QMS Job Trends in Staffordshire

Quality Management System (QMS)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring QMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Permanent jobs citing QMS 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.49% - 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% - 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £36,700
25th Percentile - - £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile - - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £26,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +53.85% -52.73% +28.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 536 659 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 86.73% 84.60% 91.22%
Number of salaries quoted 200 385 317
10th Percentile £26,997 £28,048 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,580 £31,250 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

QMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QMS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

QMS job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

QMS
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing QMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing QMS

QMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Bluetooth
1 1 (33.33%) RS-232
1 1 (33.33%) RS-485
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) ZigBee
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Contract Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) FMEA
2 1 (33.33%) Hazard Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) EMC