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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 361 454
Rank change year-on-year -20 +93 -7
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 340 320 441
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.74% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.80% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 65 116 266
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £26,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,897 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% +15.57% -13.64%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £99,000 £94,375 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.09% +14.12% -10.53%

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 58,222 40,192 73,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.86% 93.47% 87.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35,232 22,295 56,140
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 17 March 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 17 March 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
UK excluding London +16 246 £50,000 +3.09% 96
England -63 229 £57,500 +17.95% 113
Scotland +40 77 £37,500 -34.78% 7
London -25 74 £81,500 +19.50% 27
North of England -45 64 £50,000 +33.33% 24
Midlands +20 51 £45,000 +12.50% 18
Work from Home +14 48 £71,000 +6.98% 31
North West +3 33 £50,000 -8.75% 15
East Midlands -8 29 £29,000 -27.50% 4
West Midlands +23 22 £50,000 -31.03% 14
Yorkshire -46 21 £15,600 -58.40% 4
Northern Ireland - 17 - -
South West -34 16 £87,500 +88.17% 9
South East -41 11 £58,750 +17.25% 29
North East -42 10 - - 6
Wales -13 7 £25,400 -67.23% 1
East of England -28 3 £40,000 -11.11% 10

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 68 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 91 (26.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (25.59%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (20.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.18%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.29%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (5.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.65%) SAP ERP
2 9 (2.65%) SAP PP
2 9 (2.65%) SAP QM
3 5 (1.47%) Q-Pulse
4 4 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.88%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.59%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.59%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.29%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.29%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.29%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.71%) Azure
2 8 (2.35%) Power Platform
3 7 (2.06%) AWS
4 4 (1.18%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.18%) GCP
5 3 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (0.88%) Snowflake
6 2 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (0.29%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.29%) Dagster
7 1 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.29%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.29%) Prefect
7 1 (0.29%) Serverless
7 1 (0.29%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.88%) Modbus
2 2 (0.59%) MQTT
3 1 (0.29%) Firewall
3 1 (0.29%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.29%) RS-485
3 1 (0.29%) VLAN
3 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.65%) Metadata
2 8 (2.35%) Power BI
3 5 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.18%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.88%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.88%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.59%) MySQL
6 2 (0.59%) Tableau
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.29%) Big Data
7 1 (0.29%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.29%) MS Access
7 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.29%) QlikView
7 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 200 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 109 (32.06%) Finance
3 86 (25.29%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (19.71%) Manufacturing
5 40 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.41%) Law
7 15 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (4.41%) Retail
8 14 (4.12%) Banking
9 13 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (3.24%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.35%) Legal
12 7 (2.06%) Electronics
13 5 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.18%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.18%) Marketing
15 2 (0.59%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.59%) Back Office
15 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 116 (34.12%) Quality Manager
2 113 (33.24%) Senior
3 96 (28.24%) Senior Manager
4 85 (25.00%) Senior Quality Manager
5 82 (24.12%) QA Manager
6 64 (18.82%) Senior QA Manager
7 60 (17.65%) Head of QA
8 30 (8.82%) Audit Manager
9 22 (6.47%) Senior Audit Manager
10 19 (5.59%) Analyst
10 19 (5.59%) Systems Manager
10 19 (5.59%) Technologist
11 14 (4.12%) Project Manager
12 11 (3.24%) Data Analyst
13 10 (2.94%) Quality Engineer
13 10 (2.94%) Systems Engineer
14 9 (2.65%) Architect
15 8 (2.35%) Administrator
15 8 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
15 8 (2.35%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.35%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (0.59%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.29%) .NET
3 1 (0.29%) ADO
3 1 (0.29%) CSS
3 1 (0.29%) HTML
3 1 (0.29%) Kafka
3 1 (0.29%) Middleware
3 1 (0.29%) NestJS
3 1 (0.29%) REST
3 1 (0.29%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.29%) SvelteKit
3 1 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 62 (18.24%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (2.06%) Life Science
2 7 (2.06%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.76%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.88%) Data Structures
5 3 (0.88%) IoT
5 3 (0.88%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 3 (0.88%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.59%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.59%) IVR
6 2 (0.59%) LIMS
6 2 (0.59%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.59%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.59%) PDA
6 2 (0.59%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.59%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.59%) Robotics
6 2 (0.59%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.18%) Unix
2 2 (0.59%) Windows
3 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.29%) Debian
3 1 (0.29%) Linux
3 1 (0.29%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (51.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 124 (36.47%) Customer Experience
3 108 (31.76%) Coaching
4 94 (27.65%) QMS
5 92 (27.06%) Analytics
6 91 (26.76%) Project Management
7 80 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 67 (19.71%) Actionable Insight
9 66 (19.41%) Six Sigma
10 65 (19.12%) Change Management
10 65 (19.12%) Due Diligence
10 65 (19.12%) Root Cause Analysis
11 64 (18.82%) Lean Six Sigma
11 64 (18.82%) Performance Improvement
11 64 (18.82%) PRINCE2
12 62 (18.24%) Service Delivery
13 60 (17.65%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 39 (11.47%) Internal Audit
15 36 (10.59%) Benchmarking
16 30 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.71%) SQL
2 12 (3.53%) ABAP
3 4 (1.18%) Python
4 1 (0.29%) C#
4 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.29%) Perl
4 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 64 (18.82%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 60 (17.65%) IRCA
3 29 (8.53%) Degree
4 23 (6.76%) ACCA
5 13 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.82%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.35%) HNC
6 8 (2.35%) HND
7 5 (1.47%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.47%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.18%) SAP Certification
9 3 (0.88%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.88%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.59%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.59%) CISSP
10 2 (0.59%) City & Guilds
10 2 (0.59%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.59%) PMP
10 2 (0.59%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (54.41%) QA
2 75 (22.06%) GDPR
3 73 (21.47%) ISO 9001
4 31 (9.12%) Data Quality
5 14 (4.12%) IFRS
6 12 (3.53%) GMP
7 6 (1.76%) ISO 13485
7 6 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.47%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.47%) COSHH
9 4 (1.18%) GxP
9 4 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.88%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.59%) GAMP
12 1 (0.29%) NCSC
12 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.29%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (1.18%) Terraform
2 1 (0.29%) Ansible
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.29%) MOM
Vendors
1 114 (33.53%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.47%) SAP
3 6 (1.76%) Oracle
4 5 (1.47%) Google
4 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.18%) Workday
6 2 (0.59%) IFS
6 2 (0.59%) Informatica
6 2 (0.59%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.29%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco
7 1 (0.29%) Databricks
7 1 (0.29%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.29%) Genesys
7 1 (0.29%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.29%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.29%) PTC
7 1 (0.29%) Siemens
7 1 (0.29%) TOWER Software