Quality Management System (QMS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 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 593 545 718
Rank change year-on-year -48 +173 +141
Permanent jobs citing QMS 116 393 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.38% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.45% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58 113 56
10th Percentile - £26,300 £31,625
25th Percentile £27,500 £33,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,553 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -14.63% +18.75%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £68,750 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

QMS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for QMS in the UK

QMS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for QMS in the UK

QMS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QMS over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QMS in the UK

QMS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QMS 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
England -71 110 £37,500 -6.25% 170
UK excluding London -64 68 £37,500 -6.25% 173
London +123 46 £30,000 -53.85% 25
Work from Home +80 25 £62,500 +38.89% 98
South East +3 23 £62,500 +31.58% 45
North of England -36 20 £37,500 +31.58% 24
Yorkshire +21 13 £37,500 +44.23% 12
Midlands +38 11 £44,000 +3.53% 40
West Midlands +40 8 £40,000 -8.57% 21
South West +72 6 £27,500 -26.67% 20
North West -34 5 £13,625 -52.19% 10
East of England +35 4 - - 31
East Midlands +16 3 £57,500 +35.29% 16
Scotland +109 2 - - 20
North East +41 2 - - 4
Northern Ireland +40 2 - - 1
Wales +39 1 - - 2

QMS
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.59%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (9.48%) TrackWise
2 9 (7.76%) Magento
2 9 (7.76%) NetSuite
2 9 (7.76%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.86%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.86%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.62%) Veeva
2 9 (7.76%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 4 (3.45%) AWS
4 3 (2.59%) Azure
4 3 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.72%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.86%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.86%) Pulumi
6 1 (0.86%) SaaS
6 1 (0.86%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.76%) Internet
2 2 (1.72%) CHAP
3 1 (0.86%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.62%) MySQL
2 3 (2.59%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.72%) Power BI
4 1 (0.86%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.86%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) JIRA
2 3 (2.59%) Git
General
1 55 (47.41%) Manufacturing
2 43 (37.07%) Pharmaceutical
3 31 (26.72%) Finance
4 29 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 16 (13.79%) Marketing
6 13 (11.21%) Law
7 8 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.45%) Electronics
10 3 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.59%) Military
11 2 (1.72%) Banking
12 1 (0.86%) Advertising
12 1 (0.86%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.86%) Legal
12 1 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.86%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.86%) Retail
12 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (41.38%) QA Officer
2 12 (10.34%) Senior
3 10 (8.62%) Delivery Manager
3 10 (8.62%) Developer
3 10 (8.62%) IT Manager
4 9 (7.76%) Magento Developer
4 9 (7.76%) Senior Developer
4 9 (7.76%) Senior Magento Developer
5 4 (3.45%) IT Director
5 4 (3.45%) Quality Manager
6 3 (2.59%) Analyst
6 3 (2.59%) Business Manager
6 3 (2.59%) IT Programme Manager
6 3 (2.59%) Product Manager
6 3 (2.59%) Programme Manager
6 3 (2.59%) Project Manager
6 3 (2.59%) Support Engineer
6 3 (2.59%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (2.59%) Technical Support
6 3 (2.59%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.62%) CSS
1 10 (8.62%) HTML
2 9 (7.76%) XML
3 1 (0.86%) NestJS
3 1 (0.86%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.62%) Onboarding
2 9 (7.76%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.17%) Life Science
4 4 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.59%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.72%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.72%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.72%) SCADA
7 1 (0.86%) Biopharmaceutical
7 1 (0.86%) CAN bus
7 1 (0.86%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.86%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.86%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (59.48%) Quality Management
2 40 (34.48%) Validation
3 25 (21.55%) Project Management
4 24 (20.69%) CAPA
5 17 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (12.93%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (12.93%) Data Security
6 15 (12.93%) IT Strategy
6 15 (12.93%) Technical Leadership
7 14 (12.07%) Workflow
8 13 (11.21%) Change Control
8 13 (11.21%) Roadmaps
9 12 (10.34%) Project Delivery
9 12 (10.34%) User Experience
9 12 (10.34%) UX Design
10 10 (8.62%) E-Commerce
10 10 (8.62%) Service Management
10 10 (8.62%) Storage Management
10 10 (8.62%) Supplier Management
11 9 (7.76%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.62%) JavaScript
2 9 (7.76%) PHP
3 3 (2.59%) Python
4 1 (0.86%) Perl
4 1 (0.86%) SQL
4 1 (0.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (18.97%) Degree
2 5 (4.31%) PMI Certification
2 5 (4.31%) PMP
3 4 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 4 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.72%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (57.76%) QA
2 58 (50.00%) GMP
3 18 (15.52%) GxP
4 10 (8.62%) ISO 9001
5 8 (6.90%) GDPR
6 5 (4.31%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.72%) AQAP
7 2 (1.72%) GLP
7 2 (1.72%) IEC 62304
7 2 (1.72%) ISO 13485
7 2 (1.72%) ISO 14001
7 2 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.72%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.86%) GAMP
8 1 (0.86%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.86%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.86%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.86%) PMO
8 1 (0.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (8.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (11.21%) SAP
2 9 (7.76%) Adobe
2 9 (7.76%) New Relic
3 4 (3.45%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.59%) Google
5 2 (1.72%) IFS
6 1 (0.86%) BT
6 1 (0.86%) Salesforce