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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 348 463
Rank change year-on-year -34 +115 -27
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 319 380 386
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.80% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.86% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 57 124 247
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,950 £25,950
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £46,581
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -0.17% -13.93%
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £96,300 £88,375 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,683 £46,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.54% +9.41% -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 55,198 43,957 67,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.83% 93.01% 88.40%
Number of salaries quoted 33,132 22,050 51,588
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,125 £29,490
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £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 £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
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 28 February 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 28 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
UK excluding London -7 230 £47,683 +2.54% 107
England -72 222 £55,000 +22.22% 115
Scotland +43 74 £37,500 -34.78% 2
London -30 72 £81,500 +35.83% 15
North of England -44 46 £50,000 +33.33% 24
Work from Home +12 42 £81,500 +20.74% 15
South East -14 40 £55,000 +9.77% 31
Midlands +14 37 £29,000 -27.50% 22
North West +1 24 £50,000 +25.00% 16
East Midlands -13 22 £29,000 -27.50% 11
Yorkshire -42 18 - - 4
West Midlands +15 15 £53,750 -25.86% 11
South West -23 14 £59,000 +26.88% 13
Northern Ireland - 12 - - 1
Wales -1 4 £25,400 -67.75% 3
North East -37 4 - - 4
East of England -25 3 £40,000 -11.11% 14

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 (21.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 87 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 85 (26.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 69 (21.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.25%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.31%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.31%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.31%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 45 (14.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.82%) SAP PP
3 8 (2.51%) SAP ERP
4 7 (2.19%) SAP QM
5 5 (1.57%) Q-Pulse
6 4 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (1.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.94%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.94%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.94%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.94%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.63%) C-CURE
8 2 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.31%) DELMIA
9 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
9 1 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.31%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.45%) Azure
2 6 (1.88%) Power Platform
3 5 (1.57%) AWS
4 4 (1.25%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.94%) GCP
6 2 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (0.63%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.31%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.31%) Pulumi
7 1 (0.31%) SaaS
7 1 (0.31%) Serverless
7 1 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.94%) Modbus
2 2 (0.63%) MQTT
3 1 (0.31%) Firewall
3 1 (0.31%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.31%) RS-485
3 1 (0.31%) VLAN
3 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.82%) Metadata
2 6 (1.88%) Power BI
3 4 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.94%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.63%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.63%) Tableau
6 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.31%) Big Data
6 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.31%) MS Access
6 1 (0.31%) MySQL
6 1 (0.31%) Power Query
6 1 (0.31%) QlikView
6 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 189 (59.25%) Social Skills
2 101 (31.66%) Finance
3 88 (27.59%) Manufacturing
4 52 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (9.72%) Influencing Skills
5 31 (9.72%) Marketing
6 18 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.33%) Retail
8 16 (5.02%) Law
9 14 (4.39%) Banking
9 14 (4.39%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (3.45%) Public Sector
12 9 (2.82%) Legal
13 8 (2.51%) Electronics
14 5 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.25%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.94%) Automotive
17 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.63%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 142 (44.51%) Senior
2 117 (36.68%) Quality Manager
3 96 (30.09%) Senior Manager
4 86 (26.96%) Senior Quality Manager
5 79 (24.76%) QA Manager
6 64 (20.06%) Senior QA Manager
7 46 (14.42%) Analyst
8 35 (10.97%) Senior Analyst
9 34 (10.66%) SAP Analyst
10 31 (9.72%) Audit Manager
11 24 (7.52%) Head of QA
12 23 (7.21%) Senior Audit Manager
13 18 (5.64%) Systems Manager
14 13 (4.08%) Technologist
15 12 (3.76%) Project Manager
16 11 (3.45%) Data Analyst
17 9 (2.82%) Architect
18 8 (2.51%) Administrator
18 8 (2.51%) Quality Engineer
18 8 (2.51%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.88%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.31%) .NET
3 1 (0.31%) ADO
3 1 (0.31%) CSS
3 1 (0.31%) HTML
3 1 (0.31%) Middleware
3 1 (0.31%) NestJS
3 1 (0.31%) REST
3 1 (0.31%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.31%) SvelteKit
3 1 (0.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (2.19%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (1.88%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.88%) Life Science
4 3 (0.94%) CCTV
4 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
4 3 (0.94%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 2 (0.63%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.63%) IVR
5 2 (0.63%) LIMS
5 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.63%) PDA
5 2 (0.63%) PMI
5 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.63%) SCADA
5 2 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.25%) Unix
2 2 (0.63%) Windows
3 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.31%) Debian
3 1 (0.31%) Linux
3 1 (0.31%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (42.32%) Continuous Improvement
2 103 (32.29%) Coaching
3 92 (28.84%) Project Management
4 88 (27.59%) Customer Experience
5 85 (26.65%) QMS
6 67 (21.00%) Six Sigma
7 65 (20.38%) Due Diligence
8 64 (20.06%) Lean Six Sigma
8 64 (20.06%) Performance Improvement
9 63 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (17.55%) Analytics
11 43 (13.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 41 (12.85%) Data Management
13 34 (10.66%) Logistics
14 33 (10.34%) Internal Audit
15 31 (9.72%) Benchmarking
15 31 (9.72%) Risk Management
16 30 (9.40%) Root Cause Analysis
16 30 (9.40%) User Acceptance Testing
17 29 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.08%) SQL
2 10 (3.13%) ABAP
3 2 (0.63%) Python
4 1 (0.31%) C#
4 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.31%) Perl
4 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 64 (20.06%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 31 (9.72%) Degree
3 24 (7.52%) ACCA
3 24 (7.52%) IRCA
4 20 (6.27%) Security Cleared
5 13 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (3.45%) SC Cleared
7 9 (2.82%) HNC
7 9 (2.82%) HND
8 7 (2.19%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.25%) SAP Certification
10 3 (0.94%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.94%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.94%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 3 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.94%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
11 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.63%) City & Guilds
11 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (44.83%) QA
2 37 (11.60%) GDPR
2 37 (11.60%) ISO 9001
3 25 (7.84%) Data Quality
4 15 (4.70%) IFRS
5 13 (4.08%) GMP
6 9 (2.82%) ISO 13485
7 5 (1.57%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.57%) COSHH
7 5 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.94%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.94%) GxP
9 3 (0.94%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.63%) GAMP
10 2 (0.63%) SLA
11 1 (0.31%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 4 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (1.25%) Terraform
2 1 (0.31%) Ansible
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.31%) MOM
Vendors
1 106 (33.23%) Microsoft
2 65 (20.38%) SAP
3 6 (1.88%) Oracle
4 5 (1.57%) Google
4 5 (1.57%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.25%) Workday
6 2 (0.63%) IFS
6 2 (0.63%) Informatica
6 2 (0.63%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe
7 1 (0.31%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.31%) Cisco
7 1 (0.31%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.31%) Genesys
7 1 (0.31%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.31%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.31%) PTC
7 1 (0.31%) Siemens
7 1 (0.31%) TOWER Software