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 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 350 531
Rank change year-on-year -16 +181 -126
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 344 496 233
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 0.71% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.87% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 72 140 99
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,450 £39,900
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,399 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -9.34% +19.40%
75th Percentile £69,063 £71,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £98,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £45,169 £51,750
% change year-on-year +6.27% -12.72% +10.11%

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 43,423 57,271 53,298
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.70% 82.20% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 24,627 30,673 40,835
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,500 £53,928 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.77% +0.80% +1.90%

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 18 October 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 18 October 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 +62 281 £48,000 +6.27% 114
England -16 278 £50,000 -9.09% 119
South East +87 104 £68,750 +21.66% 33
North of England +32 83 £51,500 +21.18% 31
Yorkshire +63 70 - - 7
Work from Home +44 64 £65,000 +0.23% 64
Scotland +26 54 £49,433 -0.14% 6
London -86 52 £51,250 -22.64% 29
Midlands +27 21 £43,695 -6.70% 16
West Midlands +48 14 £40,000 -29.20% 6
South West +23 12 £28,000 -44.83% 7
North West -1 10 £55,000 +37.50% 22
East Midlands +1 7 £45,390 +13.48% 9
Northern Ireland +13 3 - - 6
North East -5 3 £48,000 +43.28% 2
East of England -28 3 £36,750 -18.33% 13
Wales +9 2 £47,472 +53.13% 5

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 55 (15.99%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.16%) CMS
3 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.58%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.58%) IIS
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
Applications
1 80 (23.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (18.02%) Microsoft Office
3 55 (15.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 68 (19.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.49%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (2.91%) SAP PP
4 4 (1.16%) Primavera
5 3 (0.87%) SAP EHS
5 3 (0.87%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.87%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.58%) C-CURE
6 2 (0.58%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.58%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.29%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.29%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.29%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.29%) SAP LE
7 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.29%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 38 (11.05%) Power Platform
2 35 (10.17%) Azure
3 12 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (3.49%) GitHub
3 12 (3.49%) SaaS
4 5 (1.45%) Collibra
4 5 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.87%) AWS
5 3 (0.87%) Azure Stack
6 2 (0.58%) Alation
6 2 (0.58%) GCP
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (0.29%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.29%) Cloud Composer
7 1 (0.29%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.29%) OCI
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.16%) 3GPP
1 4 (1.16%) Intranet
2 3 (0.87%) Internet
3 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.29%) RS-232
3 1 (0.29%) RS-485
3 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.29%) Wireless
3 1 (0.29%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.05%) Power BI
2 31 (9.01%) SAP BW
3 29 (8.43%) Data Lake
4 15 (4.36%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.45%) Metadata
5 5 (1.45%) Tableau
6 3 (0.87%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.29%) MySQL
8 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.29%) QlikView
8 1 (0.29%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (0.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) Git
General
1 170 (49.42%) Social Skills
2 161 (46.80%) Finance
3 149 (43.31%) Manufacturing
4 69 (20.06%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (18.02%) Marketing
6 17 (4.94%) Retail
7 15 (4.36%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (3.78%) Legal
9 12 (3.49%) Back Office
10 11 (3.20%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.33%) Electronics
12 7 (2.03%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.74%) Law
14 5 (1.45%) Automotive
14 5 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.16%) Aviation
15 4 (1.16%) Games
15 4 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.29%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 127 (36.92%) Senior
2 99 (28.78%) Analyst
3 64 (18.60%) Systems Engineer
4 62 (18.02%) Quality Manager
5 61 (17.73%) SAP Analyst
5 61 (17.73%) Senior Analyst
6 60 (17.44%) Automation Engineer
7 58 (16.86%) Senior Manager
8 53 (15.41%) Senior Quality Manager
9 48 (13.95%) QA Manager
9 48 (13.95%) Senior QA Manager
10 28 (8.14%) Report Analyst
10 28 (8.14%) Sustainability Analyst
11 20 (5.81%) Lead
12 14 (4.07%) Consultant
12 14 (4.07%) Developer
13 12 (3.49%) SAP Consultant
14 11 (3.20%) Dynamics NAV Developer
14 11 (3.20%) SaaS Developer
15 8 (2.33%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.49%) XML
2 4 (1.16%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (0.87%) RESTEasy
4 2 (0.58%) .NET
4 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (0.58%) WCF
5 1 (0.29%) Django
5 1 (0.29%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 71 (20.64%) Management Information System
2 60 (17.44%) FMCG
2 60 (17.44%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 60 (17.44%) Operational Technology
3 13 (3.78%) NHS
4 11 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.62%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.03%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.87%) IoT
9 2 (0.58%) CCTV
9 2 (0.58%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.58%) LIMS
9 2 (0.58%) PDA
9 2 (0.58%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.29%) Life Science
10 1 (0.29%) Online Games
10 1 (0.29%) Photography
10 1 (0.29%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (52.03%) Problem-Solving
2 148 (43.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 118 (34.30%) Data Collection
4 77 (22.38%) Data Management
5 74 (21.51%) Project Management
6 67 (19.48%) Logistics
7 63 (18.31%) Technical Leadership
8 61 (17.73%) Budgeting
9 60 (17.44%) Energy Management
10 59 (17.15%) Incident Management
10 59 (17.15%) Translating Business Requirements
11 58 (16.86%) User Acceptance Testing
12 57 (16.57%) Architectural Design
12 57 (16.57%) Coaching
12 57 (16.57%) Decision Quality
12 57 (16.57%) Impact Analysis
12 57 (16.57%) SAP Implementation
12 57 (16.57%) Six Sigma
13 51 (14.83%) Business Intelligence
14 50 (14.53%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.07%) C#
2 13 (3.78%) SQL
3 12 (3.49%) C
3 12 (3.49%) Java
4 6 (1.74%) R
5 5 (1.45%) ABAP
6 3 (0.87%) Python
7 2 (0.58%) C++
7 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (24.42%) Degree
2 65 (18.90%) HNC
3 48 (13.95%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 27 (7.85%) Security Cleared
5 13 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.78%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.62%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.33%) SAP Certification
8 6 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.45%) ACCA
9 5 (1.45%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.45%) HND
9 5 (1.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (1.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 5 (1.45%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 4 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.87%) APMG
12 2 (0.58%) City & Guilds
13 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.29%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (24.13%) QA
2 51 (14.83%) Data Quality
3 37 (10.76%) ISO 9001
4 20 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.20%) PMO
6 10 (2.91%) Accessibility
7 7 (2.03%) GMP
8 6 (1.74%) GDPR
8 6 (1.74%) ISO 14001
9 5 (1.45%) IFRS
9 5 (1.45%) ISO 13485
10 4 (1.16%) GxP
10 4 (1.16%) NCSC
11 3 (0.87%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.58%) AQAP
12 2 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.58%) GRC
12 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 111 (32.27%) SAP
2 82 (23.84%) Microsoft
3 60 (17.44%) Rockwell
3 60 (17.44%) Siemens
4 5 (1.45%) Databricks
4 5 (1.45%) Informatica
4 5 (1.45%) Oracle
5 4 (1.16%) Google
6 3 (0.87%) IFS
6 3 (0.87%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.58%) Cognos
7 2 (0.58%) Lotus
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe
8 1 (0.29%) EMC