AQAP Jobs

Allied Quality Assurance Publications (AQAP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring AQAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited AQAP over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 627 911 961
Rank change year-on-year +284 +50 -
Permanent jobs citing AQAP 82 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.001% 0.001%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.90% 0.007% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,140 13,692 17,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.50% 13.26% 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,594 9,225 8,512
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,150 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.90%

AQAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AQAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AQAP in the UK

AQAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AQAP.

Salary trend for AQAP in the UK

AQAP
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AQAP within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
UK excluding London +274 81 - -
England +238 81 - -
North West - 80 - -
North of England - 80 - -
Work from Home +120 2 - -
South East - 1 - -

AQAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 80 (97.56%) Manufacturing
2 2 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (2.44%) Finance
2 2 (2.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (97.56%) Lead
2 2 (2.44%) Engineering Manager
2 2 (2.44%) Quality Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.44%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (100.00%) CMMI
2 80 (97.56%) Coaching
2 80 (97.56%) Lean Manufacturing
2 80 (97.56%) Six Sigma
2 80 (97.56%) Zero Defects
3 2 (2.44%) Code Quality
3 2 (2.44%) Innovative Thinking
3 2 (2.44%) Product Breakdown Structure
3 2 (2.44%) Project Management
3 2 (2.44%) QMS
3 2 (2.44%) Quality Management
3 2 (2.44%) V-Model
3 2 (2.44%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 80 (97.56%) BPSS Clearance
1 80 (97.56%) HND
2 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (100.00%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.44%) QA
2 2 (2.44%) Software Quality Assurance