AQAP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Allied Quality Assurance Publications (AQAP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring AQAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 548 610
Rank change year-on-year -130 +62 -29
Permanent jobs citing AQAP 5 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.003% 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.061% 0.021% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

AQAP falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,202 4,752 6,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.47% 13.67% 13.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,156 2,471 3,027
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,313 £66,250 £66,650
90th Percentile £81,557 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%

AQAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AQAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

AQAP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

AQAP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AQAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AQAP

AQAP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AQAP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Midlands - 3 - - 1
West Midlands - 3 - - 1
South East -48 1 £60,000 - 4
North of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
AQAP
UK

AQAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) QA Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) QMS
1 4 (80.00%) Quality Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (60.00%) FMEA
2 3 (60.00%) Internal Audit
2 3 (60.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Six Sigma
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Trend Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO 9001
2 4 (80.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) NCR
1 3 (60.00%) Veritas