Quality Management Job Trends in the Midlands

Quality Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Quality Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 216 210
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 13 30 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.17% 0.47% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.52% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 9
10th Percentile £44,196 £36,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £45,848 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% +1.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,625 £66,000
90th Percentile £69,250 £93,750 £79,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +34.41% -11.43% +0.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,361 5,773 4,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.47% 86.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,535 2,521 4,072
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Quality Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Quality Management
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Quality Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Quality Management

Quality Management
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quality Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Quality Management in the Midlands

Quality Management
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
East Midlands -10 8 £45,390 +13.48% 9
West Midlands +7 5 £62,500 -9.09% 4
Quality Management
England

Quality Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) SAP PP
2 1 (7.69%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Bluetooth
1 1 (7.69%) RS-232
1 1 (7.69%) RS-485
1 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (7.69%) Wireless
1 1 (7.69%) ZigBee
General
1 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) Health Technology
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) QA Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Quality Manager
2 2 (15.38%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) SAP PP Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) SAP QM Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Design Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Desktop Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Desktop Support
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.69%) CCTV
2 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) NHS
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) ITIL
1 3 (23.08%) Production Planning
1 3 (23.08%) QMS
2 2 (15.38%) Change Advisory Board
2 2 (15.38%) Change Control
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
2 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (15.38%) Data Management
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
2 2 (15.38%) Risk Register
2 2 (15.38%) Six Sigma
2 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (7.69%) Data Security
3 1 (7.69%) Document Management
3 1 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Logistics
3 1 (7.69%) Migration
3 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
2 2 (15.38%) HNC
2 2 (15.38%) HND
2 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) QA
2 4 (30.77%) ISO 9001
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) EMC