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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 611 534 711
Rank change year-on-year -77 +177 +149
Permanent jobs citing QMS 118 390 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.39% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.46% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 59 116 53
10th Percentile - £26,375 £31,400
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,969 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,553 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -9.88% +4.65%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,000 £56,135
90th Percentile £95,000 £68,750 £68,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -5.26%

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 52,544 85,078 94,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.81% 85.26% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,695 59,840 55,939
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,071 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -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 18 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 18 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 -92 111 £37,500 -6.25% 133
UK excluding London -81 70 £40,000 - 107
London +124 45 £27,500 -57.69% 39
Work from Home +95 27 £56,250 +25.00% 39
South East +7 21 £62,500 +31.58% 25
North of England -42 20 £37,500 +31.58% 23
Yorkshire +27 13 £37,500 +44.23% 8
Midlands +17 12 £42,500 - 22
South West +77 9 £48,750 +30.00% 15
West Midlands +30 8 £40,000 -8.57% 12
North West -45 5 £13,625 -52.19% 13
East of England +27 4 - - 18
East Midlands -6 4 £57,500 +35.29% 10
Scotland +103 2 - - 11
Northern Ireland +40 2 - - 1
North East +30 2 - - 3
Wales +28 1 - -

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 4 (3.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (9.32%) TrackWise
2 9 (7.63%) Magento
2 9 (7.63%) NetSuite
2 9 (7.63%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.85%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.85%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.47%) Veeva
2 9 (7.63%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 4 (3.39%) AWS
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.54%) Azure
4 3 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.69%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.69%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.85%) Pulumi
6 1 (0.85%) SaaS
6 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.63%) Internet
2 2 (1.69%) CHAP
3 1 (0.85%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.47%) MySQL
2 3 (2.54%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.69%) Power BI
4 1 (0.85%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Git
1 4 (3.39%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) LabVIEW
General
1 57 (48.31%) Manufacturing
2 43 (36.44%) Pharmaceutical
3 32 (27.12%) Finance
4 28 (23.73%) Social Skills
5 15 (12.71%) Marketing
6 12 (10.17%) Law
7 7 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.39%) Legal
10 3 (2.54%) Electronics
10 3 (2.54%) Military
10 3 (2.54%) Retail
11 2 (1.69%) Banking
11 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (41.53%) QA Officer
2 13 (11.02%) Senior
3 10 (8.47%) Delivery Manager
3 10 (8.47%) Developer
3 10 (8.47%) IT Manager
4 9 (7.63%) Magento Developer
4 9 (7.63%) Senior Developer
4 9 (7.63%) Senior Magento Developer
5 4 (3.39%) IT Director
6 3 (2.54%) Business Manager
6 3 (2.54%) Digital Product Manager
6 3 (2.54%) IT Programme Manager
6 3 (2.54%) Product Manager
6 3 (2.54%) Programme Delivery Manager
6 3 (2.54%) Programme Manager
6 3 (2.54%) Quality Engineer
6 3 (2.54%) Quality Manager
7 2 (1.69%) Power BI Analyst
7 2 (1.69%) Process Mapping Analyst
7 2 (1.69%) Process Mapping Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.47%) CSS
1 10 (8.47%) HTML
2 9 (7.63%) XML
3 1 (0.85%) NestJS
3 1 (0.85%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.47%) Onboarding
2 9 (7.63%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.08%) Life Science
4 4 (3.39%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.54%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.85%) Biopharmaceutical
7 1 (0.85%) CAN bus
7 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.85%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.85%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.85%) LIMS
7 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.85%) SCADA
7 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (61.86%) Quality Management
2 39 (33.05%) Validation
3 24 (20.34%) CAPA
4 21 (17.80%) Project Management
5 20 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (12.71%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (12.71%) Data Security
6 15 (12.71%) IT Strategy
6 15 (12.71%) Technical Leadership
7 14 (11.86%) Workflow
8 13 (11.02%) Roadmaps
8 13 (11.02%) User Experience
9 12 (10.17%) Mentoring
9 12 (10.17%) Project Delivery
9 12 (10.17%) UX Design
10 11 (9.32%) Change Control
11 10 (8.47%) E-Commerce
11 10 (8.47%) Service Management
11 10 (8.47%) Storage Management
11 10 (8.47%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.47%) JavaScript
2 9 (7.63%) PHP
3 3 (2.54%) Python
4 1 (0.85%) Perl
4 1 (0.85%) SQL
4 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (22.88%) Degree
2 5 (4.24%) PMI Certification
2 5 (4.24%) PMP
3 4 (3.39%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.54%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.85%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (55.93%) QA
2 61 (51.69%) GMP
3 17 (14.41%) GxP
4 9 (7.63%) ISO 9001
5 8 (6.78%) GDPR
6 5 (4.24%) HIPAA
7 3 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.69%) GLP
8 2 (1.69%) IEC 62304
8 2 (1.69%) ISO 13485
8 2 (1.69%) ISO 14001
8 2 (1.69%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.85%) AQAP
9 1 (0.85%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.85%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.85%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.85%) PMO
9 1 (0.85%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 10 (8.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (8.47%) SAP
2 9 (7.63%) Adobe
2 9 (7.63%) New Relic
3 3 (2.54%) Google
3 3 (2.54%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.85%) BT
4 1 (0.85%) Salesforce