Project Quality Manager Job Trends

Project Quality Manager
UK

The median Project Quality Manager salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 714 653 876
Rank change year-on-year -61 +223 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Quality Manager 1 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.001% 0.002% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.001% 0.003% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81,250 - £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - £40,553
75th Percentile £83,750 - £41,825
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 - £40,553

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 83,425 37,731 90,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 89.01% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 53,614 23,379 66,680
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,860 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Project Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Project Quality Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Project Quality Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Project Quality Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Project Quality Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Project Quality Manager job vacancies in the UK

Project Quality Manager
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Quality Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -44 1 £82,500 - 2
UK excluding London - 1 £82,500 - 2
South East - 1 £82,500 - 2

Project Quality Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2026, Project Quality Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Project Quality Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP QM
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Project Quality Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP QM
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP