QA Manager Jobs

Quality Assurance Manager
UK

The median Quality Assurance Manager salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 620 891 1090
Rank change year-on-year +271 +199 -222
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Manager 275 84 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.084% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.092% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 163 49 71
10th Percentile £30,000 £51,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £58,250 £95,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £122,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -28.00% -3.85% +18.18%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
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 £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Manager in the UK

QA Manager
Top 17 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 20 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 +260 260 £48,750 -27.78% 27
UK excluding London +143 216 £45,000 -28.00% 31
Work from Home +116 64 £65,000 - 12
Midlands +38 63 £47,500 -5.00% 8
South East +55 56 £57,500 -13.21% 7
London +138 52 £70,000 -39.13% 7
East Midlands +11 43 £47,500 -5.00% 5
North of England +60 39 £40,000 -36.00% 4
East of England +26 22 £45,000 -41.94% 2
South West -10 22 £50,000 -16.67% 3
West Midlands +29 20 £35,000 -33.33% 3
Yorkshire +90 17 £40,000 -38.46% 1
North West - 17 £30,000 - 3
Wales - 12 £45,000 - 7
North East -2 5 £70,000 +12.00%
Northern Ireland +30 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 275 (100.00%) QA
2 88 (32.00%) Manufacturing
3 64 (23.27%) QMS
4 59 (21.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 45 (16.36%) GMP
6 44 (16.00%) Social Skills
7 43 (15.64%) Quality Management
8 38 (13.82%) Validation
9 32 (11.64%) Degree
10 31 (11.27%) Management Information System
10 31 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (9.82%) Biotechnology
12 25 (9.09%) Good Clinical Practice
12 25 (9.09%) Coaching
13 24 (8.73%) Change Control
14 22 (8.00%) Life Science
15 21 (7.64%) Mentoring
16 20 (7.27%) Risk Management
17 18 (6.55%) Agile
17 18 (6.55%) Test Automation
18 17 (6.18%) Process Improvement
19 15 (5.45%) CAPA
20 14 (5.09%) Retail
20 14 (5.09%) GxP
21 13 (4.73%) LIMS
21 13 (4.73%) Documentum
21 13 (4.73%) Law
21 13 (4.73%) TrackWise
21 13 (4.73%) Impact Assessments
22 12 (4.36%) Continuous Improvement Process

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 (4.73%) Documentum
2 1 (0.36%) Confluence
2 1 (0.36%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (4.73%) TrackWise
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (1.82%) Azure
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.73%) GCP
4 1 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.36%) SonarCloud
Development Applications
1 7 (2.55%) JIRA
2 5 (1.82%) SoapUI
2 5 (1.82%) TestRail
3 2 (0.73%) Cucumber
3 2 (0.73%) JBehave
3 2 (0.73%) Selenium
4 1 (0.36%) eggPlant
General
1 88 (32.00%) Manufacturing
2 59 (21.45%) Pharmaceutical
3 44 (16.00%) Social Skills
4 14 (5.09%) Retail
5 13 (4.73%) Law
6 11 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.00%) Legal
7 9 (3.27%) Police
8 8 (2.91%) Finance
8 8 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.91%) Marketing
9 6 (2.18%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.45%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.73%) Banking
11 2 (0.73%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.36%) Electronics
12 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.91%) .NET
2 5 (1.82%) SOAP
3 1 (0.36%) JSON
3 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.27%) Management Information System
2 22 (8.00%) Life Science
3 13 (4.73%) LIMS
4 2 (0.73%) IoT
5 1 (0.36%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.36%) FMCG
5 1 (0.36%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.36%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (23.27%) QMS
2 43 (15.64%) Quality Management
3 38 (13.82%) Validation
4 31 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (9.82%) Biotechnology
6 25 (9.09%) Coaching
7 24 (8.73%) Change Control
8 21 (7.64%) Mentoring
9 20 (7.27%) Risk Management
10 18 (6.55%) Agile
10 18 (6.55%) Test Automation
11 17 (6.18%) Process Improvement
12 15 (5.45%) CAPA
13 13 (4.73%) Impact Assessments
14 12 (4.36%) Continuous Improvement Process
15 11 (4.00%) Test Strategy
16 10 (3.64%) Decision-Making
16 10 (3.64%) Project Management
17 9 (3.27%) Due Diligence
17 9 (3.27%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.91%) PL/1
2 2 (0.73%) Java
2 2 (0.73%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (11.64%) Degree
2 4 (1.45%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.09%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (0.36%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 275 (100.00%) QA
2 45 (16.36%) GMP
3 25 (9.09%) Good Clinical Practice
4 14 (5.09%) GxP
5 9 (3.27%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.09%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 8 (2.91%) Microsoft
1 8 (2.91%) QAD
2 6 (2.18%) Minitab
3 3 (1.09%) Google
4 2 (0.73%) Capita
5 1 (0.36%) NCR
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