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 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 628 581 875
Rank change year-on-year -47 +294 +132
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Manager 61 257 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.30% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.32% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 19 133 39
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £35,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - -24.40% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,114 £55,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,300 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +16.67% -24.40% -0.79%

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 44,309 80,989 82,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.48% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 24,260 60,410 52,484
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,613 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -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 14 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 14 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
London +46 20 £45,000 +5.88% 16
North of England +31 19 - - 19
North West +4 19 - - 10
South West +92 11 £66,367 +26.41% 2
South East +63 6 £62,250 +13.18% 6
East of England +30 3 - - 2
Midlands +28 2 £70,000 +75.00% 8
East Midlands +16 2 £70,000 +64.71% 6
Quality Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 46 (75.41%) QA
2 36 (59.02%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (47.54%) Finance
4 28 (45.90%) Social Skills
5 27 (44.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (39.34%) Root Cause Analysis
6 24 (39.34%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (39.34%) Degree
7 23 (37.70%) Manufacturing
8 19 (31.15%) GMP
9 18 (29.51%) Coaching
10 17 (27.87%) Agile
10 17 (27.87%) Mentoring
11 16 (26.23%) Analytics
12 15 (24.59%) Logistics
12 15 (24.59%) IBM Domino
12 15 (24.59%) Internal Audit
12 15 (24.59%) Analytical Thinking
12 15 (24.59%) Innovative Thinking
13 12 (19.67%) IT Audit
13 12 (19.67%) Creative Thinking
13 12 (19.67%) CISA
13 12 (19.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (19.67%) Retail
13 12 (19.67%) Data Analytics
14 10 (16.39%) Data Quality
14 10 (16.39%) Data Management
15 9 (14.75%) Change Management
16 8 (13.11%) Banking
17 7 (11.48%) SAP

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 15 (24.59%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) Collibra
1 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.64%) Azure
2 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Ataccama
1 4 (6.56%) Metadata
1 4 (6.56%) Metadata Repository
1 4 (6.56%) Power BI
1 4 (6.56%) Tableau
2 1 (1.64%) Data Hub
General
1 29 (47.54%) Finance
2 28 (45.90%) Social Skills
3 24 (39.34%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (37.70%) Manufacturing
5 12 (19.67%) Retail
6 8 (13.11%) Banking
7 7 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (11.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.28%) Legal
9 1 (1.64%) Automotive
9 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (59.02%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (44.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (39.34%) Root Cause Analysis
4 18 (29.51%) Coaching
5 17 (27.87%) Agile
5 17 (27.87%) Mentoring
6 16 (26.23%) Analytics
7 15 (24.59%) Analytical Thinking
7 15 (24.59%) Innovative Thinking
7 15 (24.59%) Internal Audit
7 15 (24.59%) Logistics
8 12 (19.67%) Creative Thinking
8 12 (19.67%) Data Analytics
8 12 (19.67%) IT Audit
9 10 (16.39%) Data Management
10 9 (14.75%) Change Management
11 7 (11.48%) Biochemistry
11 7 (11.48%) CAPA
11 7 (11.48%) Chemistry
11 7 (11.48%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 24 (39.34%) Degree
2 12 (19.67%) CISA
3 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.64%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (1.64%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (75.41%) QA
2 19 (31.15%) GMP
3 12 (19.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (16.39%) Data Quality
5 7 (11.48%) GLP
6 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.64%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (1.64%) ISO 14001
6 1 (1.64%) ISO 26262
6 1 (1.64%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (11.48%) Google
1 7 (11.48%) SAP
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.28%) JD Edwards