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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 408 412 377
Rank change year-on-year +4 -35 +111
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 440 301 524
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.60% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.67% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 190 103 173
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +4.35% -6.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £83,000 £98,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £59,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -24.37% +13.33% -4.55%

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 78,515 44,640 67,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.47% 89.25% 80.94%
Number of salaries quoted 54,079 25,322 43,171
10th Percentile £30,975 £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 £97,236 £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 16 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 16 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 -5 382 £45,000 -25.00% 239
UK excluding London +7 345 £45,000 -24.37% 200
North of England -52 105 £52,500 -20.89% 51
Midlands +43 87 £45,000 +7.14% 43
Work from Home -13 87 £50,000 -23.08% 70
London -48 73 £50,000 -2.44% 61
North West +49 64 £52,500 -25.73% 28
West Midlands +19 60 £50,000 +25.00% 24
South East -51 56 £36,500 -41.60% 46
South West -46 37 £42,500 -15.00% 18
East Midlands -2 27 £35,000 -19.90% 19
Yorkshire -97 23 £53,250 -3.18% 18
East of England -13 19 £40,000 -11.11% 24
Scotland +17 18 £70,000 +41.61% 13
North East -48 18 £34,500 -28.13% 5
Northern Ireland - 16 - - 6
Wales -58 7 £32,000 -1.54% 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 13 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 47 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.95%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (5.23%) SAP QM
2 16 (3.64%) SAP ERP
2 16 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.59%) SAP PP
4 5 (1.14%) Primavera
4 5 (1.14%) Q-Pulse
4 5 (1.14%) SAP EHS
5 4 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.68%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.45%) 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 43 (9.77%) Azure
2 37 (8.41%) Power Platform
3 23 (5.23%) AWS
4 17 (3.86%) Microsoft Purview
5 13 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.27%) GCP
7 6 (1.36%) SaaS
8 5 (1.14%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.14%) Smartsheet
9 4 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.91%) Collibra
10 3 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.68%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.45%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.45%) GitHub
11 2 (0.45%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.91%) Network Security
2 2 (0.45%) Internet
2 2 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.41%) Power BI
2 21 (4.77%) Metadata
3 16 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.82%) Power Query
6 7 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.14%) Tableau
8 3 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.68%) GIS
8 3 (0.68%) MySQL
8 3 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.68%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.23%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (3.41%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 191 (43.41%) Social Skills
2 154 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
3 152 (34.55%) Finance
4 117 (26.59%) Manufacturing
5 40 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (8.41%) Legal
7 35 (7.95%) Aerospace
8 34 (7.73%) Influencing Skills
9 30 (6.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 25 (5.68%) Retail
11 18 (4.09%) Banking
11 18 (4.09%) Electronics
12 14 (3.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (2.27%) Law
13 10 (2.27%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.05%) Military
15 8 (1.82%) Aviation
16 7 (1.59%) Fire and Rescue
16 7 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 72 (16.36%) Head of QA
2 43 (9.77%) Quality Engineer
3 39 (8.86%) Lead
4 31 (7.05%) Quality Manager
5 30 (6.82%) Senior
6 29 (6.59%) Systems Engineer
7 25 (5.68%) Technologist
8 18 (4.09%) Analyst
9 16 (3.64%) QA Manager
10 15 (3.41%) Data Manager
11 14 (3.18%) Operations Manager
12 13 (2.95%) Administrator
13 12 (2.73%) QA Engineer
13 12 (2.73%) QA Officer
14 11 (2.50%) Senior Quality Engineer
14 11 (2.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 9 (2.05%) IT Manager
15 9 (2.05%) Project Manager
15 9 (2.05%) Software Engineer
15 9 (2.05%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.64%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (2.05%) LangChain
2 9 (2.05%) LangGraph
2 9 (2.05%) PyTorch
2 9 (2.05%) scikit-learn
2 9 (2.05%) TensorFlow
3 3 (0.68%) EDI
3 3 (0.68%) Java RMI
4 2 (0.45%) A2A Protocol
4 2 (0.45%) Kafka
4 2 (0.45%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.23%) CSS
5 1 (0.23%) HTML
5 1 (0.23%) IDoc
5 1 (0.23%) NestJS
5 1 (0.23%) Playwright
5 1 (0.23%) PySpark
5 1 (0.23%) pytest
5 1 (0.23%) SAP ALE
5 1 (0.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 81 (18.41%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (6.36%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.18%) Onboarding
5 13 (2.95%) PMI
6 11 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.05%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.05%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.59%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.59%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.36%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.14%) Blog
11 4 (0.91%) BYOD
11 4 (0.91%) Culture of Ownership
11 4 (0.91%) FMCG
11 4 (0.91%) Reference Data
11 4 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.68%) Biopharmaceutical
12 3 (0.68%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (49.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 142 (32.27%) QMS
3 103 (23.41%) Analytics
4 101 (22.95%) Service Delivery
5 96 (21.82%) Actionable Insight
5 96 (21.82%) Root Cause Analysis
6 95 (21.59%) Change Management
6 95 (21.59%) PRINCE2
7 88 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 78 (17.73%) Customer Experience
9 77 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
10 72 (16.36%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 69 (15.68%) Roadmaps
12 67 (15.23%) Decision-Making
13 56 (12.73%) AI
14 51 (11.59%) ERP
14 51 (11.59%) Project Management
15 43 (9.77%) Data Governance
16 41 (9.32%) Agile
17 39 (8.86%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.14%) SQL
2 21 (4.77%) Python
3 7 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (1.14%) ABAP
5 2 (0.45%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.23%) Perl
6 1 (0.23%) Scala
6 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 88 (20.00%) Degree
2 73 (16.59%) IRCA
3 26 (5.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (4.09%) DBS Check
5 17 (3.86%) Security Cleared
6 16 (3.64%) PMI Certification
7 14 (3.18%) SC Cleared
8 12 (2.73%) Postgraduate
9 8 (1.82%) HNC
10 7 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (1.59%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.36%) CISSP
11 6 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.36%) HND
12 5 (1.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 4 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.91%) ACCA
13 4 (0.91%) CCSP
13 4 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (44.55%) QA
2 135 (30.68%) ISO 9001
3 93 (21.14%) GDPR
4 64 (14.55%) Data Quality
5 24 (5.45%) Accessibility
6 21 (4.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (4.32%) GMP
8 9 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.14%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (1.14%) ISO 26262
10 5 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 5 (1.14%) NIST
10 5 (1.14%) PMO
11 4 (0.91%) COSHH
11 4 (0.91%) GxP
11 4 (0.91%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 3 (0.68%) GLP
12 3 (0.68%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 2 (0.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.68%) Kubernetes
1 3 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 71 (16.14%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.82%) SAP
3 14 (3.18%) ServiceNow
4 10 (2.27%) Oracle
5 9 (2.05%) Google
6 5 (1.14%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.91%) Informatica
8 3 (0.68%) Databricks
8 3 (0.68%) Sage
9 2 (0.45%) Avaya
9 2 (0.45%) Cisco
9 2 (0.45%) Genesys
9 2 (0.45%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.45%) Rockwell
9 2 (0.45%) Siemens
10 1 (0.23%) EMC
10 1 (0.23%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.23%) Remedy