Quality Manager Jobs

Quality Manager
UK

The median Quality Manager salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 634 627 917
Rank change year-on-year -7 +290 +170
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Manager 77 279 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.28% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.30% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 22 153 40
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -24.40% -0.79%
75th Percentile £69,563 £55,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £105,750 £65,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,367 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +47.48% -18.18% -

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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £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 £71,250 £80,559
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% +5.64%

Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quality Manager over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality 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 Quality Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England -40 63 £45,000 - 39
UK excluding London +55 49 £66,367 +47.48% 30
North of England +32 21 - - 13
North West +6 21 - - 6
London +38 20 £45,000 +5.88% 12
South West +94 11 £66,367 +26.41% 2
Work from Home +85 8 £66,367 +0.18% 22
South East +62 6 £62,250 +13.18% 4
Scotland - 6 - - 4
East of England +27 3 - - 2
Midlands +30 2 £70,000 +75.00% 5
East Midlands +15 2 £70,000 +64.71% 4

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Quality 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 Quality Manager in the job title.

1 53 (68.83%) QA
2 42 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (45.45%) Finance
4 34 (44.16%) Social Skills
5 28 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (36.36%) Root Cause Analysis
6 27 (35.06%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (33.77%) Degree
8 25 (32.47%) Manufacturing
8 25 (32.47%) Coaching
9 23 (29.87%) Mentoring
10 21 (27.27%) Analytics
10 21 (27.27%) Agile
11 19 (24.68%) IBM Domino
11 19 (24.68%) GMP
12 18 (23.38%) Innovative Thinking
13 17 (22.08%) Analytical Thinking
13 17 (22.08%) Logistics
14 16 (20.78%) Data Analytics
14 16 (20.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 16 (20.78%) CISA
14 16 (20.78%) Creative Thinking
14 16 (20.78%) IT Audit
15 15 (19.48%) Internal Audit
16 13 (16.88%) Data Management
17 12 (15.58%) Data Quality
17 12 (15.58%) Retail
18 10 (12.99%) Banking
19 9 (11.69%) Change Management
20 8 (10.39%) Data Governance

Quality 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 19 (24.68%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.19%) Collibra
1 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.30%) Azure
2 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) Ataccama
1 4 (5.19%) Metadata
1 4 (5.19%) Metadata Repository
1 4 (5.19%) Power BI
1 4 (5.19%) Tableau
2 1 (1.30%) Data Hub
General
1 35 (45.45%) Finance
2 34 (44.16%) Social Skills
3 27 (35.06%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (32.47%) Manufacturing
5 12 (15.58%) Retail
6 10 (12.99%) Banking
7 7 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.60%) Legal
9 1 (1.30%) Automotive
9 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Marketing
9 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.90%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.30%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (36.36%) Root Cause Analysis
3 25 (32.47%) Coaching
4 23 (29.87%) Mentoring
5 21 (27.27%) Agile
5 21 (27.27%) Analytics
6 18 (23.38%) Innovative Thinking
7 17 (22.08%) Analytical Thinking
7 17 (22.08%) Logistics
8 16 (20.78%) Creative Thinking
8 16 (20.78%) Data Analytics
8 16 (20.78%) IT Audit
9 15 (19.48%) Internal Audit
10 13 (16.88%) Data Management
11 9 (11.69%) Change Management
12 8 (10.39%) Data Governance
13 7 (9.09%) CAPA
13 7 (9.09%) Chemistry
13 7 (9.09%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 26 (33.77%) Degree
2 16 (20.78%) CISA
3 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.30%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (1.30%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (68.83%) QA
2 19 (24.68%) GMP
3 16 (20.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 12 (15.58%) Data Quality
5 7 (9.09%) GLP
6 2 (2.60%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 1 (1.30%) AQAP
7 1 (1.30%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (1.30%) ISO 14001
7 1 (1.30%) ISO 26262
7 1 (1.30%) NCSC
7 1 (1.30%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 7 (9.09%) Google
1 7 (9.09%) SAP
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.60%) JD Edwards