QA Jobs in Manchester

Quality Assurance (QA)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 12 77
Rank change year-on-year -61 +65 0
Permanent jobs citing QA 179 750 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 3.31% 16.04% 4.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.33% 66.61% 23.98%
Number of salaries quoted 136 85 146
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,950 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £39,769 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £62,188
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,250 £76,520
North West median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £48,917
% change year-on-year - -2.90% +8.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 655 1,126 1,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.11% 24.09% 17.58%
Number of salaries quoted 473 301 551
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,119
25th Percentile £35,920 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,960
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +3.02% +1.92%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £73,750 £80,000
North West median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% +1.01% +4.21%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Manchester

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Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for QA in Manchester

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Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA in Manchester

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Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Cheadle -7 3 - - 1
Salford -20 3 £58,800 - 3
Bolton -25 2 £37,500 -37.50% 6
Rochdale -13 1 £42,500 - 1
Bury -13 1 - -
Stockport -28 1 £52,500 +98.11% 1
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North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.23%) Confluence
1 4 (2.23%) IIS
2 2 (1.12%) Apache Solr
2 2 (1.12%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.56%) CMS
3 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.56%) Photoshop
1 1 (0.56%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (21.79%) Azure
2 17 (9.50%) SaaS
3 15 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (7.82%) AWS
5 10 (5.59%) Google Play
6 8 (4.47%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.91%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (3.35%) OCI
9 4 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.23%) GCP
9 4 (2.23%) Serverless
10 2 (1.12%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.12%) PaaS
11 1 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.56%) Figma
11 1 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.12%) DSL
1 2 (1.12%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.94%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.91%) Oracle Database
2 7 (3.91%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.68%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.12%) OLTP
6 2 (1.12%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.56%) Big Data
7 1 (0.56%) LogicBlox
7 1 (0.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 17 (9.50%) Git
2 12 (6.70%) Appium
2 12 (6.70%) Cypress.io
2 12 (6.70%) Postman
3 10 (5.59%) JIRA
4 8 (4.47%) Selenium
5 5 (2.79%) Android Studio
5 5 (2.79%) Visual Studio
6 4 (2.23%) Jasmine
6 4 (2.23%) Karma Test Runner
7 2 (1.12%) JDeveloper
8 1 (0.56%) QADirector
General
1 50 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 26 (14.53%) Finance
3 18 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.38%) Retail
5 13 (7.26%) Legal
6 8 (4.47%) Law
6 8 (4.47%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.91%) Marketing
7 7 (3.91%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.35%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.23%) Games
9 4 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.68%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.68%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.12%) Automotive
11 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.56%) Aviation
12 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Police
12 1 (0.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 45 (25.14%) Developer
2 29 (16.20%) Senior
3 17 (9.50%) Senior Developer
4 16 (8.94%) Analyst
4 16 (8.94%) Lead
5 12 (6.70%) C# Developer
6 10 (5.59%) .NET Developer
6 10 (5.59%) Android Developer
6 10 (5.59%) Senior Android Developer
7 8 (4.47%) Business Analyst
7 8 (4.47%) Project Manager
7 8 (4.47%) QA Engineer
8 7 (3.91%) QA Analyst
8 7 (3.91%) QA Manager
8 7 (3.91%) Quality Manager
8 7 (3.91%) Systems Developer
9 6 (3.35%) C# .NET Developer
9 6 (3.35%) Integration Developer
9 6 (3.35%) Lead Developer
10 5 (2.79%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.73%) JSON
2 20 (11.17%) .NET
2 20 (11.17%) REST
3 13 (7.26%) RESTful
4 11 (6.15%) Playwright
5 10 (5.59%) Android SDK
6 9 (5.03%) Web Services
6 9 (5.03%) XML
7 8 (4.47%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.91%) HTML
8 7 (3.91%) React
8 7 (3.91%) SOAP
9 5 (2.79%) ASP.NET
10 4 (2.23%) Node.js
10 4 (2.23%) React Native
10 4 (2.23%) RxJS
10 4 (2.23%) Sass
10 4 (2.23%) XML Schema
11 3 (1.68%) ASP.NET Web API
11 3 (1.68%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.85%) Product Ownership
2 16 (8.94%) Mobile App
3 10 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.35%) Blog
4 6 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.12%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.12%) IoT
7 2 (1.12%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.56%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.56%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.56%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.56%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.56%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.56%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.56%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.56%) Replication
8 1 (0.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.41%) Android
2 9 (5.03%) Apple iOS
3 8 (4.47%) Windows
4 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (41.90%) Agile
2 43 (24.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 37 (20.67%) DevOps
4 34 (18.99%) Test Automation
5 29 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (15.08%) Design Patterns
6 27 (15.08%) Mentoring
7 26 (14.53%) Coaching
7 26 (14.53%) Software Testing
8 22 (12.29%) CI/CD
9 19 (10.61%) Scrum
10 18 (10.06%) Computer Science
10 18 (10.06%) Project Management
11 17 (9.50%) Analytics
11 17 (9.50%) SDLC
12 16 (8.94%) Code Quality
12 16 (8.94%) Line Management
13 14 (7.82%) API Design
13 14 (7.82%) Architectural Patterns
13 14 (7.82%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.41%) JavaScript
2 22 (12.29%) Java
3 20 (11.17%) C#
4 16 (8.94%) SQL
5 14 (7.82%) Kotlin
6 12 (6.70%) Python
6 12 (6.70%) T-SQL
7 9 (5.03%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.79%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.79%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.23%) Swift
9 4 (2.23%) VB
9 4 (2.23%) VB.NET
9 4 (2.23%) VB6
10 3 (1.68%) C
11 2 (1.12%) Bash
11 2 (1.12%) Go
11 2 (1.12%) Perl
11 2 (1.12%) PHP
11 2 (1.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (15.64%) Degree
2 13 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.79%) AAT
3 5 (2.79%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.23%) NVQ Level 3
5 3 (1.68%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.12%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.12%) CEH
6 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.12%) CISM
6 2 (1.12%) CISSP
6 2 (1.12%) HND
6 2 (1.12%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.12%) OSCP
6 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.91%) GDPR
1 7 (3.91%) GMP
2 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (2.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (10.06%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.38%) Google
3 12 (6.70%) Oracle
4 4 (2.23%) Intel
5 3 (1.68%) Thales
6 2 (1.12%) BT
7 1 (0.56%) Adobe
7 1 (0.56%) Cisco
7 1 (0.56%) SAP
7 1 (0.56%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.56%) VMware