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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 353 451
Rank change year-on-year -36 +98 -7
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 320 350 421
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.77% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.82% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 58 118 260
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £26,475
25th Percentile £35,313 £36,250 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% -12.23%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £96,100 £93,750 £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 56,516 42,516 72,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.36% 93.70% 87.81%
Number of salaries quoted 34,044 22,349 55,477
10th Percentile £29,270 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £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 £76,262 £80,000 £74,000
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 8 March 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 8 March 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 +8 229 £47,683 +2.54% 77
England -95 218 £55,000 +18.28% 98
Scotland +49 75 £37,500 -34.78% 2
London -39 73 £81,500 +25.67% 25
North of England -56 51 £50,000 +33.33% 18
Midlands +21 44 £29,000 -27.50% 16
Work from Home +15 44 £81,500 +23.16% 22
North West +8 27 £50,000 +25.00% 13
East Midlands 0 27 £29,000 -27.50% 4
South East -25 24 £55,000 +9.77% 22
Yorkshire -44 18 - - 2
West Midlands +13 17 £50,000 -31.03% 12
Northern Ireland - 14 - -
South West -32 13 £59,000 +26.88% 10
North East -39 6 - - 3
Wales -5 5 £25,400 -67.23% 1
East of England -18 3 £40,000 -11.11% 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 68 (21.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 89 (27.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (27.19%) Microsoft Office
3 69 (21.56%) 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 30 (9.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.81%) SAP PP
3 8 (2.50%) SAP ERP
4 7 (2.19%) SAP QM
5 5 (1.56%) 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%) 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 12 (3.75%) Azure
2 6 (1.88%) Power Platform
3 5 (1.56%) AWS
4 4 (1.25%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.94%) GCP
5 3 (0.94%) Snowflake
6 2 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Purview
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 (2.81%) Metadata
2 6 (1.88%) Power BI
3 4 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.94%) Data Lake
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
1 187 (58.44%) Social Skills
2 99 (30.94%) Finance
3 78 (24.38%) Manufacturing
4 62 (19.38%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (11.25%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.31%) Retail
8 16 (5.00%) Law
8 16 (5.00%) Marketing
9 14 (4.38%) Banking
9 14 (4.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (3.44%) Public Sector
12 9 (2.81%) Legal
13 8 (2.50%) Electronics
14 5 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.25%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.63%) Back Office
16 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 125 (39.06%) Senior
2 118 (36.88%) Quality Manager
3 96 (30.00%) Senior Manager
4 86 (26.88%) Senior Quality Manager
5 81 (25.31%) QA Manager
6 64 (20.00%) Senior QA Manager
7 36 (11.25%) Head of QA
8 31 (9.69%) Analyst
8 31 (9.69%) Audit Manager
9 23 (7.19%) Senior Audit Manager
10 20 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
11 19 (5.94%) SAP Analyst
11 19 (5.94%) Systems Manager
12 17 (5.31%) Technologist
13 12 (3.75%) Project Manager
14 11 (3.44%) Data Analyst
15 9 (2.81%) Architect
15 9 (2.81%) Systems Engineer
16 8 (2.50%) Administrator
16 8 (2.50%) Quality 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 37 (11.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (2.19%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.88%) Driving Licence
3 6 (1.88%) Life Science
4 5 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
5 3 (0.94%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 2 (0.63%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.63%) IoT
6 2 (0.63%) IVR
6 2 (0.63%) LIMS
6 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.63%) PDA
6 2 (0.63%) PMI
6 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.63%) SCADA
6 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
1 149 (46.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 107 (33.44%) Coaching
3 100 (31.25%) Customer Experience
4 91 (28.44%) Project Management
5 89 (27.81%) QMS
6 68 (21.25%) Analytics
7 67 (20.94%) Six Sigma
8 65 (20.31%) Due Diligence
9 64 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
9 64 (20.00%) Performance Improvement
10 55 (17.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 45 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
12 42 (13.13%) Root Cause Analysis
13 41 (12.81%) Actionable Insight
13 41 (12.81%) Change Management
14 38 (11.88%) PRINCE2
14 38 (11.88%) Service Delivery
15 37 (11.56%) Internal Audit
16 36 (11.25%) Anti-Money Laundering
17 35 (10.94%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.06%) 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 (20.00%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 36 (11.25%) IRCA
3 30 (9.38%) Degree
4 24 (7.50%) ACCA
5 17 (5.31%) Security Cleared
6 13 (4.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.81%) HNC
7 9 (2.81%) HND
8 8 (2.50%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.88%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.25%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.94%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.94%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.63%) City & Guilds
12 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.63%) PMP
12 2 (0.63%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (50.00%) QA
2 50 (15.63%) GDPR
3 49 (15.31%) ISO 9001
4 26 (8.13%) Data Quality
5 15 (4.69%) IFRS
6 13 (4.06%) GMP
7 8 (2.50%) ISO 13485
8 5 (1.56%) Accessibility
8 5 (1.56%) COSHH
8 5 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.94%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.94%) GxP
10 3 (0.94%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.63%) GAMP
12 1 (0.31%) NCSC
12 1 (0.31%) NIST
12 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
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
1 110 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 50 (15.63%) SAP
3 6 (1.88%) Oracle
4 5 (1.56%) Google
4 5 (1.56%) 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