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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 328 469
Rank change year-on-year -30 +141 -28
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 334 433 363
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.87% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.95% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 62 131 233
10th Percentile £28,600 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,313 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £45,392
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% +2.44% -15.71%
75th Percentile £82,188 £73,088 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,450 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,161
% change year-on-year +11.11% +6.73% -11.24%

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 52,730 45,725 65,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.77% 92.08% 88.28%
Number of salaries quoted 31,308 22,323 50,742
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,125 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 11 February 2026.

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 11 February 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 -71 247 £57,750 +28.33% 80
UK excluding London -17 244 £50,000 +11.11% 67
South East +47 81 £62,500 - 18
London -21 75 £65,000 +0.23% 20
Scotland +21 72 £37,500 -31.82% 1
Work from Home +27 40 £81,500 +23.16% 27
North of England -65 35 £50,000 +33.33% 22
Midlands +23 31 £45,390 +13.48% 12
North West +14 19 £50,000 +25.00% 16
East Midlands -4 19 £29,000 -27.50% 6
Yorkshire -34 16 - - 1
West Midlands +14 12 £53,750 -4.44% 6
South West -33 11 £59,000 +26.88% 5
Northern Ireland - 8 - -
East of England -30 4 £34,250 -23.89% 10
Wales +2 2 £25,400 -67.75% 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 69 (20.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 111 (33.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (25.45%) Microsoft Office
3 70 (20.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.20%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.30%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 57 (17.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.69%) SAP PP
3 6 (1.80%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.50%) SAP QM
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.90%) Q-Pulse
6 3 (0.90%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.90%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.90%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.60%) C-CURE
7 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.30%) DELMIA
8 1 (0.30%) Primavera
8 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.30%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 39 (11.68%) Azure
2 34 (10.18%) Power Platform
3 5 (1.50%) AWS
4 4 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.90%) GCP
6 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.60%) Collibra
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (0.60%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.30%) OCI
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.30%) Pulumi
7 1 (0.30%) SaaS
7 1 (0.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) Modbus
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%) IP Telephony
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 (10.18%) Power BI
2 31 (9.28%) Data Lake
3 28 (8.38%) SAP BW
4 9 (2.69%) Metadata
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.60%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.60%) Tableau
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) Big Data
8 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.30%) MS Access
8 1 (0.30%) MySQL
8 1 (0.30%) QlikView
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) JIRA
General
1 182 (54.49%) Social Skills
2 99 (29.64%) Manufacturing
3 95 (28.44%) Finance
4 60 (17.96%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (12.87%) Marketing
6 29 (8.68%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (5.69%) Retail
8 16 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (4.79%) Law
9 14 (4.19%) Banking
10 13 (3.89%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (3.29%) Electronics
12 11 (3.29%) Public Sector
13 8 (2.40%) Legal
14 5 (1.50%) Automotive
14 5 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.20%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.90%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.60%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 154 (46.11%) Senior
2 117 (35.03%) Quality Manager
3 98 (29.34%) Senior Manager
4 87 (26.05%) Analyst
5 86 (25.75%) Senior Quality Manager
6 79 (23.65%) QA Manager
7 64 (19.16%) Senior QA Manager
8 47 (14.07%) Senior Analyst
9 46 (13.77%) SAP Analyst
10 29 (8.68%) Audit Manager
11 28 (8.38%) Report Analyst
11 28 (8.38%) Sustainability Analyst
12 23 (6.89%) Senior Audit Manager
13 16 (4.79%) Systems Manager
14 13 (3.89%) Project Manager
15 12 (3.59%) Data Analyst
16 11 (3.29%) Technologist
17 9 (2.69%) Architect
18 8 (2.40%) Administrator
18 8 (2.40%) QA Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.20%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.30%) .NET
3 1 (0.30%) ADO
3 1 (0.30%) CSS
3 1 (0.30%) HTML
3 1 (0.30%) Middleware
3 1 (0.30%) NestJS
3 1 (0.30%) REST
3 1 (0.30%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.30%) SvelteKit
3 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (2.10%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.80%) Life Science
4 5 (1.50%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.90%) CCTV
6 3 (0.90%) IoT
6 3 (0.90%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.60%) IVR
7 2 (0.60%) LIMS
7 2 (0.60%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.60%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.60%) PDA
7 2 (0.60%) PMI
7 2 (0.60%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.60%) SCADA
7 2 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.20%) Unix
2 2 (0.60%) Windows
3 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.30%) Debian
3 1 (0.30%) Linux
3 1 (0.30%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (33.23%) Continuous Improvement
2 106 (31.74%) Problem-Solving
3 102 (30.54%) Coaching
4 94 (28.14%) Project Management
5 83 (24.85%) QMS
6 70 (20.96%) Six Sigma
7 65 (19.46%) Due Diligence
8 64 (19.16%) Customer Experience
8 64 (19.16%) Lean Six Sigma
8 64 (19.16%) Performance Improvement
9 62 (18.56%) Analytics
10 53 (15.87%) Data Management
11 46 (13.77%) Logistics
12 42 (12.57%) User Acceptance Testing
13 41 (12.28%) Impact Analysis
13 41 (12.28%) Translating Business Requirements
14 40 (11.98%) Incident Management
14 40 (11.98%) SAP Implementation
14 40 (11.98%) Technical Leadership
15 39 (11.68%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.29%) SQL
2 8 (2.40%) ABAP
3 1 (0.30%) C#
3 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.30%) Perl
3 1 (0.30%) Python
3 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 64 (19.16%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 63 (18.86%) Degree
3 23 (6.89%) ACCA
3 23 (6.89%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.19%) SC Cleared
5 11 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.69%) HNC
6 9 (2.69%) HND
7 8 (2.40%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 5 (1.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 5 (1.50%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
9 4 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.20%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.20%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.60%) City & Guilds
10 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.30%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (36.53%) QA
2 52 (15.57%) Data Quality
3 18 (5.39%) ISO 9001
4 15 (4.49%) IFRS
5 14 (4.19%) GDPR
6 13 (3.89%) GMP
7 11 (3.29%) ISO 13485
8 6 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.50%) GxP
9 5 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (1.20%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.90%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 3 (0.90%) COSHH
11 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.90%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.60%) GAMP
12 2 (0.60%) GRC
12 2 (0.60%) SLA
13 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.30%) Firmware
2 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (1.20%) Terraform
2 1 (0.30%) Ansible
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.30%) MOM
Vendors
1 105 (31.44%) SAP
2 102 (30.54%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.10%) Oracle
4 5 (1.50%) Google
4 5 (1.50%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.20%) Informatica
5 4 (1.20%) Workday
6 3 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.60%) IFS
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe
8 1 (0.30%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco
8 1 (0.30%) EMC
8 1 (0.30%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.30%) Genesys
8 1 (0.30%) MikroTik
8 1 (0.30%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.30%) PTC
8 1 (0.30%) Siemens
8 1 (0.30%) TOWER Software