QMS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Quality Management System (QMS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 436 616
Rank change year-on-year -66 +180 -65
Permanent jobs citing QMS 66 353 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.48% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.58% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 22 102 42
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,025 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,501 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £55,625 £50,000 £56,135
90th Percentile £63,250 £63,275 £68,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,553 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.53% -9.88% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,974 60,639 55,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.75% 82.65% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17,037 41,817 28,998
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

QMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing QMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for QMS in the UK excluding London

QMS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QMS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for QMS in the UK excluding London

QMS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing QMS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QMS in the UK excluding London

QMS
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 QMS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
South East +2 22 £62,500 +31.58% 52
North of England -40 20 £37,500 +31.58% 33
Yorkshire +25 13 £37,500 +44.23% 14
Midlands +18 10 £40,000 -5.88% 43
West Midlands +50 8 £40,000 -8.57% 23
South West +74 6 £27,500 -26.67% 24
North West -45 5 £13,625 -52.19% 16
East of England +24 4 - - 33
Scotland +105 2 - - 17
North East +43 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland +39 2 - - 3
East Midlands +9 2 £57,500 +35.29% 17
Wales +37 1 - - 3
QMS
UK

QMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (16.67%) TrackWise
2 9 (13.64%) Magento
2 9 (13.64%) NetSuite
2 9 (13.64%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (1.52%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (1.52%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.15%) Veeva
2 9 (13.64%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 3 (4.55%) AWS
3 3 (4.55%) Azure
3 3 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.64%) Internet
2 2 (3.03%) CHAP
3 1 (1.52%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) MySQL
2 3 (4.55%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.03%) Power BI
4 1 (1.52%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) JIRA
2 3 (4.55%) Git
General
1 30 (45.45%) Pharmaceutical
2 25 (37.88%) Manufacturing
3 21 (31.82%) Social Skills
4 15 (22.73%) Marketing
5 12 (18.18%) Law
6 6 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.06%) Finance
8 3 (4.55%) Electronics
8 3 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.55%) Military
9 2 (3.03%) Banking
10 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.52%) Legal
10 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (31.82%) QA Officer
2 12 (18.18%) Senior
3 9 (13.64%) Developer
3 9 (13.64%) Magento Developer
3 9 (13.64%) Senior Developer
3 9 (13.64%) Senior Magento Developer
4 3 (4.55%) Business Manager
4 3 (4.55%) Digital Product Manager
4 3 (4.55%) Product Manager
4 3 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 3 (4.55%) Support Engineer
4 3 (4.55%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (4.55%) Technical Support
4 3 (4.55%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (3.03%) Analyst
5 2 (3.03%) Business Analyst
5 2 (3.03%) Power BI Analyst
5 2 (3.03%) Process Analyst
5 2 (3.03%) Quality Engineer
5 2 (3.03%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.64%) CSS
1 9 (13.64%) HTML
1 9 (13.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Onboarding
2 8 (12.12%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.58%) Life Science
4 4 (6.06%) Virtual Team
5 3 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (3.03%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.03%) SCADA
7 1 (1.52%) Biopharmaceutical
7 1 (1.52%) CAN bus
7 1 (1.52%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.52%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (53.03%) Quality Management
2 22 (33.33%) CAPA
2 22 (33.33%) Validation
3 14 (21.21%) Workflow
4 12 (18.18%) User Experience
4 12 (18.18%) UX Design
5 11 (16.67%) Change Control
6 10 (15.15%) E-Commerce
6 10 (15.15%) Storage Management
6 10 (15.15%) Supplier Management
7 9 (13.64%) B2B
7 9 (13.64%) B2C
7 9 (13.64%) Marketing Automation
7 9 (13.64%) Responsive Web Design
7 9 (13.64%) Security Patching
8 8 (12.12%) Agile
9 7 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.61%) Project Management
10 6 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (6.06%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.64%) JavaScript
1 9 (13.64%) PHP
2 3 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (31.82%) Degree
2 3 (4.55%) Master's Degree
2 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (56.06%) QA
2 31 (46.97%) GMP
3 7 (10.61%) ISO 9001
4 3 (4.55%) GDPR
5 2 (3.03%) GLP
5 2 (3.03%) GxP
5 2 (3.03%) IEC 62304
5 2 (3.03%) ISO 13485
5 2 (3.03%) ISO 14001
5 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.52%) AQAP
6 1 (1.52%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (1.52%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.52%) NEBOSH
6 1 (1.52%) PMO
6 1 (1.52%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.52%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (13.64%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (15.15%) SAP
2 9 (13.64%) Adobe
2 9 (13.64%) New Relic
3 3 (4.55%) Google
4 2 (3.03%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.52%) BT
5 1 (1.52%) Salesforce