QA Manager Jobs in England

Quality Assurance Manager
UK > England

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in England is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 616 859 1000
Rank change year-on-year +243 +141 -200
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 219 97 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.10% 0.098%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 129 63 76
10th Percentile £30,000 £50,250 £51,875
25th Percentile £35,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% +7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £55,000 £122,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £70,000 - £90,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £68,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -34.55% +5.77% -5.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,061 86,064 125,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,068 54,328 75,797
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manager in England

QA Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for QA Manager in England

QA Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Manager in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Manager in England

QA Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Midlands +41 53 £45,000 -10.00% 14
South East +54 46 £60,000 -9.43% 12
North of England +73 38 £40,000 -36.00% 11
East Midlands +8 36 £45,000 -10.00% 6
London +160 35 £75,000 -34.78% 10
East of England +48 22 £45,000 -35.71% 2
South West -4 19 £52,500 -12.50% 2
Yorkshire +96 17 £45,000 -30.77% 5
West Midlands +44 17 £30,000 -42.86% 8
North West - 17 £30,000 - 5
North East +2 4 £70,000 +12.00% 2
QA Manager
UK

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, QA Manager 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 England region featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 219 (100.00%) QA
2 77 (35.16%) Manufacturing
3 59 (26.94%) QMS
4 48 (21.92%) Pharmaceutical
5 38 (17.35%) Quality Management
6 33 (15.07%) GMP
6 33 (15.07%) Validation
7 31 (14.16%) Management Information System
8 30 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (13.24%) Social Skills
10 28 (12.79%) Degree
11 24 (10.96%) Coaching
12 22 (10.05%) Biotechnology
13 21 (9.59%) Mentoring
14 20 (9.13%) Good Clinical Practice
15 19 (8.68%) Risk Management
15 19 (8.68%) Change Control
16 17 (7.76%) Process Improvement
17 14 (6.39%) Test Automation
17 14 (6.39%) Agile
18 12 (5.48%) Life Science
18 12 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement Process
19 11 (5.02%) Test Strategy
19 11 (5.02%) Legal
20 10 (4.57%) Retail
20 10 (4.57%) Project Management
20 10 (4.57%) Windows
20 10 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
20 10 (4.57%) CAPA
20 10 (4.57%) Decision-Making

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (3.65%) Documentum
2 1 (0.46%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.65%) TrackWise
2 3 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.74%) Azure
2 3 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.91%) GCP
Development Applications
1 6 (2.74%) JIRA
2 5 (2.28%) SoapUI
2 5 (2.28%) TestRail
3 2 (0.91%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.91%) JBehave
3 2 (0.91%) Selenium
4 1 (0.46%) eggPlant
General
1 77 (35.16%) Manufacturing
2 48 (21.92%) Pharmaceutical
3 29 (13.24%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.02%) Legal
5 10 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.57%) Retail
6 9 (4.11%) Law
6 9 (4.11%) Police
7 8 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.28%) Finance
9 4 (1.83%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.83%) Marketing
9 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.91%) Banking
10 2 (0.91%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.46%) Electronics
11 1 (0.46%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.65%) .NET
2 5 (2.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.16%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.48%) Life Science
3 8 (3.65%) LIMS
4 2 (0.91%) IoT
5 1 (0.46%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.46%) FMCG
5 1 (0.46%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (26.94%) QMS
2 38 (17.35%) Quality Management
3 33 (15.07%) Validation
4 30 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (10.96%) Coaching
6 22 (10.05%) Biotechnology
7 21 (9.59%) Mentoring
8 19 (8.68%) Change Control
8 19 (8.68%) Risk Management
9 17 (7.76%) Process Improvement
10 14 (6.39%) Agile
10 14 (6.39%) Test Automation
11 12 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement Process
12 11 (5.02%) Test Strategy
13 10 (4.57%) CAPA
13 10 (4.57%) Decision-Making
13 10 (4.57%) Project Management
14 9 (4.11%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (3.65%) Impact Assessments
15 8 (3.65%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.65%) PL/1
2 2 (0.91%) Java
2 2 (0.91%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (12.79%) Degree
2 5 (2.28%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 2 (0.91%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (100.00%) QA
2 33 (15.07%) GMP
3 20 (9.13%) Good Clinical Practice
4 9 (4.11%) GxP
5 6 (2.74%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (3.65%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.74%) Minitab
3 4 (1.83%) QAD
4 2 (0.91%) Capita
4 2 (0.91%) Google
5 1 (0.46%) NCR