QA Manager Jobs in England

Quality Assurance Manager
UK > England

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in England is £48,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 833 1008
Rank change year-on-year +245 +175 -185
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 260 82 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.093% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.10% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 150 47 70
10th Percentile £30,000 £50,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £108,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £122,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -26.92% - +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,789 81,044 130,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.54% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,868 51,693 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manager in England

QA Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for QA Manager in England

QA Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Manager in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Manager in England

QA Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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 +46 63 £47,500 -5.00% 9
South East +39 56 £57,500 -13.21% 8
London +129 52 £70,000 -39.13% 7
East Midlands +18 43 £47,500 -5.00% 6
North of England +69 39 £40,000 -36.00% 7
East of England +21 22 £45,000 -41.94% 2
South West +3 22 £50,000 -16.67% 3
West Midlands +30 20 £35,000 -33.33% 3
Yorkshire +90 17 £40,000 -38.46% 3
North West - 17 £30,000 - 3
North East -3 5 £70,000 +12.00% 1
QA Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 England region featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 260 (100.00%) QA
2 87 (33.46%) Manufacturing
3 64 (24.62%) QMS
4 58 (22.31%) Pharmaceutical
5 45 (17.31%) GMP
6 44 (16.92%) Social Skills
7 43 (16.54%) Quality Management
8 38 (14.62%) Validation
9 31 (11.92%) Management Information System
9 31 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (11.92%) Degree
10 27 (10.38%) Biotechnology
11 25 (9.62%) Good Clinical Practice
12 24 (9.23%) Coaching
12 24 (9.23%) Change Control
13 22 (8.46%) Life Science
14 21 (8.08%) Mentoring
15 20 (7.69%) Risk Management
16 18 (6.92%) Test Automation
17 17 (6.54%) Process Improvement
17 17 (6.54%) Agile
18 15 (5.77%) CAPA
19 14 (5.38%) GxP
20 13 (5.00%) LIMS
20 13 (5.00%) Documentum
20 13 (5.00%) Retail
20 13 (5.00%) TrackWise
20 13 (5.00%) Law
20 13 (5.00%) Impact Assessments
21 12 (4.62%) Continuous Improvement Process

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (5.00%) Documentum
2 1 (0.38%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (5.00%) TrackWise
2 3 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.92%) Azure
2 3 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.77%) GCP
4 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.38%) SonarCloud
Development Applications
1 6 (2.31%) JIRA
2 5 (1.92%) SoapUI
2 5 (1.92%) TestRail
3 2 (0.77%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.77%) JBehave
3 2 (0.77%) Selenium
4 1 (0.38%) eggPlant
General
1 87 (33.46%) Manufacturing
2 58 (22.31%) Pharmaceutical
3 44 (16.92%) Social Skills
4 13 (5.00%) Law
4 13 (5.00%) Retail
5 11 (4.23%) Legal
6 10 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.46%) Police
8 8 (3.08%) Finance
8 8 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.08%) Marketing
9 6 (2.31%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.54%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.77%) Banking
11 2 (0.77%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.38%) Electronics
12 1 (0.38%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.08%) .NET
2 5 (1.92%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.92%) Management Information System
2 22 (8.46%) Life Science
3 13 (5.00%) LIMS
4 2 (0.77%) IoT
5 1 (0.38%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.38%) FMCG
5 1 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.38%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.38%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (24.62%) QMS
2 43 (16.54%) Quality Management
3 38 (14.62%) Validation
4 31 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (10.38%) Biotechnology
6 24 (9.23%) Change Control
6 24 (9.23%) Coaching
7 21 (8.08%) Mentoring
8 20 (7.69%) Risk Management
9 18 (6.92%) Test Automation
10 17 (6.54%) Agile
10 17 (6.54%) Process Improvement
11 15 (5.77%) CAPA
12 13 (5.00%) Impact Assessments
13 12 (4.62%) Continuous Improvement Process
14 11 (4.23%) Test Strategy
15 10 (3.85%) Decision-Making
15 10 (3.85%) Project Management
16 9 (3.46%) Due Diligence
16 9 (3.46%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.08%) PL/1
2 2 (0.77%) Java
2 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 31 (11.92%) Degree
2 4 (1.54%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.15%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (0.38%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (100.00%) QA
2 45 (17.31%) GMP
3 25 (9.62%) Good Clinical Practice
4 14 (5.38%) GxP
5 9 (3.46%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.15%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 8 (3.08%) Microsoft
1 8 (3.08%) QAD
2 6 (2.31%) Minitab
3 2 (0.77%) Capita
3 2 (0.77%) Google
4 1 (0.38%) NCR
41 QA Manager jobs Nationwide