Quality Management Job Trends in Durham

Quality Management
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Quality Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 5 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 0.97% - 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% - 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £23,800
25th Percentile £42,500 - £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £34,000
75th Percentile £53,125 - £36,875
90th Percentile £56,500 - £37,550
North East median annual salary £41,919 £48,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -12.67% +43.28% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Durham

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 in Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 386 182 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 74.81% 71.37% 68.80%
Number of salaries quoted 247 88 84
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £32,136
25th Percentile £35,000 £27,656 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £35,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.14% -36.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
North East median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -6.59% -9.00%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Quality Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Quality Management job vacancy trend in Durham

Quality Management
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Quality Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Quality Management

Quality Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Product Assurance Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Product Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Quality Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Accountant
2 1 (20.00%) Management Accountant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Accountant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Management Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) FMEA
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) CAPA
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) QMS
3 2 (40.00%) Trend Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (20.00%) Business Forecasting
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Physics
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ACCA
2 1 (20.00%) CIMA
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO 9001
1 4 (80.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) ECSS