Quality assurance technicians: salary in the UK
About £30,136 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +8.8% on last year
£3,081 a month About £2,511 a month after tax 43 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 £27,259 in 2021 to £36,967 in 2026 (+36%); 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 | £20,185 | £23,680 | £27,259 | £30,965 | x |
| 2022 | £21,843 | £24,721 | £28,540 | £32,210 | x |
| 2023 | £22,313 | £24,638 | £29,630 | £35,139 | x |
| 2024 | £24,215 | £26,682 | £31,340 | £37,671 | x |
| 2025 | £25,494 | £28,262 | £33,974 | £42,383 | x |
| 2026 | £27,501 | £30,534 | £36,967 | £46,210 | 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 £36,967 a year and half earn more. That is 10% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £30,534 and £46,210; one in ten earns less than £27,501.
Ranked by median, it is number 183 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,511 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,508 in Scotland.
The median for men is £38,402 and for women £34,748, a gap of 10% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £27,501 | £2,292 |
| 20th | £29,841 | £2,487 |
| 25th (P25) | £30,534 | £2,545 |
| 30th | £31,841 | £2,653 |
| 40th | £34,254 | £2,854 |
| Median (50th) | £36,967 | £3,081 |
| 60th | £39,991 | £3,333 |
| 70th | £44,012 | £3,668 |
| 75th (P75) | £46,210 | £3,851 |
| 80th | £48,752 | £4,063 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £38,402 | £41,691 | 28 |
| Women | £34,748 | £37,932 | 15 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £30,136 | £2,511 |
| Scotland | £30,101 | £2,508 |
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 £37,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 20 job titles to SOC 3115 Quality assurance technicians. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Evaluation engineer
- Materials technician
- NDT technician
- Non-destructive testing technician
- Qa coordinator
- QA technician
- QC technician
- Quality analyst
- Quality assurance auditor
- Quality assurance coordinator
- Quality assurance officer
- Quality assurance technician
- Quality control technician
- Quality coordinator
- Quality engineer
- Quality officer
- Quality technician
- Technical auditor
- Test technician
- Water quality technician
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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.