QML Job Trends in the Thames Valley

QML
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring QML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 - 200
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing QML 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.014% - 0.059%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.14% - 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile £55,000 - £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £55,000 - £55,000

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

QML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 722 450 898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.44% 11.53% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 560 272 651
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,525 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year - +11.59% -10.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,375 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%

QML
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QML relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

QML job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

QML
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing QML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing QML

QML
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QML within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 September 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £50,000 - 1
QML
South East

QML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) NGN
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Qt
1 1 (100.00%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft