Best places to live & work as a quality assurance and regulatory professionals in South West
Every local authority in South West ranked by the Gera Settle Score for a family with two children — ONS regional pay of £48,267 joined to real house prices, Ofsted school quality, crime and GP access.
Where is the best place to live and work as a quality assurance and regulatory professionals in South West?
As of June 2026, the best place in South West to live and work as a quality assurance and regulatory professionals for a family with two children is Plymouth, with a Gera Settle Score of 82.7/100. The ONS ASHE full-time median pay for this occupation in South West is £48,267, against an average home price of £216,463 and 92.2% Good/Outstanding schools. Gera recomputes this quarterly.
| # | Local authority | Settle Score | Regional pay | Avg price | Years to buy | Good+ schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plymouth | 82.7 | £48,267 | £216,463 | 4.5 | 92.2% |
| 2 | Torbay | 80.4 | £48,267 | £224,372 | 4.6 | 90.9% |
| 3 | Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole | 72.6 | £48,267 | £311,309 | 6.4 | 92.7% |
| 4 | Swindon | 70.4 | £48,267 | £260,570 | 5.4 | 82.6% |
| 5 | North Somerset | 66.6 | £48,267 | £313,919 | 6.5 | 92.9% |
| 6 | Cornwall | 64.4 | £48,267 | £277,017 | 5.7 | 79.2% |
| 7 | Wiltshire | 60.7 | £48,267 | £325,267 | 6.7 | 82.8% |
| 8 | South Gloucestershire | 59.7 | £48,267 | £338,054 | 7.0 | 89.3% |
| 9 | Dorset | 58.3 | £48,267 | £325,696 | 6.7 | 79.1% |
| 10 | Somerset | 56.9 | £48,267 | £277,347 | 5.7 | 71.9% |
| 11 | Bath and North East Somerset | 55.4 | £48,267 | £400,205 | 8.3 | 95.1% |
| 12 | Bristol | 49.1 | £48,267 | £353,662 | 7.3 | 80% |
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Change occupation or family size — the ranking recomputes live from real data.
Your best places to live and work as a quality assurance and regulatory professionals (UK median £50,083/yr), ranked by Gera Settle Score for a family with two children:
| # | Local authority | Settle Score | Local pay | Avg price | Yrs to buy | Good+ schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GatesheadNorth East | 90.8 | £43,913 | £158,885 | 3.6 | 96.9% |
| 2 | WarringtonNorth West | 90.5 | £52,497 | £253,219 | 4.8 | 100% |
| 3 | SunderlandNorth East | 90.2 | £43,913 | £145,293 | 3.3 | 95.7% |
| 4 | RutlandEast Midlands | 90.0 | £42,887 | £305,174 | 7.1 | 100% |
| 5 | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 89.5 | £52,497 | £165,813 | 3.2 | 92.9% |
| 6 | DoncasterYorkshire and The Humber | 89.4 | £47,982 | £173,624 | 3.6 | 95.5% |
| 7 | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 89.3 | £43,913 | £139,005 | 3.2 | 95.8% |
| 8 | CalderdaleYorkshire and The Humber | 88.8 | £47,982 | £190,555 | 4.0 | 94.4% |
| 9 | WiganNorth West | 87.9 | £52,497 | £190,802 | 3.6 | 96.2% |
| 10 | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 87.2 | £48,188 | £397,667 | 8.3 | 100% |
| 11 | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 87.1 | £50,294 | £152,101 | 3.0 | 88.1% |
| 12 | South TynesideNorth East | 86.8 | £43,913 | £156,931 | 3.6 | 92.3% |
| 13 | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 86.6 | £50,294 | £215,264 | 4.3 | 90% |
| 14 | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 86.3 | £52,497 | £223,414 | 4.3 | 90.7% |
| 15 | EnfieldLondon | 86.2 | £59,149 | £465,031 | 7.9 | 100% |
Salary is the ONS ASHE full-time regional median for your occupation; every other figure is the real Land Registry, Ofsted, Home Office and NHS value for the area. See the Gera Settle Score methodology.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best place to live and work as a quality assurance and regulatory professionals in England?
- Plymouth (South West) tops the Gera Settle Score at 82.7/100, combining £48,267 regional pay, £216,463 average home price (4.5 years of pay) and 92.2% Good/Outstanding schools. Source: ONS ASHE + Land Registry + Ofsted, June 2026.
- What is the median salary for a quality assurance and regulatory professionals in the UK?
- The ONS ASHE 2025 full-time median gross annual pay for quality assurance and regulatory professionals is £50,083 (25th–75th percentile £37,854–£67,255), reference period April 2025, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- How is the Gera Settle Score calculated?
- It joins the ONS ASHE regional salary for your occupation to four real area datasets — affordability (Land Registry price ÷ regional pay), school quality (Ofsted % Good/Outstanding), safety (Home Office crime per 1,000) and GP access (NHS England) — each normalised 0–100, then weighted by your family size. Full method at /methodology/gera-settle-score.
- Which area scores lowest for a quality assurance and regulatory professionals?
- Bristol (South West) has the lowest Gera Settle Score in this ranking at 49.1/100, mainly because a home there costs 7.3 years of local pay. All figures are real government data, June 2026.
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Contains public sector information published by Gera Systems and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Gera Settle Score — ONS ASHE salary joined to HM Land Registry, Ofsted, Home Office and NHS England area data (June 2026, published 19 June 2026).