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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 408 377
Rank change year-on-year +4 -31 +121
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 436 304 552
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.61% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.69% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 192 101 172
10th Percentile £30,171 £29,438 £31,550
25th Percentile £35,750 £44,196 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +10.60% -9.59%
75th Percentile £58,125 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £81,500 £98,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year -25.00% +14.83% -11.06%

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 79,126 44,376 67,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.31% 89.04% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 54,636 25,137 42,574
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -18 383 £45,000 -26.53% 305
UK excluding London +3 340 £45,000 -25.00% 271
North of England -50 102 £52,500 -20.89% 61
Midlands +31 89 £45,000 +7.14% 52
Work from Home -18 87 £50,000 -23.08% 116
London -45 75 £50,000 -23.08% 82
North West +45 63 £52,500 -25.73% 36
West Midlands +23 62 £50,000 +25.00% 25
South East -47 56 £36,500 -42.75% 62
South West -43 36 £42,500 -15.00% 28
East Midlands -2 27 £42,500 -6.37% 27
Yorkshire -98 23 £53,250 -3.18% 19
East of England -7 20 £40,000 -11.11% 30
Scotland +23 17 £70,000 +41.61% 29
North East -38 16 £34,500 -28.13% 6
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 7
Wales -54 6 £32,000 -1.54% 9

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 13 (2.98%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 49 (11.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.75%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (5.28%) SAP QM
2 16 (3.67%) SAP ERP
2 16 (3.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.61%) SAP PP
4 5 (1.15%) Primavera
4 5 (1.15%) SAP EHS
5 4 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.69%) Q-Pulse
6 3 (0.69%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.46%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.23%) FastStats
8 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG-M
8 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 44 (10.09%) Azure
2 38 (8.72%) Power Platform
3 24 (5.50%) AWS
4 17 (3.90%) Microsoft Purview
5 14 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (2.75%) GCP
7 6 (1.38%) SaaS
8 5 (1.15%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.15%) Smartsheet
9 4 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.92%) Collibra
10 3 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.69%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.46%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.46%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (0.46%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.92%) Network Security
2 2 (0.46%) Internet
2 2 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.72%) Power BI
2 22 (5.05%) Metadata
3 16 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (1.61%) Power Query
5 7 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.15%) Tableau
7 4 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (0.92%) GIS
7 4 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.69%) MySQL
9 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.46%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.23%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 15 (3.44%) JIRA
2 2 (0.46%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 186 (42.66%) Social Skills
2 144 (33.03%) Analytical Skills
2 144 (33.03%) Finance
3 118 (27.06%) Manufacturing
4 43 (9.86%) Organisational Skills
5 38 (8.72%) Legal
6 35 (8.03%) Aerospace
7 34 (7.80%) Influencing Skills
8 28 (6.42%) Pharmaceutical
9 25 (5.73%) Retail
10 19 (4.36%) Banking
11 18 (4.13%) Electronics
12 14 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (2.98%) Law
14 10 (2.29%) Military
14 10 (2.29%) Public Sector
15 8 (1.83%) Aviation
16 7 (1.61%) Fire and Rescue
16 7 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 60 (13.76%) Head of QA
2 45 (10.32%) Quality Engineer
3 41 (9.40%) Lead
4 32 (7.34%) Senior
5 31 (7.11%) Quality Manager
6 30 (6.88%) Systems Engineer
7 25 (5.73%) Technologist
8 17 (3.90%) Analyst
8 17 (3.90%) QA Manager
9 16 (3.67%) Data Manager
10 14 (3.21%) Administrator
10 14 (3.21%) Operations Manager
10 14 (3.21%) QA Engineer
11 12 (2.75%) QA Officer
12 11 (2.52%) Senior Quality Engineer
12 11 (2.52%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 10 (2.29%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 10 (2.29%) Software Engineer
14 9 (2.06%) IT Manager
14 9 (2.06%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.67%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (2.29%) LangChain
2 10 (2.29%) LangGraph
2 10 (2.29%) PyTorch
2 10 (2.29%) scikit-learn
2 10 (2.29%) TensorFlow
3 4 (0.92%) EDI
4 3 (0.69%) Java RMI
4 3 (0.69%) Terraform
5 2 (0.46%) A2A Protocol
5 2 (0.46%) Kafka
5 2 (0.46%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (0.23%) CSS
6 1 (0.23%) HTML
6 1 (0.23%) IDoc
6 1 (0.23%) Playwright
6 1 (0.23%) PySpark
6 1 (0.23%) pytest
6 1 (0.23%) SAP ALE
6 1 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (15.83%) Analytical Mindset
2 31 (7.11%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.59%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.44%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.98%) PMI
6 11 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.29%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.29%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.61%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.61%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.38%) Cyberattack
11 5 (1.15%) Blog
12 4 (0.92%) BYOD
12 4 (0.92%) Culture of Ownership
12 4 (0.92%) FMCG
12 4 (0.92%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.92%) Reference Data
12 4 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.69%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (48.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 140 (32.11%) QMS
3 91 (20.87%) Analytics
4 89 (20.41%) Service Delivery
5 87 (19.95%) Actionable Insight
6 86 (19.72%) Root Cause Analysis
7 83 (19.04%) Change Management
8 82 (18.81%) PRINCE2
9 76 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
10 75 (17.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 70 (16.06%) Roadmaps
12 68 (15.60%) Decision-Making
13 66 (15.14%) Customer Experience
14 60 (13.76%) Anti-Money Laundering
15 57 (13.07%) AI
16 51 (11.70%) ERP
17 50 (11.47%) Project Management
18 44 (10.09%) Data Governance
19 43 (9.86%) Internal Audit
20 40 (9.17%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.19%) SQL
2 22 (5.05%) Python
3 7 (1.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.15%) ABAP
5 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.23%) Perl
6 1 (0.23%) Scala
6 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 91 (20.87%) Degree
2 61 (13.99%) IRCA
3 26 (5.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (4.13%) DBS Check
4 18 (4.13%) Security Cleared
5 15 (3.44%) PMI Certification
5 15 (3.44%) SC Cleared
6 12 (2.75%) Postgraduate
7 9 (2.06%) HNC
8 7 (1.61%) Chartered Engineer
8 7 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (1.38%) CISSP
9 6 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.38%) HND
9 6 (1.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 4 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.92%) CCSP
10 4 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (42.89%) QA
2 126 (28.90%) ISO 9001
3 83 (19.04%) GDPR
4 66 (15.14%) Data Quality
5 23 (5.28%) Accessibility
5 23 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (3.90%) GMP
7 10 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.15%) Automotive SPICE
9 5 (1.15%) ISO 26262
9 5 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 5 (1.15%) NIST
9 5 (1.15%) PMO
10 4 (0.92%) GxP
10 4 (0.92%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 3 (0.69%) GLP
11 3 (0.69%) Good Clinical Practice
12 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 2 (0.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 70 (16.06%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.93%) SAP
3 13 (2.98%) ServiceNow
4 11 (2.52%) Oracle
5 10 (2.29%) Google
6 5 (1.15%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.92%) Informatica
8 3 (0.69%) Databricks
8 3 (0.69%) Rockwell
8 3 (0.69%) Sage
8 3 (0.69%) Siemens
9 2 (0.46%) Avaya
9 2 (0.46%) Cisco
9 2 (0.46%) Genesys
9 2 (0.46%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.23%) EMC
10 1 (0.23%) NCR
10 1 (0.23%) NEC
10 1 (0.23%) Remedy
10 1 (0.23%) Veritas