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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 337 525
Rank change year-on-year -3 +188 -164
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 349 518 188
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.77% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.91% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 62 147 91
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,196 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,625 £75,625
90th Percentile £91,750 £80,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.90% -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 45,175 57,137 48,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.01% 84.42% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,482 29,994 37,330
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £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% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,235 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.42% +3.30% -

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 24 November 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 24 November 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 +75 272 £52,500 +12.90% 105
England -30 266 £55,000 -1.35% 116
South East +95 102 £67,500 +19.45% 35
Scotland +43 72 £35,000 -36.07% 11
London -76 68 £50,000 -33.33% 29
Work from Home +78 59 £65,000 -3.70% 33
North of England +17 58 £55,000 +33.33% 9
Yorkshire +40 44 - - 1
Midlands +51 18 £45,390 +6.59% 21
West Midlands +50 12 £47,695 -12.49% 8
South West +2 12 £59,000 +4.89% 20
North West +24 11 £56,500 +41.25% 4
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 2
East Midlands +23 6 £45,390 +13.48% 12
North East -5 3 £48,000 +41.18% 4
East of England -10 2 £28,500 -36.67% 13
Wales +9 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 (20.34%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.15%) CMS
3 2 (0.57%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.57%) IIS
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 99 (28.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (23.21%) Microsoft Office
3 74 (21.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.43%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 74 (21.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (3.15%) SAP PP
4 4 (1.15%) Primavera
5 3 (0.86%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.86%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.86%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.86%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.86%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.57%) C-CURE
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.57%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.57%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.57%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.29%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.29%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.29%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.29%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 37 (10.60%) Power Platform
2 35 (10.03%) Azure
3 12 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (3.44%) GitHub
3 12 (3.44%) SaaS
4 3 (0.86%) Azure Stack
4 3 (0.86%) Collibra
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.57%) AWS
5 2 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.29%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.29%) GCP
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.29%) OCI
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.29%) Pulumi
6 1 (0.29%) Serverless
6 1 (0.29%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.15%) 3GPP
1 4 (1.15%) Intranet
2 3 (0.86%) Modbus
3 2 (0.57%) Internet
3 2 (0.57%) MQTT
3 2 (0.57%) RS-485
4 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.29%) Firewall
4 1 (0.29%) RS-232
4 1 (0.29%) VLAN
4 1 (0.29%) VPN
4 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.29%) Wireless
4 1 (0.29%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (10.60%) Power BI
2 30 (8.60%) Data Lake
3 29 (8.31%) SAP BW
4 15 (4.30%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.15%) Metadata
6 3 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.86%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.57%) MySQL
7 2 (0.57%) Tableau
8 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.29%) MS Access
8 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.29%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 189 (54.15%) Social Skills
2 136 (38.97%) Finance
3 127 (36.39%) Manufacturing
4 71 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (17.48%) Marketing
6 21 (6.02%) Retail
7 14 (4.01%) Back Office
8 13 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (3.44%) Law
9 12 (3.44%) Legal
10 10 (2.87%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (2.87%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (2.29%) Electronics
12 8 (2.29%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.72%) Banking
14 5 (1.43%) Automotive
14 5 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.15%) Aviation
15 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 153 (43.84%) Senior
2 103 (29.51%) Analyst
3 90 (25.79%) Quality Manager
4 84 (24.07%) Senior Manager
5 80 (22.92%) Senior Quality Manager
6 67 (19.20%) QA Manager
7 64 (18.34%) Senior QA Manager
8 63 (18.05%) SAP Analyst
9 62 (17.77%) Senior Analyst
10 36 (10.32%) Systems Engineer
11 30 (8.60%) Automation Engineer
12 28 (8.02%) Report Analyst
12 28 (8.02%) Sustainability Analyst
13 17 (4.87%) Lead
14 15 (4.30%) Developer
15 13 (3.72%) Audit Manager
15 13 (3.72%) Senior Audit Manager
16 12 (3.44%) Consultant
16 12 (3.44%) SAP Consultant
17 11 (3.15%) Dynamics NAV Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.44%) XML
2 4 (1.15%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.57%) .NET
3 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.57%) RESTEasy
3 2 (0.57%) WCF
4 1 (0.29%) CSS
4 1 (0.29%) HTML
4 1 (0.29%) Middleware
4 1 (0.29%) NestJS
4 1 (0.29%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.29%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.03%) Management Information System
2 32 (9.17%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 32 (9.17%) Operational Technology
3 30 (8.60%) FMCG
4 13 (3.72%) NHS
5 11 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.29%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.01%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.43%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.15%) IoT
9 4 (1.15%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.86%) CCTV
10 3 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.57%) Life Science
11 2 (0.57%) PDA
11 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.57%) SCADA
12 1 (0.29%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.29%) Embedded Systems
12 1 (0.29%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.57%) Windows
2 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.29%) Debian
2 1 (0.29%) Linux
2 1 (0.29%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (44.70%) Problem-Solving
2 139 (39.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 93 (26.65%) Project Management
4 87 (24.93%) Data Collection
5 81 (23.21%) Coaching
6 74 (21.20%) Data Management
7 73 (20.92%) Six Sigma
8 68 (19.48%) Logistics
9 64 (18.34%) Customer Experience
9 64 (18.34%) Due Diligence
9 64 (18.34%) Lean Six Sigma
9 64 (18.34%) Performance Improvement
10 63 (18.05%) Technical Leadership
11 60 (17.19%) User Acceptance Testing
12 59 (16.91%) Incident Management
13 58 (16.62%) SAP Implementation
13 58 (16.62%) Translating Business Requirements
14 57 (16.33%) Architectural Design
14 57 (16.33%) Decision Quality
14 57 (16.33%) Impact Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.01%) C#
1 14 (4.01%) SQL
2 12 (3.44%) C
2 12 (3.44%) Java
3 6 (1.72%) R
4 5 (1.43%) ABAP
5 2 (0.57%) C++
5 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.29%) Perl
6 1 (0.29%) Python
6 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 82 (23.50%) Degree
2 64 (18.34%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 35 (10.03%) HNC
4 30 (8.60%) Security Cleared
5 13 (3.72%) ACCA
5 13 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.72%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.87%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.29%) SAP Certification
9 5 (1.43%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.43%) HND
9 5 (1.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (1.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 5 (1.43%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 4 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.86%) APMG
12 2 (0.57%) City & Guilds
12 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.29%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (28.94%) QA
2 50 (14.33%) Data Quality
3 38 (10.89%) ISO 9001
4 21 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.15%) IFRS
5 11 (3.15%) PMO
6 8 (2.29%) Accessibility
7 7 (2.01%) GMP
8 6 (1.72%) GDPR
9 5 (1.43%) GxP
9 5 (1.43%) ISO 13485
9 5 (1.43%) ISO 14001
10 4 (1.15%) NCSC
11 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.57%) GRC
12 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.57%) SLA
13 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (0.29%) Docker
1 1 (0.29%) Firmware
1 1 (0.29%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Ansible
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 119 (34.10%) SAP
2 105 (30.09%) Microsoft
3 30 (8.60%) Rockwell
3 30 (8.60%) Siemens
4 7 (2.01%) Oracle
5 4 (1.15%) Databricks
5 4 (1.15%) Google
5 4 (1.15%) IFS
5 4 (1.15%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.86%) Informatica
6 3 (0.86%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.57%) Lotus
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco
8 1 (0.29%) EMC
8 1 (0.29%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.29%) MikroTik
8 1 (0.29%) OneTrust