QA Leader Jobs in Wales

Quality Assurance Lead
UK > Wales

As of 31 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Lead salary in Wales.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 115 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 1 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.082% 0.32% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.34% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £70,000 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,019 2,048 1,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.52% 93.05% 85.92%
Number of salaries quoted 573 1,401 806
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,900 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured QA Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for QA Leader in Wales

QA Leader
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Leader in Wales.

Salary trend for QA Leader in Wales

QA Leader
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Leader within the Wales region 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
South Wales +32 1 - - 2
QA Leader
UK

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

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 across the Wales region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy
1 1 (100.00%) TestNG
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Katalon Studio
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality

QA Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Katalon Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestNG
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Groovy
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA