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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 314 503
Rank change year-on-year -30 +189 -139
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 335 508 195
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.87% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.98% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 60 142 92
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £32,850
25th Percentile £44,196 £37,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,425 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,750 £86,125 £96,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -11.43% +10.53%

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 48,535 51,647 46,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.52% 88.55% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 28,396 26,504 35,505
10th Percentile £28,432 £35,000 £32,000
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% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £99,899
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.49% +4.37% -2.51%

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 14 December 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 14 December 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 +28 261 £50,000 +7.53% 78
England -59 252 £58,000 +23.40% 81
South East +100 101 £65,000 +15.03% 16
Scotland +43 74 £37,500 -34.78% 5
London -58 65 £65,000 - 13
Work from Home +62 57 £67,500 +3.85% 35
North of England -16 46 £50,000 +21.21% 24
Yorkshire +10 30 - - 5
Midlands +15 18 £50,000 -4.76% 19
North West +13 14 £50,000 +25.00% 17
South West -16 12 £59,000 +22.28% 9
West Midlands +19 10 £57,500 -11.54% 8
East Midlands -3 8 £45,390 +13.48% 11
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 3
East of England -20 3 £28,500 -36.67% 10
North East -29 2 - - 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 71 (21.19%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.90%) CMS
3 2 (0.60%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.60%) IIS
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 97 (28.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (22.69%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (21.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.60%) Fusion 360
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.30%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 73 (21.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.58%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (3.28%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.90%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.90%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.90%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.90%) SAP QM
4 3 (0.90%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.60%) C-CURE
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.60%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.30%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.30%) Primavera
6 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 35 (10.45%) Azure
2 34 (10.15%) Power Platform
3 12 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (3.58%) GitHub
3 12 (3.58%) SaaS
4 3 (0.90%) Collibra
5 2 (0.60%) Azure Stack
5 2 (0.60%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.30%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.30%) OCI
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.30%) Pulumi
6 1 (0.30%) Serverless
6 1 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) 3GPP
1 3 (0.90%) Modbus
2 2 (0.60%) Intranet
2 2 (0.60%) MQTT
2 2 (0.60%) RS-485
3 1 (0.30%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.30%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) RS-232
3 1 (0.30%) VLAN
3 1 (0.30%) VPN
3 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.30%) Wireless
3 1 (0.30%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.15%) Power BI
2 29 (8.66%) Data Lake
3 28 (8.36%) SAP BW
4 15 (4.48%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.19%) Metadata
6 3 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.60%) MySQL
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.60%) Tableau
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.30%) MS Access
8 1 (0.30%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (0.90%) JIRA
General
1 181 (54.03%) Social Skills
2 116 (34.63%) Manufacturing
3 114 (34.03%) Finance
4 63 (18.81%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (17.91%) Marketing
6 18 (5.37%) Retail
7 14 (4.18%) Back Office
7 14 (4.18%) Law
8 13 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.28%) Legal
10 11 (3.28%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.99%) Banking
12 9 (2.69%) Electronics
12 9 (2.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.79%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.49%) Automotive
14 5 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 161 (48.06%) Senior
2 102 (30.45%) Analyst
3 101 (30.15%) Quality Manager
4 90 (26.87%) Senior Manager
5 84 (25.07%) Senior Quality Manager
6 74 (22.09%) QA Manager
7 64 (19.10%) SAP Analyst
7 64 (19.10%) Senior QA Manager
8 62 (18.51%) Senior Analyst
9 28 (8.36%) Report Analyst
9 28 (8.36%) Sustainability Analyst
10 19 (5.67%) Audit Manager
10 19 (5.67%) Senior Audit Manager
11 18 (5.37%) Systems Engineer
12 16 (4.78%) Lead
13 15 (4.48%) Developer
14 13 (3.88%) Project Manager
15 12 (3.58%) Automation Engineer
15 12 (3.58%) Consultant
15 12 (3.58%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.58%) XML
2 4 (1.19%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.60%) .NET
3 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.60%) WCF
4 1 (0.30%) CSS
4 1 (0.30%) HTML
4 1 (0.30%) Middleware
4 1 (0.30%) NestJS
4 1 (0.30%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.30%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.30%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.48%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 14 (4.18%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.18%) Operational Technology
3 13 (3.88%) NHS
4 12 (3.58%) FMCG
5 8 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.09%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.49%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.49%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.19%) IoT
8 4 (1.19%) Life Science
8 4 (1.19%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.90%) CCTV
10 2 (0.60%) LIMS
10 2 (0.60%) PDA
10 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.60%) SCADA
11 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.30%) Industry 4.0
11 1 (0.30%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.60%) Unix
1 2 (0.60%) Windows
2 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.30%) Debian
2 1 (0.30%) Linux
2 1 (0.30%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (40.60%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (34.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 91 (27.16%) Project Management
4 87 (25.97%) Coaching
5 73 (21.79%) Data Management
5 73 (21.79%) Six Sigma
6 69 (20.60%) Data Collection
7 68 (20.30%) Logistics
8 64 (19.10%) Customer Experience
8 64 (19.10%) Due Diligence
8 64 (19.10%) Lean Six Sigma
8 64 (19.10%) Performance Improvement
9 63 (18.81%) Technical Leadership
10 60 (17.91%) User Acceptance Testing
11 58 (17.31%) Incident Management
11 58 (17.31%) QMS
11 58 (17.31%) SAP Implementation
11 58 (17.31%) Translating Business Requirements
12 57 (17.01%) Architectural Design
12 57 (17.01%) Decision Quality
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.18%) C#
1 14 (4.18%) SQL
2 12 (3.58%) C
2 12 (3.58%) Java
3 5 (1.49%) ABAP
4 2 (0.60%) C++
4 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.30%) Perl
5 1 (0.30%) Python
5 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 78 (23.28%) Degree
2 64 (19.10%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 23 (6.87%) Security Cleared
4 22 (6.57%) HNC
5 17 (5.07%) ACCA
6 13 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.58%) SC Cleared
8 10 (2.99%) HND
9 9 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.39%) Master's Degree
10 8 (2.39%) SAP Certification
11 5 (1.49%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.49%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 5 (1.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 5 (1.49%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
12 4 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.60%) City & Guilds
13 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.30%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (31.94%) QA
2 49 (14.63%) Data Quality
3 33 (9.85%) ISO 9001
4 19 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.88%) IFRS
6 7 (2.09%) GDPR
6 7 (2.09%) ISO 13485
7 6 (1.79%) GMP
8 5 (1.49%) GxP
9 4 (1.19%) NCSC
9 4 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.90%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.90%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.90%) PMO
11 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.60%) GRC
11 2 (0.60%) SLA
12 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.30%) Def Stans
System Software
1 2 (0.60%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.30%) Firmware
2 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) Ansible
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.30%) MOM
1 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 118 (35.22%) SAP
2 94 (28.06%) Microsoft
3 13 (3.88%) Siemens
4 12 (3.58%) Rockwell
5 8 (2.39%) Oracle
6 4 (1.19%) Google
7 3 (0.90%) Informatica
7 3 (0.90%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.90%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.60%) Databricks
8 2 (0.60%) IFS
8 2 (0.60%) Lotus
8 2 (0.60%) Workday
9 1 (0.30%) Adobe
9 1 (0.30%) ANSYS
9 1 (0.30%) EMC
9 1 (0.30%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.30%) MikroTik
9 1 (0.30%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.30%) PTC