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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 330 523
Rank change year-on-year -7 +193 -171
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 355 502 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 0.81% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.93% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 62 148 92
10th Percentile £30,050 £30,000 £32,850
25th Percentile £45,625 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,063 £75,313
90th Percentile £91,750 £85,375 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.28% -11.43% +11.70%

All Process and 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 47,424 53,892 47,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.09% 86.75% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,060 28,022 36,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%

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 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Top 17 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 7 December 2025. 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 +74 276 £55,000 +18.28% 92
England -22 271 £57,500 +4.55% 97
South East +110 103 £66,250 +17.24% 21
Scotland +35 74 £35,000 -41.67% 9
London -57 70 £65,000 -5.45% 20
Work from Home +62 60 £66,250 +1.92% 36
North of England +14 58 £50,000 +21.21% 24
Yorkshire +20 42 - - 5
Midlands +20 19 £50,000 -0.99% 22
North West +22 14 £50,000 +25.00% 17
West Midlands +23 11 £57,500 -5.35% 11
South West -2 11 £59,000 +2.61% 12
East Midlands +10 8 £45,390 +13.48% 11
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 2
East of England -20 3 £28,500 -36.67% 12
North East -12 2 - - 3
Wales 0 1 £65,000 +109.68%

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 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.13%) CMS
3 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.56%) IIS
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 97 (27.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (21.97%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (20.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.28%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) Fusion 360
6 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.28%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 74 (20.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.38%) Dynamics NAV
2 12 (3.38%) SAP PP
3 3 (0.85%) Primavera
3 3 (0.85%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.85%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.85%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.85%) SAP QM
3 3 (0.85%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.56%) C-CURE
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.56%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.56%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.28%) DELMIA
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.28%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 36 (10.14%) Power Platform
2 35 (9.86%) Azure
3 12 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (3.38%) GitHub
3 12 (3.38%) SaaS
4 3 (0.85%) Azure Stack
4 3 (0.85%) Collibra
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.28%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.28%) OCI
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle CX
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Service Cloud
5 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.28%) Pulumi
5 1 (0.28%) Serverless
5 1 (0.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.13%) 3GPP
2 3 (0.85%) Intranet
2 3 (0.85%) Modbus
3 2 (0.56%) MQTT
3 2 (0.56%) RS-485
4 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.28%) Firewall
4 1 (0.28%) RS-232
4 1 (0.28%) VLAN
4 1 (0.28%) VPN
4 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.28%) Wireless
4 1 (0.28%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.14%) Power BI
2 29 (8.17%) Data Lake
2 29 (8.17%) SAP BW
3 15 (4.23%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.13%) Metadata
5 3 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.56%) MySQL
6 2 (0.56%) Tableau
7 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.28%) MS Access
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.28%) QlikView
7 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 185 (52.11%) Social Skills
2 131 (36.90%) Finance
3 127 (35.77%) Manufacturing
4 69 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (16.90%) Marketing
6 20 (5.63%) Retail
7 15 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.94%) Back Office
8 14 (3.94%) Law
9 13 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.38%) Legal
11 10 (2.82%) Banking
11 10 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (2.82%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.25%) Electronics
13 7 (1.97%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.41%) Automotive
14 5 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 161 (45.35%) Senior
2 103 (29.01%) Analyst
3 100 (28.17%) Quality Manager
4 90 (25.35%) Senior Manager
5 84 (23.66%) Senior Quality Manager
6 72 (20.28%) QA Manager
7 64 (18.03%) SAP Analyst
7 64 (18.03%) Senior QA Manager
8 62 (17.46%) Senior Analyst
9 30 (8.45%) Systems Engineer
10 28 (7.89%) Report Analyst
10 28 (7.89%) Sustainability Analyst
11 24 (6.76%) Automation Engineer
12 18 (5.07%) Audit Manager
12 18 (5.07%) Lead
12 18 (5.07%) Senior Audit Manager
13 15 (4.23%) Developer
14 13 (3.66%) Project Manager
15 12 (3.38%) Consultant
15 12 (3.38%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.38%) XML
2 4 (1.13%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.56%) .NET
3 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.56%) WCF
4 1 (0.28%) CSS
4 1 (0.28%) HTML
4 1 (0.28%) Middleware
4 1 (0.28%) NestJS
4 1 (0.28%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.28%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.28%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.61%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 26 (7.32%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.32%) Operational Technology
3 24 (6.76%) FMCG
4 13 (3.66%) NHS
5 10 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.97%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.97%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.41%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.13%) IoT
8 4 (1.13%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.85%) CCTV
9 3 (0.85%) Life Science
10 2 (0.56%) LIMS
10 2 (0.56%) PDA
10 2 (0.56%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.56%) SCADA
11 1 (0.28%) Augmented Reality
11 1 (0.28%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.28%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.56%) Windows
2 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.28%) Debian
2 1 (0.28%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) OpenWrt
2 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (41.97%) Problem-Solving
2 130 (36.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 97 (27.32%) Project Management
4 87 (24.51%) Coaching
5 81 (22.82%) Data Collection
6 73 (20.56%) Data Management
6 73 (20.56%) Six Sigma
7 68 (19.15%) Logistics
8 64 (18.03%) Customer Experience
8 64 (18.03%) Due Diligence
8 64 (18.03%) Lean Six Sigma
8 64 (18.03%) Performance Improvement
9 63 (17.75%) Technical Leadership
10 60 (16.90%) User Acceptance Testing
11 58 (16.34%) Incident Management
11 58 (16.34%) SAP Implementation
11 58 (16.34%) Translating Business Requirements
12 57 (16.06%) Architectural Design
12 57 (16.06%) Decision Quality
12 57 (16.06%) Impact Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.94%) C#
1 14 (3.94%) SQL
2 12 (3.38%) C
2 12 (3.38%) Java
3 5 (1.41%) ABAP
4 4 (1.13%) R
5 2 (0.56%) C++
5 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.28%) Perl
6 1 (0.28%) Python
6 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (23.66%) Degree
2 64 (18.03%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 34 (9.58%) HNC
4 28 (7.89%) Security Cleared
5 17 (4.79%) ACCA
6 13 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.66%) SC Cleared
7 10 (2.82%) HND
8 9 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.54%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.25%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.41%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.41%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 5 (1.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 5 (1.41%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
11 4 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.56%) APMG
12 2 (0.56%) City & Guilds
12 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.28%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (30.14%) QA
2 50 (14.08%) Data Quality
3 35 (9.86%) ISO 9001
4 20 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.66%) IFRS
6 9 (2.54%) PMO
7 7 (1.97%) GDPR
8 6 (1.69%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.69%) GMP
8 6 (1.69%) ISO 13485
9 5 (1.41%) GxP
9 5 (1.41%) NCSC
10 4 (1.13%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.56%) GRC
12 2 (0.56%) SLA
13 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.28%) Def Stans
System Software
1 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.28%) Docker
1 1 (0.28%) Firmware
1 1 (0.28%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) Ansible
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.28%) MOM
1 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 118 (33.24%) SAP
2 100 (28.17%) Microsoft
3 25 (7.04%) Siemens
4 24 (6.76%) Rockwell
5 7 (1.97%) Oracle
6 4 (1.13%) Google
7 3 (0.85%) Databricks
7 3 (0.85%) Informatica
7 3 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.85%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.56%) IFS
8 2 (0.56%) Lotus
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe
9 1 (0.28%) ANSYS
9 1 (0.28%) EMC
9 1 (0.28%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.28%) MikroTik
9 1 (0.28%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.28%) PTC
9 1 (0.28%) Workday