Quality Assurance Manager
UK
The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 668 | 621 | 876 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -47 | +255 | +207 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager | 61 | 274 | 85 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.27% | 0.086% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.29% | 0.094% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25 | 162 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £30,000 | £51,125 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £38,125 | £57,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £47,500 | £66,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.32% | -28.30% | +1.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £59,125 | £122,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £93,000 | £70,000 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £68,750 | £45,000 | £61,250 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.78% | -26.53% | -5.77% |
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 | 50,837 | 94,491 | 90,806 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.77% | 94.69% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,317 | 67,546 | 57,366 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
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 18 May 2025.
QA Manager
Top 12 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 18 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 |
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| England | -67 | 53 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 24 |
| UK excluding London | +6 | 42 | £68,750 | +52.78% | 20 |
| North of England | +28 | 22 | £75,000 | +87.50% | 9 |
| North West | +3 | 21 | £76,250 | +154.17% | 6 |
| London | +79 | 16 | £45,000 | -35.71% | 5 |
| South West | +96 | 9 | £72,500 | +45.00% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +69 | 4 | £72,500 | +11.54% | 11 |
| Wales | +28 | 4 | - | - | |
| South East | +37 | 3 | £64,000 | +11.30% | 6 |
| Scotland | +113 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| East of England | +19 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +50 | 1 | £50,000 | +25.00% | 2 |
QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 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 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: