Quality Management Job Trends

Quality Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Quality Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 352 511
Rank change year-on-year -16 +159 -79
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 343 558 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 0.72% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.88% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 95 163 108
10th Percentile £27,700 £30,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £78,377 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,500 £105,000 £99,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,000 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +26.88% -11.43% +14.13%

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 43,694 63,053 58,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.68% 81.08% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,544 35,778 43,624
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Quality Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Management 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 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Top 16 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 September 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
England -3 320 £57,000 +3.64% 159
UK excluding London +48 259 £59,000 +26.88% 144
South East +87 116 £63,750 +12.81% 35
North of England +78 101 £61,500 +44.71% 33
Yorkshire +81 92 - - 2
Work from Home +39 68 £63,750 -1.92% 65
London -89 67 £50,000 -25.93% 41
Midlands +49 21 £43,695 +9.24% 29
West Midlands +48 14 £40,000 -29.20% 10
South West +46 12 £39,000 -23.15% 17
East Midlands +12 7 £45,390 +13.48% 19
North West -21 6 £75,000 +50.00% 24
Scotland +18 4 £49,433 -67.52% 11
Wales +15 3 £47,472 +53.13% 11
North East +1 3 £48,000 +43.28% 7
East of England -36 3 £36,750 -18.33% 11

Quality Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.75%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.17%) 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
4 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 67 (19.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.50%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (2.33%) SAP PP
4 5 (1.46%) SAP IBP
5 4 (1.17%) Primavera
5 4 (1.17%) ResourceLink
6 3 (0.87%) SAP EHS
6 3 (0.87%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.58%) C-CURE
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.58%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.29%) Q-Pulse
8 1 (0.29%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.29%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.29%) SAP LE
8 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.29%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 50 (14.58%) Power Platform
2 38 (11.08%) Azure
3 20 (5.83%) Collibra
4 15 (4.37%) Microsoft Purview
5 12 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
5 12 (3.50%) GitHub
5 12 (3.50%) SaaS
6 5 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.17%) AWS
8 3 (0.87%) Alation
8 3 (0.87%) Azure Stack
8 3 (0.87%) PaaS
9 2 (0.58%) GCP
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.29%) Cloud Composer
10 1 (0.29%) Cloud Functions
10 1 (0.29%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.29%) OCI
10 1 (0.29%) Oracle CX
10 1 (0.29%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.17%) 3GPP
1 4 (1.17%) 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 50 (14.58%) Power BI
2 31 (9.04%) SAP BW
3 29 (8.45%) Data Lake
4 18 (5.25%) Tableau
5 16 (4.66%) Metadata
6 15 (4.37%) SQL Server
7 9 (2.62%) IBM InfoSphere
8 5 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.87%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.87%) Semantic Layer
10 2 (0.58%) MySQL
10 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.29%) QlikView
11 1 (0.29%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 4 (1.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) Git
General
1 178 (51.90%) Finance
2 177 (51.60%) Manufacturing
3 118 (34.40%) Social Skills
4 73 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (20.70%) Marketing
6 17 (4.96%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.66%) Retail
8 15 (4.37%) Law
9 13 (3.79%) Legal
10 12 (3.50%) Back Office
10 12 (3.50%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.04%) Electronics
11 7 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.46%) Banking
14 4 (1.17%) Automotive
14 4 (1.17%) Aviation
14 4 (1.17%) Games
14 4 (1.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 94 (27.41%) Analyst
2 82 (23.91%) Automation Engineer
3 75 (21.87%) Senior
4 74 (21.57%) Systems Engineer
5 55 (16.03%) SAP Analyst
5 55 (16.03%) Senior Analyst
6 38 (11.08%) Lead
7 28 (8.16%) Report Analyst
7 28 (8.16%) Sustainability Analyst
8 16 (4.66%) Developer
9 14 (4.08%) QA Officer
10 13 (3.79%) Consultant
11 11 (3.21%) Dynamics NAV Developer
11 11 (3.21%) Quality Manager
11 11 (3.21%) SaaS Developer
12 9 (2.62%) Data Steward
13 8 (2.33%) SAP Consultant
14 7 (2.04%) Data Analyst
14 7 (2.04%) Project Manager
14 7 (2.04%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.79%) XML
2 4 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (0.87%) .NET
3 3 (0.87%) RESTEasy
4 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (0.58%) WCF
5 1 (0.29%) CSS
5 1 (0.29%) Django
5 1 (0.29%) HTML
5 1 (0.29%) NestJS
5 1 (0.29%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.29%) SvelteKit
5 1 (0.29%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 88 (25.66%) Management Information System
2 82 (23.91%) FMCG
3 72 (20.99%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 72 (20.99%) Operational Technology
4 15 (4.37%) NHS
5 12 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.33%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.17%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.87%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.87%) IoT
8 3 (0.87%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.58%) CCTV
9 2 (0.58%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.58%) LIMS
10 1 (0.29%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.29%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (58.31%) Problem-Solving
2 137 (39.94%) Data Collection
3 122 (35.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 83 (24.20%) Budgeting
4 83 (24.20%) Data Management
5 72 (20.99%) Energy Management
6 65 (18.95%) Technical Leadership
7 62 (18.08%) Business Intelligence
8 61 (17.78%) Logistics
9 59 (17.20%) Incident Management
10 58 (16.91%) User Acceptance Testing
11 57 (16.62%) Translating Business Requirements
12 55 (16.03%) Architectural Design
12 55 (16.03%) Decision Quality
12 55 (16.03%) Impact Analysis
12 55 (16.03%) SAP Implementation
13 53 (15.45%) QMS
14 49 (14.29%) Analytics
15 44 (12.83%) Data Modelling
16 40 (11.66%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.66%) SQL
2 15 (4.37%) C#
3 13 (3.79%) C
4 12 (3.50%) Java
5 7 (2.04%) Python
6 6 (1.75%) R
7 2 (0.58%) C++
7 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.29%) ABAP
8 1 (0.29%) Ada
8 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.29%) Perl
8 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 93 (27.11%) Degree
2 74 (21.57%) HNC
3 20 (5.83%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.79%) Master's Degree
6 12 (3.50%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.46%) MBA
9 4 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.17%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.17%) PMP
9 4 (1.17%) SAP Certification
9 4 (1.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 4 (1.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 4 (1.17%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 3 (0.87%) APMG
10 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.58%) HND
12 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (19.83%) Data Quality
2 41 (11.95%) QA
3 38 (11.08%) ISO 9001
4 24 (7.00%) GDPR
5 21 (6.12%) Accessibility
6 20 (5.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (3.79%) GMP
8 12 (3.50%) PMO
9 8 (2.33%) GxP
9 8 (2.33%) ISO 14001
10 5 (1.46%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (1.17%) ISO 13485
11 4 (1.17%) NCSC
12 3 (0.87%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.58%) AQAP
13 2 (0.58%) GRC
13 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.29%) Docker
1 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (0.87%) Terraform
Vendors
1 104 (30.32%) SAP
2 72 (20.99%) Rockwell
2 72 (20.99%) Siemens
3 42 (12.24%) Microsoft
4 20 (5.83%) Informatica
5 9 (2.62%) IBM
6 7 (2.04%) Databricks
7 5 (1.46%) Oracle
8 4 (1.17%) Cognos
9 3 (0.87%) IFS
9 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.58%) Google
10 2 (0.58%) Lotus
10 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.29%) Adobe
11 1 (0.29%) EMC