QA Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 679 765
Rank change year-on-year +154 +86 -90
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 266 49 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.089% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.100% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 179 23 38
10th Percentile £30,000 £50,000 £52,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -7.69% +14.04%
75th Percentile £53,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £60,500 £67,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -28.00% -3.85% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manager in the UK excluding London

QA Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for QA Manager in the UK excluding London

QA Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Manager in the UK excluding London

QA Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +16 67 £47,500 -5.00% 2
South East +27 65 £53,000 -11.67% 6
North of England +46 47 £35,000 -44.00% 6
East Midlands +2 43 £47,500 -5.00% 1
Wales - 32 £45,000 - 8
South West -23 26 £50,000 -16.67% 3
West Midlands +12 24 £50,000 -4.76% 1
North West - 24 £30,000 - 6
East of England +9 22 £45,000 -30.77% 1
Yorkshire +77 17 £40,000 -40.74%
North East -17 6 £55,000 -12.00%
Scotland - 6 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
QA Manager
UK

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 266 (100.00%) QA
2 88 (33.08%) Manufacturing
3 53 (19.92%) QMS
4 37 (13.91%) Pharmaceutical
5 36 (13.53%) Validation
6 32 (12.03%) GMP
7 27 (10.15%) Quality Management
8 24 (9.02%) Management Information System
9 23 (8.65%) Coaching
10 22 (8.27%) Change Control
10 22 (8.27%) Social Skills
11 17 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (6.02%) Mentoring
13 15 (5.64%) CAPA
13 15 (5.64%) Biotechnology
14 14 (5.26%) Retail
14 14 (5.26%) GxP
15 13 (4.89%) Documentum
15 13 (4.89%) Good Clinical Practice
15 13 (4.89%) LIMS
15 13 (4.89%) TrackWise
15 13 (4.89%) Life Science
15 13 (4.89%) Impact Assessments
16 11 (4.14%) Legal
17 10 (3.76%) Risk Management
17 10 (3.76%) ISO 9001
17 10 (3.76%) Windows
17 10 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
18 8 (3.01%) Test Automation
18 8 (3.01%) Problem-Solving

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.89%) Documentum
2 1 (0.38%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (4.89%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.13%) Azure
2 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 5 (1.88%) JIRA
1 5 (1.88%) SoapUI
1 5 (1.88%) TestRail
2 2 (0.75%) Selenium
3 1 (0.38%) eggPlant
General
1 88 (33.08%) Manufacturing
2 37 (13.91%) Pharmaceutical
3 22 (8.27%) Social Skills
4 14 (5.26%) Retail
5 11 (4.14%) Legal
6 10 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.88%) Law
9 4 (1.50%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.50%) Marketing
10 3 (1.13%) Police
11 2 (0.75%) Finance
12 1 (0.38%) Electronics
12 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.88%) SOAP
2 2 (0.75%) .NET
2 2 (0.75%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.02%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.89%) Life Science
2 13 (4.89%) LIMS
3 2 (0.75%) IoT
4 1 (0.38%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.38%) FMCG
4 1 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (19.92%) QMS
2 36 (13.53%) Validation
3 27 (10.15%) Quality Management
4 23 (8.65%) Coaching
5 22 (8.27%) Change Control
6 17 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (6.02%) Mentoring
8 15 (5.64%) Biotechnology
8 15 (5.64%) CAPA
9 13 (4.89%) Impact Assessments
10 10 (3.76%) Risk Management
11 8 (3.01%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (3.01%) Test Automation
12 7 (2.63%) Project Management
13 6 (2.26%) Agile
13 6 (2.26%) API Testing
13 6 (2.26%) Data Analysis
13 6 (2.26%) Data Protection
13 6 (2.26%) Root Cause Analysis
13 6 (2.26%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.75%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 5 (1.88%) Degree
2 1 (0.38%) ISEB
2 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 266 (100.00%) QA
2 32 (12.03%) GMP
3 14 (5.26%) GxP
4 13 (4.89%) Good Clinical Practice
5 10 (3.76%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.88%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 6 (2.26%) Minitab
2 5 (1.88%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.75%) Capita
4 1 (0.38%) Google
4 1 (0.38%) NCR