Quality Manager Jobs in England

Quality Manager
UK > England

The median Quality Manager salary in England is £45,000 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 616 587 855
Rank change year-on-year -29 +268 +197
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Manager 63 273 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.30% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.32% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 15 144 38
10th Percentile - £30,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - -24.40% -8.42%
75th Percentile £64,057 £55,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £68,114 £65,000 £94,125
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year - -24.40% -7.25%

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% -

Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Quality Manager in England

Quality Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Quality Manager in England

Quality Manager
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Quality Manager in England

Quality 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 Quality 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 of England +22 25 - - 6
North West +5 25 - - 2
London +30 17 £43,750 +2.94% 15
South West +97 11 £66,367 +26.41% 2
South East +34 6 £60,000 +9.09% 6
East of England +34 3 - - 1
Midlands +26 1 £70,000 +75.00% 3
East Midlands +24 1 £70,000 +64.71% 3
Quality Manager
UK

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

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

1 50 (79.37%) QA
2 41 (65.08%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (47.62%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (46.03%) Manufacturing
5 28 (44.44%) Finance
5 28 (44.44%) Degree
6 27 (42.86%) Social Skills
7 23 (36.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (34.92%) Root Cause Analysis
8 22 (34.92%) Innovative Thinking
9 21 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
9 21 (33.33%) Logistics
9 21 (33.33%) IBM Domino
10 17 (26.98%) GMP
10 17 (26.98%) Analytics
11 16 (25.40%) Mentoring
11 16 (25.40%) Coaching
11 16 (25.40%) Agile
12 14 (22.22%) Internal Audit
13 12 (19.05%) Creative Thinking
13 12 (19.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (19.05%) CISA
13 12 (19.05%) IT Audit
13 12 (19.05%) Data Analytics
14 10 (15.87%) Retail
15 9 (14.29%) Data Management
15 9 (14.29%) Data Quality
16 8 (12.70%) Change Management
16 8 (12.70%) Banking
17 7 (11.11%) Google

Quality 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 21 (33.33%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.35%) Collibra
1 4 (6.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) Ataccama
1 4 (6.35%) Metadata
1 4 (6.35%) Metadata Repository
1 4 (6.35%) Power BI
1 4 (6.35%) Tableau
2 1 (1.59%) Data Hub
General
1 30 (47.62%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (46.03%) Manufacturing
3 28 (44.44%) Finance
4 27 (42.86%) Social Skills
5 10 (15.87%) Retail
6 8 (12.70%) Banking
7 7 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.59%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (1.59%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (65.08%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (36.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (34.92%) Innovative Thinking
3 22 (34.92%) Root Cause Analysis
4 21 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
4 21 (33.33%) Logistics
5 17 (26.98%) Analytics
6 16 (25.40%) Agile
6 16 (25.40%) Coaching
6 16 (25.40%) Mentoring
7 14 (22.22%) Internal Audit
8 12 (19.05%) Creative Thinking
8 12 (19.05%) Data Analytics
8 12 (19.05%) IT Audit
9 9 (14.29%) Data Management
10 8 (12.70%) Change Management
11 7 (11.11%) Biochemistry
11 7 (11.11%) CAPA
11 7 (11.11%) Chemistry
11 7 (11.11%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 28 (44.44%) Degree
2 12 (19.05%) CISA
3 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (79.37%) QA
2 17 (26.98%) GMP
3 12 (19.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 9 (14.29%) Data Quality
5 7 (11.11%) GLP
6 2 (3.17%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.59%) AQAP
7 1 (1.59%) ISO 14001
7 1 (1.59%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 7 (11.11%) Google
1 7 (11.11%) SAP
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.59%) JD Edwards