Quality assurance and regulatory professionals: pay and what the work involves

Occupation 2482 · Professional occupations

Quality assurance and regulatory professionals

Quality assurance and regulatory professionals plan, organise, co-ordinate and direct the effective measurement monitoring and reporting on the qualitative and regulatory aspects of a specified tangible (industrial production) or non-tangible (service provision) output.

How people enter it

Entry normally requires a degree or equivalent qualification with relevant experience. Off and on-the-job training is available. A variety of vocational qualifications that encompass quality assurance elements are available at up to level 4.

What the work involves

develops and implements visual, physical, functional or other appropriate measures and tests of quality
analyses and reports upon the results of quality control tests to ensure that production remains within specification
considers the impact of legislation upon specification requirements
examines current operating procedures to determine how quality may be improved
examines operating procedures to ensure the process and the product meet regulatory standards and implements changes necessary to ensure compliance

Also called

Compliance manager · Financial regulator · Quality assurance manager · Quality manager

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	None	2026-03	172,000.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	None	2026-03	179,700.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	None	2026-03	191,200.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	None	2026-03	4,600.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	None	2026-03	11,500.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	None	2026-03	195,800.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	None	2026-03	7,700.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Region	Measure	Hours	Value	Period
East	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	16,200.00	2026-03
East Midlands	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	13,400.00	2026-03
London	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	33,700.00	2026-03
North East	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	6,400.00	2026-03
North West	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	23,000.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	4,600.00	2026-03
Scotland	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	11,500.00	2026-03
South East	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	29,900.00	2026-03
South West	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	13,900.00	2026-03
Wales	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	7,700.00	2026-03
West Midlands	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	20,700.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	2482 : Quality assurance and regulatory professionals	None	15,000.00	2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for quality assurance and regulatory professionals vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

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