QA Manager Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Quality Assurance Manager
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in West Yorkshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 97 134
Rank change year-on-year -3 +37 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 23 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 1.27% 0.41% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 0.43% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £56,750
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £74,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +57.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,697 1,408 2,004
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 96.97% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 997 698 1,545
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,600 £29,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,075 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

QA Manager job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

QA Manager
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in West Yorkshire

QA Manager
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manager within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Pontefract - 15 £50,000 - 1
Leeds -16 8 - - 1
QA Manager
Yorkshire

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, 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 West Yorkshire region featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) QA
2 12 (52.17%) Customer Engagement
2 12 (52.17%) Internal Audit
2 12 (52.17%) QMS
2 12 (52.17%) Quality Management
3 8 (34.78%) Agile
3 8 (34.78%) Architectural Design
3 8 (34.78%) Azure
3 8 (34.78%) CI/CD
3 8 (34.78%) Continuous Delivery
3 8 (34.78%) DevOps
3 8 (34.78%) ERP
3 8 (34.78%) Mentoring
3 8 (34.78%) Process Improvement
3 8 (34.78%) SAP
3 8 (34.78%) SAP ERP
3 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (34.78%) Waterfall

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 8 (34.78%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Azure
General
1 12 (52.17%) Influencing Skills
1 12 (52.17%) Manufacturing
2 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Customer Engagement
1 12 (52.17%) Internal Audit
1 12 (52.17%) QMS
1 12 (52.17%) Quality Management
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Architectural Design
2 8 (34.78%) CI/CD
2 8 (34.78%) Continuous Delivery
2 8 (34.78%) DevOps
2 8 (34.78%) ERP
2 8 (34.78%) Mentoring
2 8 (34.78%) Process Improvement
2 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (34.78%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) SAP