QA Manager Jobs

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 to 4 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
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 664 905 1080
Rank change year-on-year +241 +175 -229
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 252 94 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.091% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.099% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 147 60 76
10th Percentile £30,000 £50,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £122,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £70,000 - £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -25.00% -5.88% +15.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manager in the UK

QA Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for QA Manager in the UK

QA Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Manager in the UK

QA Manager
Top 16 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 4 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
England +236 239 £47,500 -32.14% 48
UK excluding London +129 203 £45,000 -25.00% 41
Midlands +57 57 £45,000 -10.00% 13
Work from Home +97 56 £67,500 +3.85% 22
South East +56 53 £57,500 -13.21% 12
London +133 42 £72,500 -36.96% 10
East Midlands +15 40 £47,500 -5.00% 7
North of England +56 37 £37,500 -40.00% 9
East of England +43 22 £45,000 -30.77% 3
South West -8 22 £50,000 -16.67% 4
West Midlands +29 17 £30,000 -42.86% 6
North West - 17 £30,000 - 6
Yorkshire +96 16 £40,000 -38.46% 2
Wales +22 11 £45,000 +0.05% 1
North East -5 4 £70,000 +12.00% 1
Northern Ireland +23 1 - - 1

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 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 featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 252 (100.00%) QA
2 85 (33.73%) Manufacturing
3 64 (25.40%) QMS
4 58 (23.02%) Pharmaceutical
5 43 (17.06%) Quality Management
6 42 (16.67%) GMP
7 39 (15.48%) Social Skills
8 38 (15.08%) Validation
9 32 (12.70%) Degree
10 31 (12.30%) Management Information System
11 30 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (10.71%) Biotechnology
13 25 (9.92%) Coaching
13 25 (9.92%) Good Clinical Practice
14 24 (9.52%) Change Control
15 22 (8.73%) Life Science
16 21 (8.33%) Mentoring
17 20 (7.94%) Risk Management
18 17 (6.75%) Process Improvement
19 16 (6.35%) Test Automation
19 16 (6.35%) Agile
20 15 (5.95%) CAPA
21 14 (5.56%) GxP
22 13 (5.16%) LIMS
22 13 (5.16%) Documentum
22 13 (5.16%) Law
22 13 (5.16%) TrackWise
22 13 (5.16%) Impact Assessments
23 12 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement Process
24 11 (4.37%) Analytical Skills

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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (5.16%) Documentum
2 1 (0.40%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (5.16%) TrackWise
2 3 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.98%) Azure
2 3 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.79%) GCP
4 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 6 (2.38%) JIRA
2 5 (1.98%) SoapUI
2 5 (1.98%) TestRail
3 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.79%) JBehave
3 2 (0.79%) Selenium
4 1 (0.40%) eggPlant
General
1 85 (33.73%) Manufacturing
2 58 (23.02%) Pharmaceutical
3 39 (15.48%) Social Skills
4 13 (5.16%) Law
5 11 (4.37%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.37%) Legal
5 11 (4.37%) Retail
6 9 (3.57%) Police
7 8 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.17%) Marketing
8 5 (1.98%) Finance
8 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.59%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.79%) Banking
10 2 (0.79%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.40%) Electronics
11 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.40%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.17%) .NET
2 5 (1.98%) SOAP
3 1 (0.40%) JSON
3 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.30%) Management Information System
2 22 (8.73%) Life Science
3 13 (5.16%) LIMS
4 2 (0.79%) IoT
5 1 (0.40%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.40%) FMCG
5 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.40%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.40%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.97%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (25.40%) QMS
2 43 (17.06%) Quality Management
3 38 (15.08%) Validation
4 30 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (10.71%) Biotechnology
6 25 (9.92%) Coaching
7 24 (9.52%) Change Control
8 21 (8.33%) Mentoring
9 20 (7.94%) Risk Management
10 17 (6.75%) Process Improvement
11 16 (6.35%) Agile
11 16 (6.35%) Test Automation
12 15 (5.95%) CAPA
13 13 (5.16%) Impact Assessments
14 12 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement Process
15 10 (3.97%) Decision-Making
15 10 (3.97%) Project Management
15 10 (3.97%) Test Strategy
16 9 (3.57%) Logistics
16 9 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.17%) PL/1
2 2 (0.79%) Java
2 2 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (12.70%) Degree
2 4 (1.59%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (0.40%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (100.00%) QA
2 42 (16.67%) GMP
3 25 (9.92%) Good Clinical Practice
4 14 (5.56%) GxP
5 8 (3.17%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.79%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 8 (3.17%) Microsoft
1 8 (3.17%) QAD
2 6 (2.38%) Minitab
3 3 (1.19%) Google
4 2 (0.79%) Capita
5 1 (0.40%) NCR
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