QAD Job Trends

QAD
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of QAD products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QAD over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within QAD, Inc.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 690 734
Rank change year-on-year +55 +44 +277
Permanent jobs citing QAD 7 17 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.032% 0.002%
As % of the Vendors category 0.037% 0.086% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £48,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year -15.79% - -

All Vendors
UK

QAD falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,721 19,876 22,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.57% 37.17% 39.37%
Number of salaries quoted 10,585 10,072 16,898
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,750 £38,410
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +4.17% -4.00%

QAD
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QAD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

QAD job vacancy trend in the UK

QAD
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing QAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing QAD

QAD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QAD over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for QAD in the UK

QAD
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QAD within the UK over the 6 months to 12 January 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 +72 7 £40,000 -15.79% 23
UK excluding London +40 7 £40,000 -15.79% 25
Midlands +23 7 £40,000 - 3
East Midlands -4 7 £40,000 - 2
Work from Home +62 4 £40,000 -15.79% 25

QAD
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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (42.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Aerospace
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Electronics
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) ERP Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) ERP Support
1 4 (57.14%) IT Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) IT Support
1 4 (57.14%) IT Support Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Support Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Driving Licence
1 4 (57.14%) FMCG
1 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
2 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ERP
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Hardware Maintenance
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Agile Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 3 (42.86%) Cost Optimisation
3 3 (42.86%) Data Integration
3 3 (42.86%) Data Management
3 3 (42.86%) Due Diligence
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Lean Six Sigma
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) Post-Merger Integration
3 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) Six Sigma
3 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) Master's Degree
1 3 (42.86%) MBA
1 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
1 3 (42.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) SAP