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 £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 698 769
Rank change year-on-year +125 +71 -118
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 203 63 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 130 30 37
10th Percentile £30,000 £49,500 £50,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,813 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.53% -5.77% +18.18%
75th Percentile £53,000 £67,188 £70,000
90th Percentile £62,600 £70,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -30.77% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 66,883 54,717 68,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.25% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,333 31,108 43,002
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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
Midlands +54 57 £45,000 -10.00% 13
South East +58 53 £57,500 -13.21% 11
East Midlands +13 40 £47,500 -5.00% 7
North of England +76 37 £37,500 -40.00% 9
East of England +38 22 £45,000 -30.77% 3
South West -20 22 £50,000 -16.67% 4
West Midlands +39 17 £30,000 -42.86% 6
North West - 17 £30,000 - 5
Yorkshire +102 16 £40,000 -38.46% 3
Wales +24 11 £45,000 +0.05% 1
North East -9 4 £70,000 +12.00% 1
Northern Ireland +21 1 - - 1
QA Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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.

1 203 (100.00%) QA
2 85 (41.87%) Manufacturing
3 51 (25.12%) QMS
4 38 (18.72%) Validation
4 38 (18.72%) Pharmaceutical
5 34 (16.75%) GMP
6 26 (12.81%) Management Information System
7 25 (12.32%) Coaching
8 22 (10.84%) Change Control
8 22 (10.84%) Social Skills
8 22 (10.84%) Quality Management
9 18 (8.87%) Mentoring
10 17 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (7.39%) CAPA
11 15 (7.39%) Biotechnology
12 14 (6.90%) GxP
13 13 (6.40%) Documentum
13 13 (6.40%) Good Clinical Practice
13 13 (6.40%) LIMS
13 13 (6.40%) TrackWise
13 13 (6.40%) Life Science
13 13 (6.40%) Impact Assessments
14 11 (5.42%) Legal
14 11 (5.42%) Retail
15 10 (4.93%) Risk Management
15 10 (4.93%) Windows
15 10 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
16 9 (4.43%) Problem-Solving
17 8 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (3.94%) Agile

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 13 (6.40%) Documentum
2 1 (0.49%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (6.40%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.48%) Azure
2 2 (0.99%) GCP
3 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 5 (2.46%) JIRA
1 5 (2.46%) SoapUI
1 5 (2.46%) TestRail
2 1 (0.49%) eggPlant
General
1 85 (41.87%) Manufacturing
2 38 (18.72%) Pharmaceutical
3 22 (10.84%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.42%) Legal
4 11 (5.42%) Retail
5 10 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.46%) Finance
7 5 (2.46%) Law
8 4 (1.97%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.48%) Police
10 2 (0.99%) Banking
11 1 (0.49%) Electronics
11 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.46%) SOAP
2 2 (0.99%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 26 (12.81%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.40%) Life Science
2 13 (6.40%) LIMS
3 2 (0.99%) IoT
4 1 (0.49%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.49%) FMCG
4 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.49%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (25.12%) QMS
2 38 (18.72%) Validation
3 25 (12.32%) Coaching
4 22 (10.84%) Change Control
4 22 (10.84%) Quality Management
5 18 (8.87%) Mentoring
6 17 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (7.39%) Biotechnology
7 15 (7.39%) CAPA
8 13 (6.40%) Impact Assessments
9 10 (4.93%) Risk Management
10 9 (4.43%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (3.94%) Agile
12 7 (3.45%) Project Management
13 6 (2.96%) API Testing
13 6 (2.96%) Data Analysis
13 6 (2.96%) Data Protection
13 6 (2.96%) Root Cause Analysis
13 6 (2.96%) Supplier Management
13 6 (2.96%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.99%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 6 (2.96%) Degree
2 1 (0.49%) ISEB
2 1 (0.49%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (100.00%) QA
2 34 (16.75%) GMP
3 14 (6.90%) GxP
4 13 (6.40%) Good Clinical Practice
5 7 (3.45%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.99%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 6 (2.96%) Minitab
2 5 (2.46%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.48%) Google
4 2 (0.99%) Capita
5 1 (0.49%) NCR