QA Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 554 689
Rank change year-on-year +11 +135 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 42 211 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.30% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.31% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 135 28
10th Percentile £56,250 £30,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,750 £35,000 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £45,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +52.78% -26.53% -5.77%
75th Percentile £75,938 £54,375 £66,563
90th Percentile £82,875 £64,400 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% -26.92% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 35,427 67,196 53,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 94.83% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 18,481 47,540 30,291
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manager in the UK excluding London

QA Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for QA Manager in the UK excluding London

QA Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA Manager in the UK excluding London

QA Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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 +41 22 £75,000 +100.00% 18
North West +3 21 £76,250 +154.17% 14
South West +105 9 £72,500 +45.00% 1
Wales +33 4 - - 1
South East +43 3 £64,000 +11.30% 7
East of England +22 2 - - 3
Scotland - 2 - - 2
Yorkshire +50 1 £50,000 +25.00% 2
QA Manager
UK

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 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 UK excluding London region featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 42 (100.00%) QA
2 29 (69.05%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (66.67%) Manufacturing
4 26 (61.90%) Degree
4 26 (61.90%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (42.86%) Analytical Thinking
6 17 (40.48%) Innovative Thinking
6 17 (40.48%) Logistics
6 17 (40.48%) IBM Domino
7 14 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (21.43%) Coaching
9 8 (19.05%) Mentoring
10 7 (16.67%) Process Improvement
10 7 (16.67%) Chemistry
10 7 (16.67%) CAPA
10 7 (16.67%) SAP
10 7 (16.67%) Change Management
10 7 (16.67%) GMP
10 7 (16.67%) GLP
10 7 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (16.67%) Data Management
10 7 (16.67%) Google
10 7 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (16.67%) Biochemistry
11 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
11 6 (14.29%) Agile
11 6 (14.29%) Banking
11 6 (14.29%) Data Governance
11 6 (14.29%) Data Quality
12 5 (11.90%) Test Strategy

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (40.48%) IBM Domino
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Azure
1 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (4.76%) PaaS
2 1 (2.38%) AWS
2 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Selenium
2 1 (2.38%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) JUnit
2 1 (2.38%) TestNG
2 1 (2.38%) TestRail
General
1 28 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 26 (61.90%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (14.29%) Banking
4 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 4 (9.52%) Retail
6 3 (7.14%) Finance
7 2 (4.76%) Games
7 2 (4.76%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (2.38%) Client/Server
1 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
1 1 (2.38%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (69.05%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (42.86%) Analytical Thinking
3 17 (40.48%) Innovative Thinking
3 17 (40.48%) Logistics
4 14 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (21.43%) Coaching
6 8 (19.05%) Mentoring
7 7 (16.67%) Biochemistry
7 7 (16.67%) CAPA
7 7 (16.67%) Change Management
7 7 (16.67%) Chemistry
7 7 (16.67%) Data Management
7 7 (16.67%) Process Improvement
8 6 (14.29%) Agile
8 6 (14.29%) Data Governance
9 5 (11.90%) Test Strategy
10 4 (9.52%) Customer Requirements
10 4 (9.52%) Internal Audit
10 4 (9.52%) Test Automation
11 3 (7.14%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) C#
2 1 (2.38%) Java
2 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (61.90%) Degree
2 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.38%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (100.00%) QA
2 7 (16.67%) GLP
2 7 (16.67%) GMP
3 6 (14.29%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Google
1 7 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft