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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 423 409
Rank change year-on-year +9 -14 +88
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 413 273 513
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.55% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.62% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 166 101 195
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +12.15% -11.57%
75th Percentile £57,288 £85,000 £78,005
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% -4.76%

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 74,889 44,229 70,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.64% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51,640 25,065 47,390
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 29 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 29 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 +11 358 £45,000 -25.00% 162
UK excluding London +33 315 £45,000 -25.00% 136
North of England -39 99 £53,750 -19.01% 26
Midlands +30 84 £47,500 +13.10% 40
Work from Home -15 84 £50,000 -20.00% 48
London -19 75 £50,000 - 33
North West +41 61 £60,000 -9.59% 14
West Midlands +17 59 £50,000 +25.00% 21
South East -28 43 £36,500 -41.60% 38
South West -30 36 £41,250 -17.50% 12
East Midlands -7 25 £29,000 -33.63% 19
Yorkshire -97 21 £53,250 -23.93% 10
North East -37 17 £34,500 -28.13% 3
Scotland +24 16 £57,500 -39.47% 1
Northern Ireland - 16 - - 4
East of England -14 15 £40,000 -60.00% 19
Wales -54 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 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 47 (11.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (5.81%) SAP QM
2 19 (4.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (4.12%) SAP ERP
4 8 (1.94%) SAP PP
5 7 (1.69%) Q-Pulse
6 4 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.97%) Primavera
6 4 (0.97%) SAP EHS
7 3 (0.73%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.48%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.24%) FastStats
9 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG-F
9 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG-M
9 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG-S
9 1 (0.24%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 30 (7.26%) Power Platform
2 29 (7.02%) Azure
3 16 (3.87%) AWS
4 14 (3.39%) Microsoft Purview
5 10 (2.42%) GCP
6 8 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.69%) SaaS
8 5 (1.21%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.97%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.73%) Collibra
10 3 (0.73%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.48%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.48%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (0.48%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.97%) Network Security
2 2 (0.48%) Internet
3 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.26%) Power BI
2 16 (3.87%) Metadata
3 12 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.45%) Power Query
4 6 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.21%) Tableau
6 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.48%) MySQL
7 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.24%) GIS
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.94%) JIRA
2 2 (0.48%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 174 (42.13%) Social Skills
2 152 (36.80%) Finance
3 136 (32.93%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (26.39%) Manufacturing
5 35 (8.47%) Influencing Skills
6 34 (8.23%) Legal
7 30 (7.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 28 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
9 26 (6.30%) Aerospace
9 26 (6.30%) Retail
10 19 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (4.12%) Banking
12 12 (2.91%) Public Sector
13 10 (2.42%) Electronics
14 7 (1.69%) Advertising
14 7 (1.69%) Law
14 7 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.21%) Fire and Rescue
15 5 (1.21%) Publishing
16 4 (0.97%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 72 (17.43%) Head of QA
2 39 (9.44%) Quality Engineer
3 35 (8.47%) Quality Manager
4 33 (7.99%) Senior
5 28 (6.78%) Lead
6 27 (6.54%) Systems Engineer
6 27 (6.54%) Technologist
7 17 (4.12%) Analyst
8 16 (3.87%) QA Manager
8 16 (3.87%) Systems Manager
9 14 (3.39%) QA Officer
10 13 (3.15%) Administrator
10 13 (3.15%) Project Manager
11 11 (2.66%) Data Manager
11 11 (2.66%) Senior Quality Engineer
11 11 (2.66%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 10 (2.42%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 9 (2.18%) Operations Manager
13 9 (2.18%) QA Engineer
13 9 (2.18%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.12%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (2.18%) LangChain
2 9 (2.18%) LangGraph
2 9 (2.18%) PyTorch
2 9 (2.18%) scikit-learn
2 9 (2.18%) TensorFlow
3 3 (0.73%) Java RMI
4 2 (0.48%) A2A Protocol
4 2 (0.48%) Kafka
4 2 (0.48%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.24%) ADO
5 1 (0.24%) EDI
5 1 (0.24%) IDoc
5 1 (0.24%) Playwright
5 1 (0.24%) PySpark
5 1 (0.24%) pytest
5 1 (0.24%) SAP ALE
5 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (19.13%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (4.60%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.12%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.18%) Cloud Native
5 8 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.94%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.45%) Cyberattack
6 6 (1.45%) PMI
7 5 (1.21%) Blog
7 5 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.97%) FMCG
8 4 (0.97%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.73%) Biopharmaceutical
9 3 (0.73%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.48%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.48%) Autonomous Agent
10 2 (0.48%) Culture of Ownership
10 2 (0.48%) IVR
10 2 (0.48%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (46.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 139 (33.66%) QMS
3 98 (23.73%) Analytics
4 92 (22.28%) Root Cause Analysis
4 92 (22.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 91 (22.03%) Actionable Insight
5 91 (22.03%) Service Delivery
6 90 (21.79%) Change Management
7 85 (20.58%) PRINCE2
8 78 (18.89%) Customer Experience
9 72 (17.43%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 61 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
11 60 (14.53%) Roadmaps
12 59 (14.29%) Decision-Making
13 53 (12.83%) AI
14 44 (10.65%) ERP
15 41 (9.93%) Project Management
16 38 (9.20%) Agile
17 36 (8.72%) Data Governance
17 36 (8.72%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.84%) Python
2 19 (4.60%) SQL
3 6 (1.45%) ABAP
4 5 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.24%) Scala
5 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (17.43%) Degree
1 72 (17.43%) IRCA
2 21 (5.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 17 (4.12%) DBS Check
4 13 (3.15%) Postgraduate
5 9 (2.18%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.94%) Security Cleared
7 7 (1.69%) Chartered Engineer
7 7 (1.69%) CISSP
7 7 (1.69%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.45%) ACCA
8 6 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.97%) CCSP
9 4 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.97%) CRISC
9 4 (0.97%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.97%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.73%) CCA
10 3 (0.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (45.04%) QA
2 119 (28.81%) ISO 9001
3 88 (21.31%) GDPR
4 57 (13.80%) Data Quality
5 25 (6.05%) Accessibility
6 22 (5.33%) GMP
7 16 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.21%) Automotive SPICE
9 5 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.21%) GxP
9 5 (1.21%) ISO 26262
9 5 (1.21%) PMO
10 4 (0.97%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 4 (0.97%) COSHH
10 4 (0.97%) NIST
11 3 (0.73%) GLP
11 3 (0.73%) Good Clinical Practice
12 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.48%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.73%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (15.01%) Microsoft
2 48 (11.62%) SAP
3 9 (2.18%) Google
4 8 (1.94%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.21%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.73%) Databricks
6 3 (0.73%) Informatica
6 3 (0.73%) Sage
7 2 (0.48%) Avaya
7 2 (0.48%) Cisco
7 2 (0.48%) Genesys
7 2 (0.48%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle
8 1 (0.24%) HubSpot