Quality Assurance Lead
UK
The median Quality Assurance Lead salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 665 | 791 | 871 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +126 | +80 | +178 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader | 37 | 116 | 97 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.066% | 0.11% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.073% | 0.12% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25 | 81 | 90 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,500 | £35,750 | £47,481 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £42,750 | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £50,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -23.08% | -7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £70,000 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £73,750 | £102,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £59,900 | £49,000 | £56,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.24% | -12.50% | -8.57% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
QA Leader
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Leader.
QA Leader
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Leader over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
QA Leader
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 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 |
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| England | +110 | 28 | £62,752 | +32.11% | 33 |
| London | +90 | 16 | £65,000 | -1.89% | 15 |
| UK excluding London | +113 | 12 | £59,900 | +22.24% | 23 |
| Work from Home | +89 | 10 | £60,252 | +20.50% | 16 |
| North of England | +32 | 4 | £75,252 | +43.34% | 5 |
| Midlands | +51 | 3 | £55,000 | +50.68% | 6 |
| East of England | +45 | 3 | £40,000 | +42.86% | |
| East Midlands | +33 | 2 | £49,960 | +36.88% | 4 |
| North West | +2 | 2 | £90,000 | +60.00% | 3 |
| South West | +103 | 1 | £72,500 | +34.88% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +52 | 1 | £55,000 | +12.24% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +49 | 1 | £59,800 | +13.90% | 2 |
| Wales | +35 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| North East | - | 1 | £60,504 | - | 1 |
QA Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, QA Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring QA Leader in the job title.
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QA Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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