Quality Assurance Manager
UK

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 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 663 881 1068
Rank change year-on-year +218 +187 -214
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 233 104 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.099% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.11% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 141 70 82
10th Percentile £30,000 £49,875 £52,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £68,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £55,000 £122,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £70,000 - £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% -4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manager in the UK

QA Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for QA Manager in the UK

QA Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for QA Manager in the UK

QA Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manager within the UK 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
England +243 219 £47,500 -32.14% 51
UK excluding London +144 191 £45,000 -25.00% 44
Midlands +41 53 £45,000 -10.00% 14
Work from Home +109 46 £70,000 +12.00% 21
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
Wales +17 11 £45,000 +0.05% 2
North East +2 4 £70,000 +12.00% 2
Northern Ireland +21 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - -

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

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 featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 233 (100.00%) QA
2 78 (33.48%) Manufacturing
3 59 (25.32%) QMS
4 49 (21.03%) Pharmaceutical
5 38 (16.31%) Quality Management
6 33 (14.16%) Validation
6 33 (14.16%) GMP
7 31 (13.30%) Management Information System
8 30 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (12.45%) Degree
9 29 (12.45%) Social Skills
10 25 (10.73%) Coaching
11 22 (9.44%) Biotechnology
12 21 (9.01%) Mentoring
13 20 (8.58%) Good Clinical Practice
14 19 (8.15%) Risk Management
14 19 (8.15%) Change Control
15 17 (7.30%) Process Improvement
16 15 (6.44%) Agile
17 14 (6.01%) Test Automation
18 12 (5.15%) Life Science
18 12 (5.15%) Continuous Improvement Process
19 11 (4.72%) Test Strategy
19 11 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
19 11 (4.72%) Retail
19 11 (4.72%) Legal
20 10 (4.29%) Project Management
20 10 (4.29%) Windows
20 10 (4.29%) CAPA
20 10 (4.29%) Decision-Making

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.43%) Documentum
2 1 (0.43%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.43%) TrackWise
2 3 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (2.58%) Azure
2 3 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (0.86%) GCP
4 1 (0.43%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.43%) JIRA
2 6 (2.58%) TestRail
3 5 (2.15%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.29%) Selenium
5 2 (0.86%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.86%) JBehave
6 1 (0.43%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.43%) JUnit
6 1 (0.43%) Postman
General
1 78 (33.48%) Manufacturing
2 49 (21.03%) Pharmaceutical
3 29 (12.45%) Social Skills
4 11 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.72%) Legal
4 11 (4.72%) Retail
5 9 (3.86%) Law
5 9 (3.86%) Police
6 8 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.15%) Finance
8 4 (1.72%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.72%) Marketing
8 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.86%) Banking
9 2 (0.86%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.43%) Electronics
10 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.43%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.43%) .NET
2 6 (2.58%) SOAP
3 2 (0.86%) JSON
3 2 (0.86%) XML
4 1 (0.43%) CSS
4 1 (0.43%) HTML
4 1 (0.43%) REST
4 1 (0.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.30%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.15%) Life Science
3 8 (3.43%) LIMS
4 2 (0.86%) IoT
5 1 (0.43%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.43%) FMCG
5 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.32%) QMS
2 38 (16.31%) Quality Management
3 33 (14.16%) Validation
4 30 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (10.73%) Coaching
6 22 (9.44%) Biotechnology
7 21 (9.01%) Mentoring
8 19 (8.15%) Change Control
8 19 (8.15%) Risk Management
9 17 (7.30%) Process Improvement
10 15 (6.44%) Agile
11 14 (6.01%) Test Automation
12 12 (5.15%) Continuous Improvement Process
13 11 (4.72%) Test Strategy
14 10 (4.29%) CAPA
14 10 (4.29%) Decision-Making
14 10 (4.29%) Project Management
15 9 (3.86%) API Testing
15 9 (3.86%) Problem-Solving
16 8 (3.43%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.43%) PL/1
2 3 (1.29%) Java
2 3 (1.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 29 (12.45%) Degree
2 5 (2.15%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 2 (0.86%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 233 (100.00%) QA
2 33 (14.16%) GMP
3 20 (8.58%) Good Clinical Practice
4 9 (3.86%) GxP
5 6 (2.58%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (3.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.58%) Minitab
3 4 (1.72%) QAD
4 3 (1.29%) Google
5 2 (0.86%) Capita
6 1 (0.43%) NCR