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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 418 418 419
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +64
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 408 279 583
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.57% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.63% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 155 107 274
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £27,375
25th Percentile £35,201 £37,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £59,000 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% +12.92% -14.34%
75th Percentile £57,400 £85,000 £72,131
90th Percentile £87,500 £101,500 £88,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £59,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -23.73% +24.21% -7.18%

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 72,823 44,302 82,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.72% 90.16% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,276 24,855 57,929
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 16 July 2026.

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 16 July 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
England +15 356 £45,000 -21.05% 127
UK excluding London +13 306 £45,000 -23.73% 106
North of England -39 97 £55,000 +14.58% 21
Midlands +54 89 £45,000 +9.76% 37
Work from Home +4 80 £50,000 -20.00% 40
London -27 79 £50,000 - 28
North West +52 60 £60,000 -9.59% 11
West Midlands +17 58 £50,000 +25.00% 22
South East -9 39 £36,500 -41.60% 28
South West -30 33 £41,250 -17.50% 10
East Midlands -8 31 £29,000 -30.95% 14
Yorkshire -101 21 £53,250 +42.00% 10
North East -41 16 £34,500 -28.13% 2
Scotland +23 15 £45,000 -40.00% 2
East of England -3 14 £40,000 -60.00% 10
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 2
Wales -51 6 - - 2

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 12 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 55 (13.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (6.37%) SAP QM
2 21 (5.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (4.66%) SAP ERP
4 8 (1.96%) Q-Pulse
4 8 (1.96%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.98%) Primavera
5 4 (0.98%) SAP EHS
6 3 (0.74%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.49%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.25%) FastStats
8 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG-M
8 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.25%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 26 (6.37%) Power Platform
2 22 (5.39%) Azure
3 15 (3.68%) AWS
4 13 (3.19%) Microsoft Purview
5 10 (2.45%) GCP
6 7 (1.72%) SaaS
7 6 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.23%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.98%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.74%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.49%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.49%) Collibra
11 2 (0.49%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (0.49%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.98%) Network Security
2 2 (0.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.37%) Power BI
2 13 (3.19%) Metadata
3 8 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.23%) Tableau
5 4 (0.98%) Power Query
6 3 (0.74%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.49%) MySQL
7 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.25%) Big Data
8 1 (0.25%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.25%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.72%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 180 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 148 (36.27%) Finance
3 131 (32.11%) Analytical Skills
4 114 (27.94%) Manufacturing
5 44 (10.78%) Influencing Skills
6 31 (7.60%) Legal
6 31 (7.60%) Pharmaceutical
7 27 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (6.13%) Retail
9 21 (5.15%) Aerospace
10 18 (4.41%) Banking
11 17 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.21%) Electronics
12 9 (2.21%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.72%) Advertising
13 7 (1.72%) Law
13 7 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.23%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.23%) Publishing
15 4 (0.98%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 72 (17.65%) Head of QA
2 36 (8.82%) Quality Engineer
2 36 (8.82%) Technologist
3 33 (8.09%) Quality Manager
3 33 (8.09%) Senior
4 25 (6.13%) Systems Engineer
5 24 (5.88%) Lead
6 19 (4.66%) Systems Manager
7 17 (4.17%) Administrator
8 16 (3.92%) Analyst
9 14 (3.43%) QA Officer
10 13 (3.19%) QA Manager
11 12 (2.94%) Project Manager
12 11 (2.70%) Senior Quality Engineer
12 11 (2.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 10 (2.45%) Machine Learning Engineer
14 9 (2.21%) Data Manager
14 9 (2.21%) Support Engineer
14 9 (2.21%) Technical Engineer
14 9 (2.21%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.66%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (2.21%) LangChain
2 9 (2.21%) LangGraph
2 9 (2.21%) PyTorch
2 9 (2.21%) scikit-learn
2 9 (2.21%) TensorFlow
3 3 (0.74%) Java RMI
4 2 (0.49%) A2A Protocol
4 2 (0.49%) Kafka
4 2 (0.49%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.25%) .NET
5 1 (0.25%) ADO
5 1 (0.25%) IDoc
5 1 (0.25%) Playwright
5 1 (0.25%) PySpark
5 1 (0.25%) pytest
5 1 (0.25%) SAP ALE
5 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (19.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (4.66%) Product Ownership
3 13 (3.19%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.21%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.47%) Cyberattack
5 6 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.47%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.23%) Blog
6 5 (1.23%) PMI
7 4 (0.98%) FMCG
7 4 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.74%) Biopharmaceutical
8 3 (0.74%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.49%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.49%) Autonomous Agent
9 2 (0.49%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.49%) IVR
9 2 (0.49%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.49%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (45.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 144 (35.29%) QMS
3 96 (23.53%) Analytics
4 93 (22.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 90 (22.06%) Root Cause Analysis
6 89 (21.81%) Actionable Insight
7 88 (21.57%) Change Management
8 87 (21.32%) Service Delivery
9 81 (19.85%) PRINCE2
10 78 (19.12%) Customer Experience
11 72 (17.65%) Anti-Money Laundering
12 58 (14.22%) Roadmaps
13 56 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
14 53 (12.99%) Decision-Making
15 51 (12.50%) AI
16 44 (10.78%) ERP
16 44 (10.78%) Internal Audit
17 38 (9.31%) Coaching
18 37 (9.07%) Project Management
19 36 (8.82%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.41%) Python
2 14 (3.43%) SQL
3 8 (1.96%) ABAP
4 3 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.25%) C#
5 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.25%) Scala
5 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (17.65%) IRCA
2 66 (16.18%) Degree
3 18 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (4.17%) DBS Check
5 11 (2.70%) Postgraduate
6 8 (1.96%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.72%) ACCA
7 7 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.72%) Security Cleared
8 6 (1.47%) CISSP
8 6 (1.47%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.98%) CCSP
9 4 (0.98%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.98%) CRISC
9 4 (0.98%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.98%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.74%) CCA
10 3 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (46.57%) QA
2 113 (27.70%) ISO 9001
3 88 (21.57%) GDPR
4 52 (12.75%) Data Quality
5 25 (6.13%) Accessibility
6 22 (5.39%) GMP
7 14 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (1.23%) Automotive SPICE
8 5 (1.23%) COSHH
8 5 (1.23%) GxP
8 5 (1.23%) ISO 26262
8 5 (1.23%) NIST
8 5 (1.23%) PMO
9 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.74%) GLP
9 3 (0.74%) Good Clinical Practice
9 3 (0.74%) IFRS
10 2 (0.49%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (0.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 68 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.25%) SAP
3 8 (1.96%) Google
4 7 (1.72%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.74%) Databricks
6 3 (0.74%) Sage
7 2 (0.49%) Avaya
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco
7 2 (0.49%) Genesys
7 2 (0.49%) Informatica
7 2 (0.49%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.25%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.25%) TOWER Software