Quality Assurance Manager
UK
The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 670 | 596 | 855 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -74 | +259 | +279 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager | 57 | 334 | 66 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.31% | 0.071% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.33% | 0.077% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 211 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £30,000 | £50,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £40,000 | £57,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £45,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -28.00% | -3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £55,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,250 | £70,000 | £122,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £72,500 | £45,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +61.11% | -25.00% | -7.69% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,763 | 102,595 | 85,167 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.09% | 94.88% | 91.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,743 | 72,457 | 55,296 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,524 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -6.54% | +5.94% |
QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
QA Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Manager.
QA Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Manager over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.
QA Manager
Top 11 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 9 June 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 |
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| England | -64 | 48 | £45,000 | -5.26% | 27 |
| UK excluding London | -28 | 43 | £72,500 | +61.11% | 20 |
| North of England | +44 | 25 | £76,250 | +103.33% | 7 |
| North West | +6 | 25 | £76,250 | +154.17% | 7 |
| London | +64 | 11 | £45,000 | -35.71% | 9 |
| South West | +97 | 8 | £72,500 | +45.00% | 2 |
| Wales | +16 | 5 | - | - | |
| Scotland | +99 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | +41 | 2 | £72,500 | +20.83% | 7 |
| East of England | +20 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| South East | +24 | 1 | £60,000 | +11.11% | 6 |
QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 June 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 featuring QA Manager in the job title.
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QA Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: