Occupation 3115 · Associate professional occupations
Quality assurance technicians perform a variety of technical inspections and testing and monitoring tasks to detect processing, manufacturing and other defects.
Entrants normally possess a degree, GCSEs/S grades, a BTEC/ SQA award or A levels/H grades. Training is typically received on-the-job, supplemented by training courses where instruction in specific techniques is required. Various industry-specific qualifications encompass aspects of quality control.
Quality analyst · Quality assurance coordinator · Quality control technician · Quality officer · Quality technician · Test technician
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | None | 2026-03 | 28,700.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | None | 2026-03 | 32,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | None | 2026-03 | 35,600.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | None | 2026-03 | 600.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | None | 2026-03 | 3,500.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | None | 2026-03 | 36,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | None | 2026-03 | 3,400.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
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 | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 3,800.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 3,500.00 | 2026-03 |
| London | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 1,800.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 2,000.00 | 2026-03 |
| North West | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 4,000.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 600.00 | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 3,500.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 4,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 2,400.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 3,400.00 | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 3,300.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 3115 : Quality assurance technicians | None | 3,200.00 | 2026-03 |
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.
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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