Quality Assurance Manager jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities

As of 2026-11-06, Skillenai has indexed 343 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Manager” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is quality assurance, with demand share down 2.6% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-06

Postings · last 90 days
343
Demand vs prior month
down 2.6% vs the prior 4 weeks
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
Berlin

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Frequently asked questions about Quality Assurance Manager jobs

+How many Quality Assurance Manager jobs are being posted in 2026?

Skillenai has indexed 343 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Manager” over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06.

+What skills do Quality Assurance Manager jobs require?

Across Quality Assurance Manager postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06, the skills mentioned most often are quality assurance, Root cause analysis, CAPA, ISO 9001, change control.

+Which cities are hiring the most Quality Assurance Manager?

As of 2026-11-06, Quality Assurance Manager postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Berlin, Cork, Singapore, Atlanta, Hamburg.

+Is Quality Assurance Manager a good career path right now?

Skillenai indexes 343 Quality Assurance Manager postings over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06. The skill mentioned most often in Quality Assurance Manager postings is quality assurance, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.

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+What roles do people move into and out of Quality Assurance Manager?

The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.

Weekly indexed Quality Assurance Manager postings — last 90 days

Career paths through Quality Assurance Manager

Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.

Historical career profiles · all locations

1,107 employer moves kept the same role.

Roles before Quality Assurance Manager

Before Quality Assurance ManagerQuality Manager → Quality Assurance Manager: 134 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Specialist → Quality Assurance Manager: 121 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Engineer → Quality Assurance Manager: 120 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Supervisor → Quality Assurance Manager: 104 observed employer movesQuality Engineer → Quality Assurance Manager: 92 observed employer movesProject Manager → Quality Assurance Manager: 68 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Analyst → Quality Assurance Manager: 57 observed employer movesQualityAssuranceManagerQuality Manager: 134 movesQuality Manager134 movesQuality Assurance Specialist: 121 movesQuality AssuranceSpecialist121 movesQuality Assurance Engineer: 120 movesQuality AssuranceEngineer120 movesQuality Assurance Supervisor: 104 movesQuality AssuranceSupervisor104 movesQuality Engineer: 92 movesQuality Engineer92 movesProject Manager: 68 movesProject Manager68 movesQuality Assurance Analyst: 57 movesQuality AssuranceAnalyst57 moves

Roles after Quality Assurance Manager

After Quality Assurance ManagerQuality Assurance Manager → Quality Assurance Director: 106 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Manager → Quality Assurance Specialist: 94 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Manager → Quality Assurance Engineer: 87 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Manager → Quality Manager: 58 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Manager → Quality Engineer: 49 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Manager → Project Manager: 46 observed employer movesQuality Assurance Manager → Program Manager: 39 observed employer movesQualityAssuranceManagerQuality Assurance Director: 106 movesQuality AssuranceDirector106 movesQuality Assurance Specialist: 94 movesQuality AssuranceSpecialist94 movesQuality Assurance Engineer: 87 movesQuality AssuranceEngineer87 movesQuality Manager: 58 movesQuality Manager58 movesQuality Engineer: 49 movesQuality Engineer49 movesProject Manager: 46 movesProject Manager46 movesProgram Manager: 39 movesProgram Manager39 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Quality Assurance Manager (different employer)1,107
Before: Quality Manager134
Before: Quality Assurance Specialist121
Before: Quality Assurance Engineer120
Before: Quality Assurance Supervisor104
Before: Quality Engineer92
Before: Project Manager68
Before: Quality Assurance Analyst57
After: Quality Assurance Manager (different employer)1,107
After: Quality Assurance Director106
After: Quality Assurance Specialist94
After: Quality Assurance Engineer87
After: Quality Manager58
After: Quality Engineer49
After: Project Manager46
After: Program Manager39

Skills most often required for Quality Assurance Manager

NamePostingsShare
quality assurance12135.3%
Root cause analysis8223.9%
CAPA7622.2%
ISO 90014312.5%
change control4312.5%
Six Sigma3911.4%
GMP3811.1%
continuous improvement329.3%
cGMP308.7%
Risk Management288.2%
quality control277.9%
quality management system (QMS)257.3%
regulatory compliance247.0%
Microsoft Office247.0%
corrective action236.7%

Top companies posting Quality Assurance Manager jobs

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting Quality Assurance Manager jobs
CompanyPostings · 90 days
ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG9
Stryker8
AECOM8
Renesas7
Eurofins7
Globalpr6
Thales6
AbbVie6
MSD6
CACI5

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring Quality Assurance Manager

NamePostingsShare
Berlin92.6%
Cork51.5%
Singapore51.5%
Atlanta41.2%
Hamburg41.2%
Arlington30.9%
Bengaluru30.9%
Cincinnati30.9%
Denver30.9%

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06, matching postings whose canonical role is “Quality Assurance Manager”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,471 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

role
Quality Assurance Manager
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-11-06
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index