Quality Manager Jobs

Quality Manager
UK

The median Quality Manager salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 619 896 1112
Rank change year-on-year +277 +216 -218
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Manager 307 51 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.054% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.059% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 176 38 49
10th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £37,188 £48,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £59,526 £64,179
Median % change year-on-year -24.40% -7.25% -1.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £83,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% -7.56% -0.27%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality 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 Quality Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +255 277 £45,000 -24.40% 57
UK excluding London +129 204 £45,000 -18.18% 54
London +197 94 £42,500 -34.62% 10
Work from Home +79 56 £60,000 +9.09% 15
South East +31 50 £55,000 -8.33% 9
North of England +68 42 £40,000 - 12
Midlands +16 40 £40,000 -50.00% 8
South West -5 27 £55,000 -7.60% 13
North West +16 23 £30,000 -40.28% 5
Wales +29 22 £45,000 -10.43% 9
West Midlands +3 20 £32,500 -64.86% 4
East Midlands -6 20 £42,500 +6.25% 4
East of England +17 19 £45,000 -50.00% 3
Yorkshire +74 15 £40,000 - 2
North East - 4 £70,000 - 5
Northern Ireland - 4 £67,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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.

1 195 (63.52%) QA
2 94 (30.62%) Quality Management
3 64 (20.85%) Risk Management
4 62 (20.20%) Finance
5 56 (18.24%) IFRS
6 54 (17.59%) ACCA
6 54 (17.59%) Coaching
7 47 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 47 (15.31%) Manufacturing
8 46 (14.98%) CA
9 41 (13.36%) Social Skills
10 38 (12.38%) Degree
11 35 (11.40%) QMS
12 34 (11.07%) ISO 9001
13 30 (9.77%) Law
14 28 (9.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 27 (8.79%) Management Information System
16 25 (8.14%) Project Management
17 24 (7.82%) Root Cause Analysis
18 23 (7.49%) Internal Audit
19 21 (6.84%) Retail
20 19 (6.19%) Data Quality
21 18 (5.86%) Banking
21 18 (5.86%) Data Management
22 17 (5.54%) Analytics
23 16 (5.21%) Data Analytics
23 16 (5.21%) Content Development
23 16 (5.21%) IFRS 9
24 15 (4.89%) Data Collection
25 14 (4.56%) Statistics

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 5 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.98%) Confluence
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.33%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (1.30%) Azure
3 2 (0.65%) GCP
4 1 (0.33%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.56%) WPA
2 3 (0.98%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 3 (0.98%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 62 (20.20%) Finance
2 47 (15.31%) Manufacturing
3 41 (13.36%) Social Skills
4 30 (9.77%) Law
5 28 (9.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (6.84%) Retail
7 18 (5.86%) Banking
8 14 (4.56%) Pharmaceutical
9 12 (3.91%) Legal
10 9 (2.93%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (2.93%) Police
11 8 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.30%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.65%) Electronics
13 2 (0.65%) Environmental Health
13 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.33%) Advertising
14 1 (0.33%) Automotive
14 1 (0.33%) Aviation
14 1 (0.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.61%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.79%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.28%) NHS
3 4 (1.30%) IoT
4 3 (0.98%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.65%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.33%) FMCG
6 1 (0.33%) Life Science
6 1 (0.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (30.62%) Quality Management
2 64 (20.85%) Risk Management
3 54 (17.59%) Coaching
4 47 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (11.40%) QMS
6 25 (8.14%) Project Management
7 24 (7.82%) Root Cause Analysis
8 23 (7.49%) Internal Audit
9 18 (5.86%) Data Management
10 17 (5.54%) Analytics
11 16 (5.21%) Content Development
11 16 (5.21%) Data Analytics
12 15 (4.89%) Data Collection
13 14 (4.56%) Asset Management
13 14 (4.56%) Statistics
14 13 (4.23%) Decision-Making
15 12 (3.91%) Information Security
15 12 (3.91%) Problem-Solving
16 9 (2.93%) Business Continuity
16 9 (2.93%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.61%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 54 (17.59%) ACCA
2 38 (12.38%) Degree
3 14 (4.56%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (63.52%) QA
2 56 (18.24%) IFRS
3 34 (11.07%) ISO 9001
4 19 (6.19%) Data Quality
5 16 (5.21%) IFRS 9
6 14 (4.56%) IFRS 17
6 14 (4.56%) ISO 14001
6 14 (4.56%) Solvency II
7 9 (2.93%) GMP
8 8 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (2.28%) ISO 13485
9 7 (2.28%) ISO 22301
9 7 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 7 (2.28%) NEBOSH
10 6 (1.95%) IEC 62304
11 3 (0.98%) SLA
12 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.33%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 46 (14.98%) CA
2 8 (2.61%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.98%) Google