Quality assurance and regulatory professionals: salary in the UK
About £40,760 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.2% on last year
£4,339 a month About £3,397 a month after tax 133 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £42,109 in 2021 to £52,073 in 2026 (+24%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £24,233 | £32,235 | £42,109 | £56,643 | x |
| 2022 | £25,996 | £33,177 | £44,126 | £57,380 | x |
| 2023 | £27,767 | £35,055 | £44,063 | £57,077 | x |
| 2024 | £29,412 | £38,124 | £48,358 | £63,787 | x |
| 2025 | £31,020 | £37,989 | £50,933 | £68,566 | x |
| 2026 | £32,387 | £40,050 | £52,073 | £68,583 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £52,073 a year and half earn more. That is 27% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £40,050 and £68,583; one in ten earns less than £32,387.
Ranked by median, it is number 57 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£59,951) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,397 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,264 in Scotland.
The median for men is £55,415 and for women £48,273, a gap of 13% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £32,387 | £2,699 |
| 20th | £37,823 | £3,152 |
| 25th (P25) | £40,050 | £3,337 |
| 30th | £43,059 | £3,588 |
| 40th | £47,814 | £3,985 |
| Median (50th) | £52,073 | £4,339 |
| 60th | £57,301 | £4,775 |
| 70th | £64,192 | £5,349 |
| 75th (P75) | £68,583 | £5,715 |
| 80th | £74,088 | £6,174 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £55,415 | £63,938 | 81 |
| Women | £48,273 | £53,836 | 53 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £40,760 | £3,397 |
| Scotland | £39,168 | £3,264 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £52,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 71 job titles to SOC 2482 Quality assurance and regulatory professionals. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Accreditation consultant
- Accreditation manager
- Accreditor
- Adjudicator
- AI auditor
- AI compliance analyst
- AI content verification analyst
- AI ethicist
- AI ethics and governance officer
- AI ethics officer
- AI governance and ethics officer
- AI governance and ethics specialist
- AI governance lead
- AI governance manager
- AI policy and governance specialist
- AI safety specialist
- AI technology management lead
- Asset manager
- Chief compliance officer
- Client manager
- Clinical audit facilitator
- Clinical audit officer
- Clinical auditor
- Clinical coding manager
- Clinical governance coordinator
- Compliance analyst
- Compliance consultant
- Compliance director
- Compliance manager
- Compliance officer
- Compliance surveillance analyst
- Digital ethics lead
- Drug safety officer
- Ethics and compliance officer
- Financial regulator
- Finishing manager
- Head of compliance
- Head of quality
- Head of quality assurance
- Information governance manager
- Market surveillance analyst
- Operations standards manager
- Performance and planning manager
- Pharmacovigilance manager
- Pharmacovigilance officer
- Pharmacovigilance scientist
- QA manager
- QC manager
- QP
- Qualified person
- Quality and compliance manager
- Quality and compliance officer
- Quality and performance manager
- Quality assurance manager
- Quality control manager
- Quality improvement manager
- Quality manager
- Quality systems manager
- Regulatory adviser
- Regulatory affairs analyst
Show all 71 titles
- Regulatory affairs associate
- Regulatory affairs executive
- Regulatory affairs manager
- Regulatory affairs officer
- Regulatory affairs specialist
- Regulatory associate
- Regulatory executive
- Responsible AI manager
- Responsible AI officer
- Rigour manager
- Senior compliance officer
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.