QA Test Manager Jobs in England

Quality Assurance Test Manager
UK > England

The median Quality Assurance Test Manager salary in England is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 676 844 898
Rank change year-on-year +168 +54 +238
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Test Manager 3 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.006% 0.007% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.007% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 7
10th Percentile £68,250 £45,625 -
25th Percentile £69,375 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +63.16% -20.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £89,375 £48,750 £68,125
90th Percentile £92,750 - £90,250
UK median annual salary £77,500 £47,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +63.16% -24.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

QA Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Test Manager in England

QA Test Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for QA Test Manager in England

QA Test Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Test Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA Test Manager in England

QA Test 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 Test Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
North West - 2 £76,250 -
North of England - 2 £76,250 -
London +105 1 £90,000 +100.00%
QA Test Manager
UK

QA Test Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, QA Test 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 Test Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) PaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Law
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Test Assurance
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management

QA Test 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) PaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Law
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Assurance
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint