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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 406 399 422
Rank change year-on-year -7 +23 +27
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 383 296 592
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.66% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.71% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 141 110 312
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £82,500 £69,143
90th Percentile £88,750 £100,375 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +29.41% -15.00%

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 68,493 41,477 89,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.95% 92.48% 81.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,109 22,216 63,180
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -18 331 £45,000 -14.46% 111
UK excluding London +20 293 £45,000 -18.18% 99
North of England -41 95 £55,750 +30.41% 30
Midlands +53 83 £45,000 +12.50% 26
Work from Home +25 79 £50,000 -20.00% 29
London -48 65 £60,000 +20.00% 25
North West +51 57 £60,000 -9.59% 15
West Midlands +29 51 £50,000 +25.00% 21
South East -32 39 £36,500 -40.41% 24
East Midlands +5 32 £29,000 -30.95% 5
South West -30 32 £41,250 -11.29% 11
Yorkshire -107 22 £56,500 +50.67% 10
North East -33 16 £34,500 -28.13% 5
Scotland +21 14 £45,000 -40.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 12 - -
East of England -13 10 £40,000 -60.00% 12
Wales -43 8 £25,400 -47.90% 1

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 8 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 46 (12.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (6.27%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 26 (6.79%) SAP QM
2 20 (5.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (4.96%) SAP ERP
4 7 (1.83%) Q-Pulse
4 7 (1.83%) SAP PP
5 4 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.52%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.52%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.26%) FastStats
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG-M
7 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG-S
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.22%) Azure
2 17 (4.44%) Power Platform
3 12 (3.13%) AWS
4 10 (2.61%) GCP
4 10 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (1.83%) SaaS
6 5 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (0.78%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.52%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.52%) Zapier
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.26%) Collibra
9 1 (0.26%) Dagster
9 1 (0.26%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.04%) Network Security
2 2 (0.52%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.44%) Power BI
2 15 (3.92%) Metadata
3 7 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.04%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.04%) Tableau
5 3 (0.78%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.52%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.52%) MySQL
6 2 (0.52%) Power Query
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.26%) Big Data
7 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.26%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.04%) JIRA
2 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 180 (47.00%) Social Skills
2 141 (36.81%) Finance
3 123 (32.11%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (24.54%) Manufacturing
5 43 (11.23%) Influencing Skills
6 30 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (7.05%) Pharmaceutical
8 20 (5.22%) Legal
9 19 (4.96%) Retail
10 18 (4.70%) Aerospace
10 18 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (4.44%) Banking
12 9 (2.35%) Electronics
13 7 (1.83%) Advertising
13 7 (1.83%) Law
13 7 (1.83%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.57%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.57%) Local Government
15 5 (1.31%) Marketing
15 5 (1.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 72 (18.80%) Head of QA
2 35 (9.14%) Quality Engineer
3 34 (8.88%) Technologist
4 32 (8.36%) Senior
5 28 (7.31%) Quality Manager
6 25 (6.53%) Systems Engineer
7 20 (5.22%) Lead
8 17 (4.44%) Administrator
9 16 (4.18%) Analyst
9 16 (4.18%) Systems Manager
10 12 (3.13%) QA Officer
11 11 (2.87%) Audit Manager
11 11 (2.87%) QA Manager
11 11 (2.87%) Senior Quality Engineer
11 11 (2.87%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 10 (2.61%) Architect
12 10 (2.61%) Project Manager
13 9 (2.35%) Senior Manager
13 9 (2.35%) Support Engineer
13 9 (2.35%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.96%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (1.57%) LangChain
2 6 (1.57%) LangGraph
2 6 (1.57%) PyTorch
2 6 (1.57%) scikit-learn
2 6 (1.57%) TensorFlow
3 2 (0.52%) Java RMI
3 2 (0.52%) Kafka
3 2 (0.52%) Web Services
4 1 (0.26%) .NET
4 1 (0.26%) ADO
4 1 (0.26%) IDoc
4 1 (0.26%) Playwright
4 1 (0.26%) PySpark
4 1 (0.26%) pytest
4 1 (0.26%) REST
4 1 (0.26%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 79 (20.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (3.66%) Product Ownership
3 11 (2.87%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.09%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.57%) Cyberattack
5 6 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.31%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.04%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.04%) FMCG
7 4 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.78%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.52%) IVR
9 2 (0.52%) Life Science
9 2 (0.52%) PMI
9 2 (0.52%) Robotics
10 1 (0.26%) Blog
10 1 (0.26%) CMDB
10 1 (0.26%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (45.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 128 (33.42%) QMS
3 95 (24.80%) Analytics
4 92 (24.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 91 (23.76%) Root Cause Analysis
6 87 (22.72%) Actionable Insight
7 86 (22.45%) Change Management
8 84 (21.93%) Service Delivery
9 81 (21.15%) PRINCE2
10 76 (19.84%) Customer Experience
11 72 (18.80%) Anti-Money Laundering
12 45 (11.75%) Problem-Solving
12 45 (11.75%) Roadmaps
13 40 (10.44%) Internal Audit
14 39 (10.18%) Coaching
15 36 (9.40%) AI
15 36 (9.40%) Decision-Making
16 33 (8.62%) ERP
17 31 (8.09%) Data Governance
17 31 (8.09%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.13%) SQL
2 11 (2.87%) Python
3 9 (2.35%) ABAP
4 1 (0.26%) C#
4 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.26%) Scala
4 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (18.80%) IRCA
2 54 (14.10%) Degree
3 19 (4.96%) DBS Check
4 18 (4.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.35%) ACCA
5 9 (2.35%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.09%) Postgraduate
6 8 (2.09%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.57%) CISSP
8 6 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.31%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.04%) CCSP
10 4 (1.04%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.04%) CRISC
10 4 (1.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 3 (0.78%) CCA
11 3 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (46.74%) QA
2 113 (29.50%) ISO 9001
3 88 (22.98%) GDPR
4 47 (12.27%) Data Quality
5 23 (6.01%) Accessibility
6 19 (4.96%) GMP
7 12 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.57%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 5 (1.31%) Automotive SPICE
9 5 (1.31%) COSHH
9 5 (1.31%) GxP
9 5 (1.31%) ISO 26262
9 5 (1.31%) NIST
10 4 (1.04%) IFRS
11 3 (0.78%) GLP
11 3 (0.78%) Good Clinical Practice
11 3 (0.78%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.52%) GAMP
12 2 (0.52%) PMO
12 2 (0.52%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.78%) Terraform
2 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 63 (16.45%) Microsoft
2 42 (10.97%) SAP
3 7 (1.83%) ServiceNow
4 6 (1.57%) Google
4 6 (1.57%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.78%) Databricks
5 3 (0.78%) Informatica
6 2 (0.52%) Sage
7 1 (0.26%) Genesys
7 1 (0.26%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.26%) TOWER Software