QA Manager Jobs in Manchester

Quality Assurance Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in Manchester is £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 213 -
Rank change year-on-year +54 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 4 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.18% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile £67,875 - -
25th Percentile £68,438 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £30,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +154.17% - -
75th Percentile £83,438 £50,000 -
90th Percentile £83,625 - -
North West median annual salary £76,250 £30,000 -
% change year-on-year +154.17% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,064 4,911 4,506
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.37% 91.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 3,789 2,654
10th Percentile £31,500 £30,000 £31,954
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% -5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,960 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,150 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manager in Manchester

QA Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for QA Manager in Manchester

QA Manager
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 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
Stockport - 2 £76,250 - 1
QA Manager
North West

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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 Manchester region featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) PaaS
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Law
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) PaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Law
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Coaching
1 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft