

Salary distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in Taunton.

Salary distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in Taunton

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

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 Taunton 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 Taunton 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