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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 337 452
Rank change year-on-year -51 +115 -15
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 321 412 368
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.84% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.91% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 60 130 237
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -2.11% -12.23%
75th Percentile £83,750 £74,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,700 £87,625 £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 54,175 45,213 65,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.32% 92.48% 88.31%
Number of salaries quoted 32,471 22,205 50,855
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,750 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,375 £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 19 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 19 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 -20 229 £47,683 +2.54% 69
England -82 229 £56,250 +25.00% 78
London -18 76 £75,750 +21.35% 14
Scotland +30 73 £37,500 -34.78% 1
South East +15 53 £62,500 +24.73% 20
Work from Home +12 42 £81,500 +20.74% 18
North of England -75 38 £50,000 +33.33% 24
Midlands +9 35 £37,195 -7.01% 10
East Midlands -9 21 £29,000 -27.50% 4
North West -9 19 £50,000 +25.00% 19
Yorkshire -38 17 - - 1
West Midlands +14 14 £53,750 -25.86% 6
South West -22 13 £59,000 +26.88% 6
Northern Ireland - 10 - -
East of England -28 4 £34,250 -23.89% 9
Wales -5 3 £25,400 -67.75% 1
North East -45 2 - - 4

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 (21.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 91 (28.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 86 (26.79%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (21.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.25%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.31%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.31%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.31%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 51 (15.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.80%) SAP PP
3 6 (1.87%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.56%) SAP QM
5 4 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (1.25%) Q-Pulse
6 3 (0.93%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.93%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.93%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.93%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.62%) C-CURE
7 2 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.31%) DELMIA
8 1 (0.31%) Primavera
8 1 (0.31%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.31%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.31%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 17 (5.30%) Azure
2 12 (3.74%) Power Platform
3 5 (1.56%) AWS
4 4 (1.25%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.93%) GCP
6 2 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (0.62%) 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%) Collibra
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 (0.93%) Modbus
2 2 (0.62%) MQTT
2 2 (0.62%) RS-485
3 1 (0.31%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.31%) Firewall
3 1 (0.31%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.31%) RS-232
3 1 (0.31%) VLAN
3 1 (0.31%) VPN
3 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.31%) Wireless
3 1 (0.31%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.74%) Power BI
2 9 (2.80%) Data Lake
2 9 (2.80%) Metadata
3 6 (1.87%) SAP BW
4 4 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.62%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.62%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.62%) Tableau
7 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) Big Data
7 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.31%) MS Access
7 1 (0.31%) MySQL
7 1 (0.31%) QlikView
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 186 (57.94%) Social Skills
2 100 (31.15%) Finance
3 95 (29.60%) Manufacturing
4 50 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (11.53%) Marketing
6 30 (9.35%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (5.61%) Retail
8 16 (4.98%) Law
9 14 (4.36%) Banking
9 14 (4.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 13 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.74%) Public Sector
12 11 (3.43%) Electronics
13 9 (2.80%) Legal
14 5 (1.56%) Automotive
14 5 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.25%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.62%) Back Office
16 2 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 149 (46.42%) Senior
2 119 (37.07%) Quality Manager
3 98 (30.53%) Senior Manager
4 86 (26.79%) Senior Quality Manager
5 79 (24.61%) QA Manager
6 64 (19.94%) Senior QA Manager
7 58 (18.07%) Analyst
8 41 (12.77%) Senior Analyst
9 40 (12.46%) SAP Analyst
10 31 (9.66%) Audit Manager
11 23 (7.17%) Senior Audit Manager
12 17 (5.30%) Systems Manager
13 12 (3.74%) Head of QA
13 12 (3.74%) Project Manager
13 12 (3.74%) Technologist
14 11 (3.43%) Data Analyst
15 9 (2.80%) Architect
16 8 (2.49%) Administrator
16 8 (2.49%) Lead
17 7 (2.18%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (0.62%) 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 12 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (2.18%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (1.87%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.87%) Life Science
4 3 (0.93%) CCTV
4 3 (0.93%) Data Structures
4 3 (0.93%) IoT
4 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 2 (0.62%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.62%) IVR
5 2 (0.62%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.62%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.62%) PDA
5 2 (0.62%) PMI
5 2 (0.62%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.62%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.62%) SCADA
5 2 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.25%) Unix
2 2 (0.62%) Windows
3 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.31%) Debian
3 1 (0.31%) Linux
3 1 (0.31%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (38.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 102 (31.78%) Coaching
3 94 (29.28%) Project Management
4 85 (26.48%) QMS
5 78 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (23.68%) Customer Experience
7 70 (21.81%) Six Sigma
8 65 (20.25%) Due Diligence
9 64 (19.94%) Lean Six Sigma
9 64 (19.94%) Performance Improvement
10 51 (15.89%) Analytics
11 48 (14.95%) Data Management
12 40 (12.46%) Logistics
13 36 (11.21%) User Acceptance Testing
14 35 (10.90%) Impact Analysis
14 35 (10.90%) Translating Business Requirements
15 34 (10.59%) Incident Management
15 34 (10.59%) SAP Implementation
15 34 (10.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 34 (10.59%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.74%) SQL
2 8 (2.49%) ABAP
3 2 (0.62%) Python
4 1 (0.31%) C#
4 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.31%) Perl
4 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 64 (19.94%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 42 (13.08%) Degree
3 24 (7.48%) ACCA
4 22 (6.85%) Security Cleared
5 13 (4.05%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.74%) IRCA
7 11 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.80%) HNC
8 9 (2.80%) HND
8 9 (2.80%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.56%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (1.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 5 (1.56%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 4 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.25%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.25%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.93%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.62%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.62%) City & Guilds
12 2 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (41.43%) QA
2 29 (9.03%) Data Quality
2 29 (9.03%) ISO 9001
3 26 (8.10%) GDPR
4 15 (4.67%) IFRS
5 13 (4.05%) GMP
6 11 (3.43%) ISO 13485
7 6 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.56%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.56%) GxP
8 5 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (1.25%) COSHH
10 3 (0.93%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.93%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.62%) GAMP
11 2 (0.62%) GRC
11 2 (0.62%) SLA
12 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Firmware
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
1 104 (32.40%) Microsoft
2 77 (23.99%) SAP
3 6 (1.87%) Oracle
4 5 (1.56%) Google
4 5 (1.56%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.25%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.25%) Workday
6 3 (0.93%) Informatica
7 2 (0.62%) IFS
8 1 (0.31%) Adobe
8 1 (0.31%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.31%) Cisco
8 1 (0.31%) EMC
8 1 (0.31%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.31%) Genesys
8 1 (0.31%) MikroTik
8 1 (0.31%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.31%) PTC
8 1 (0.31%) Siemens
8 1 (0.31%) TOWER Software