Quality Management Job Trends

Quality Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Quality Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 290 481
Rank change year-on-year -68 +191 -49
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 316 510 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.95% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 1.05% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 57 142 128
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -11.43% -2.51%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,425 £65,250
90th Percentile £85,250 £87,500 £84,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year +7.53% +6.90% -8.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Quality Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Quality Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Quality Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Quality Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quality Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quality Management

Quality Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quality Management over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Management within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -1 244 £50,000 +7.53% 99
England -99 229 £62,500 +34.41% 104
South East +91 100 £63,750 +12.81% 28
Scotland +36 73 £40,000 -30.43% 4
London -62 61 £65,000 +0.23% 16
Work from Home +27 43 £70,000 +5.66% 29
North of England -60 34 £50,000 +25.00% 28
Yorkshire -17 20 - - 10
North West +1 14 £50,000 +25.00% 15
Midlands +5 13 £50,000 +25.00% 13
South West -21 11 £59,000 +26.88% 11
East Midlands -10 8 £45,390 +13.48% 9
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 1
West Midlands +7 5 £62,500 -9.09% 4
East of England -19 3 £28,500 -36.67% 13
Wales +6 2 £25,400 -67.23% 4

Quality Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 71 (22.47%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.63%) HCL Notes
2 2 (0.63%) IIS
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 97 (30.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (24.37%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (22.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.27%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.32%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.32%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.32%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 70 (22.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.16%) SAP PP
3 4 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.95%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.95%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.95%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.95%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.63%) C-CURE
5 2 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.63%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.32%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.32%) Primavera
6 1 (0.32%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.32%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.32%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 36 (11.39%) Azure
2 33 (10.44%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.27%) Entra ID
4 3 (0.95%) AWS
4 3 (0.95%) Collibra
5 2 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.63%) GitHub
5 2 (0.63%) SaaS
5 2 (0.63%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.32%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.32%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.32%) GCP
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.32%) Serverless
6 1 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.95%) Modbus
2 2 (0.63%) MQTT
2 2 (0.63%) RS-485
3 1 (0.32%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.32%) Firewall
3 1 (0.32%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.32%) RS-232
3 1 (0.32%) VLAN
3 1 (0.32%) VPN
3 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.32%) Wireless
3 1 (0.32%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.44%) Power BI
2 29 (9.18%) Data Lake
3 28 (8.86%) SAP BW
4 6 (1.90%) Metadata
5 4 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.63%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.63%) Tableau
8 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.32%) MS Access
8 1 (0.32%) MySQL
8 1 (0.32%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 1 (0.32%) JIRA
General
1 186 (58.86%) Social Skills
2 108 (34.18%) Finance
3 105 (33.23%) Manufacturing
4 62 (19.62%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (19.30%) Marketing
6 17 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (5.38%) Retail
7 14 (4.43%) Law
8 13 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.80%) Banking
10 11 (3.48%) Electronics
10 11 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.85%) Legal
11 9 (2.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (2.22%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.58%) Automotive
13 5 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.27%) Back Office
15 3 (0.95%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 168 (53.16%) Senior
2 106 (33.54%) Quality Manager
3 104 (32.91%) Analyst
4 94 (29.75%) Senior Manager
5 86 (27.22%) Senior Quality Manager
6 78 (24.68%) QA Manager
7 64 (20.25%) SAP Analyst
7 64 (20.25%) Senior Analyst
7 64 (20.25%) Senior QA Manager
8 28 (8.86%) Report Analyst
8 28 (8.86%) Sustainability Analyst
9 23 (7.28%) Audit Manager
9 23 (7.28%) Senior Audit Manager
10 13 (4.11%) Project Manager
11 12 (3.80%) Data Analyst
12 11 (3.48%) Lead
13 8 (2.53%) Consultant
13 8 (2.53%) SAP Consultant
14 7 (2.22%) Architect
14 7 (2.22%) SAP PP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.63%) .NET
1 2 (0.63%) ASP.NET
1 2 (0.63%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (0.63%) WCF
1 2 (0.63%) XML
2 1 (0.32%) CSS
2 1 (0.32%) HTML
2 1 (0.32%) Middleware
2 1 (0.32%) NestJS
2 1 (0.32%) REST
2 1 (0.32%) SAP CAF
2 1 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.32%) SvelteKit
2 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (2.22%) Data Structures
3 6 (1.90%) Life Science
4 5 (1.58%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.27%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.27%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.95%) CCTV
6 3 (0.95%) IoT
6 3 (0.95%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (0.95%) NHS
6 3 (0.95%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.63%) IVR
7 2 (0.63%) LIMS
7 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.63%) PDA
7 2 (0.63%) PMI
7 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.27%) Unix
2 2 (0.63%) Windows
3 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.32%) Debian
3 1 (0.32%) Linux
3 1 (0.32%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (39.56%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (29.75%) Continuous Improvement
3 93 (29.43%) Project Management
4 91 (28.80%) Coaching
5 71 (22.47%) Six Sigma
6 70 (22.15%) Data Management
7 65 (20.57%) Logistics
8 64 (20.25%) Customer Experience
8 64 (20.25%) Due Diligence
8 64 (20.25%) Lean Six Sigma
8 64 (20.25%) Performance Improvement
9 63 (19.94%) Analytics
10 62 (19.62%) Technical Leadership
11 60 (18.99%) User Acceptance Testing
12 59 (18.67%) Impact Analysis
12 59 (18.67%) Translating Business Requirements
13 58 (18.35%) Incident Management
13 58 (18.35%) SAP Implementation
14 57 (18.04%) Architectural Design
14 57 (18.04%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.11%) SQL
2 6 (1.90%) ABAP
3 4 (1.27%) C#
4 2 (0.63%) C
4 2 (0.63%) C++
4 2 (0.63%) Java
4 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.32%) Perl
5 1 (0.32%) Python
5 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (21.52%) Degree
2 64 (20.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 23 (7.28%) Security Cleared
4 19 (6.01%) ACCA
5 14 (4.43%) SC Cleared
6 10 (3.16%) HNC
6 10 (3.16%) HND
7 9 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.53%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.58%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.58%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (1.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 5 (1.58%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 4 (1.27%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.63%) City & Guilds
11 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (33.54%) QA
2 50 (15.82%) Data Quality
3 20 (6.33%) ISO 9001
4 13 (4.11%) IFRS
5 10 (3.16%) ISO 13485
6 8 (2.53%) GDPR
6 8 (2.53%) GMP
7 7 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.27%) GxP
10 3 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.95%) PMO
11 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.63%) GRC
11 2 (0.63%) SLA
12 1 (0.32%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 1 (0.32%) GAMP
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) Firmware
2 1 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 2 (0.63%) Terraform
2 1 (0.32%) Ansible
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.32%) MOM
Vendors
1 119 (37.66%) SAP
2 85 (26.90%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.85%) Oracle
4 5 (1.58%) Google
4 5 (1.58%) Informatica
4 5 (1.58%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.27%) Workday
6 3 (0.95%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.63%) IFS
7 2 (0.63%) Lotus
8 1 (0.32%) Adobe
8 1 (0.32%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.32%) Cisco
8 1 (0.32%) EMC
8 1 (0.32%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.32%) Genesys
8 1 (0.32%) MikroTik
8 1 (0.32%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.32%) PTC
8 1 (0.32%) Siemens