QMS Jobs in the North West

Quality Management System (QMS)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring QMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QMS over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 241 291
Rank change year-on-year -41 +50 -8
Permanent jobs citing QMS 5 48 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.063% 0.49% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% 0.59% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 2
10th Percentile - - £32,175
25th Percentile £13,188 £28,250 £32,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £13,625 £28,500 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year -52.19% -20.28% -28.50%
75th Percentile £14,063 £40,250 £39,938
90th Percentile - £43,700 £40,725
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% +2.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

QMS 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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,662 8,161 7,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 82.83% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 6,195 3,909
10th Percentile £26,722 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

QMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing QMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for QMS in the North West

QMS
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QMS in the North West.

Salary trend for QMS in the North West

QMS
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QMS within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 May 2025. 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
Manchester +55 3 £13,625 -69.03% 4
Merseyside +36 2 - -
QMS
England

QMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Q-Pulse
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (80.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) QA Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) LIMS
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) CAPA
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Information Management
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (80.00%) GMP
3 1 (20.00%) GLP
3 1 (20.00%) Good Clinical Practice
3 1 (20.00%) GxP