QA Manager Jobs in the South East

Quality Assurance Manager
England > South East

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in the South East is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 402 460
Rank change year-on-year +55 +58 -91
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 47 13 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.28% 0.086% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.095% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 21
10th Percentile £26,000 £60,875 £55,000
25th Percentile £49,500 £62,188 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +6.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,188 £78,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £74,625 -
England median annual salary £47,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -32.14% +7.69% -10.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,621 13,714 18,970
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.60% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,330 8,594 12,572
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manager in the South East

QA Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for QA Manager in the South East

QA Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Manager in the South East

QA Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Surrey - 20 - - 2
West Sussex - 9 - - 2
Hampshire -7 8 £60,000 -17.24% 3
Thames Valley +12 7 £53,000 -11.67% 3
Kent - 3 £60,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 £26,000 - 1
Berkshire +15 2 £53,000 - 1
Oxfordshire +14 2 £65,000 +8.33% 1
QA Manager
England

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 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 South East region featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 47 (100.00%) QA
2 32 (68.09%) QMS
3 29 (61.70%) Manufacturing
3 29 (61.70%) Pharmaceutical
4 27 (57.45%) GMP
4 27 (57.45%) Validation
5 18 (38.30%) Management Information System
5 18 (38.30%) Mentoring
5 18 (38.30%) Coaching
6 9 (19.15%) CAPA
6 9 (19.15%) Change Control
6 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
6 9 (19.15%) Impact Assessments
6 9 (19.15%) Biotechnology
6 9 (19.15%) Life Science
6 9 (19.15%) TrackWise
6 9 (19.15%) Documentum
6 9 (19.15%) Good Clinical Practice
6 9 (19.15%) LIMS
6 9 (19.15%) GxP
7 5 (10.64%) Quality Management
8 3 (6.38%) Legal
8 3 (6.38%) Performance Monitoring
9 2 (4.26%) Police
9 2 (4.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.26%) IoT
9 2 (4.26%) Programme Delivery
9 2 (4.26%) Decision-Making
9 2 (4.26%) Retail
9 2 (4.26%) Performance Management

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (19.15%) Documentum
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (19.15%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.13%) Azure
1 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) eggPlant
General
1 29 (61.70%) Manufacturing
1 29 (61.70%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (19.15%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.38%) Legal
4 2 (4.26%) Police
4 2 (4.26%) Retail
5 1 (2.13%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 18 (38.30%) Management Information System
2 9 (19.15%) Life Science
2 9 (19.15%) LIMS
3 2 (4.26%) IoT
4 1 (2.13%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (68.09%) QMS
2 27 (57.45%) Validation
3 18 (38.30%) Coaching
3 18 (38.30%) Mentoring
4 9 (19.15%) Biotechnology
4 9 (19.15%) CAPA
4 9 (19.15%) Change Control
4 9 (19.15%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (10.64%) Quality Management
6 3 (6.38%) Performance Monitoring
7 2 (4.26%) Business Continuity
7 2 (4.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.26%) Decision-Making
7 2 (4.26%) Performance Management
7 2 (4.26%) Programme Delivery
7 2 (4.26%) Risk Management
8 1 (2.13%) API Testing
8 1 (2.13%) B2G
8 1 (2.13%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (2.13%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 1 (2.13%) ISEB
1 1 (2.13%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (100.00%) QA
2 27 (57.45%) GMP
3 9 (19.15%) Good Clinical Practice
3 9 (19.15%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft