Quality Management Job Trends

Quality Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Quality Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 306 508
Rank change year-on-year -48 +202 -135
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 326 518 196
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.55% 0.92% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.03% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 60 142 93
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £32,150
25th Percentile £44,196 £37,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,313 £72,481 £70,250
90th Percentile £86,000 £87,375 £85,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -11.43% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Quality Management 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 48,916 50,426 45,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.53% 89.77% 92.89%
Number of salaries quoted 28,716 25,356 34,915
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,871
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% -3.67%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Quality Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Quality Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quality Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Quality Management

Quality Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quality Management over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Management within the UK over the 6 months to 24 December 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 +27 253 £50,000 +7.53% 212
England -74 242 £60,250 +26.84% 236
South East +93 100 £63,750 +12.81% 45
Scotland +31 75 £40,000 -30.43% 9
London -86 65 £65,000 - 45
Work from Home +59 55 £70,000 +7.69% 164
North of England -37 36 £50,000 +17.65% 57
Yorkshire -3 20 - - 20
Midlands +8 17 £50,000 -4.76% 46
North West +12 14 £50,000 +25.00% 34
South West -12 14 £59,000 +26.88% 20
West Midlands +28 9 £57,500 -11.54% 19
East Midlands -8 8 £45,390 +13.48% 25
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 8
East of England -21 3 £28,500 -36.67% 31
North East -30 2 - - 3

Quality Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 71 (21.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.61%) CMS
2 2 (0.61%) HCL Notes
2 2 (0.61%) IIS
2 2 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 97 (29.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (23.62%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (22.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.23%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.31%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.31%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.31%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 73 (22.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.37%) SAP PP
3 10 (3.07%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.92%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.92%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.92%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.92%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.92%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.92%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.61%) C-CURE
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.61%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.31%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.31%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.31%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.31%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.31%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 36 (11.04%) Azure
2 33 (10.12%) Power Platform
3 10 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (3.07%) GitHub
3 10 (3.07%) SaaS
4 4 (1.23%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.92%) Collibra
6 2 (0.61%) AWS
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.31%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.31%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.31%) OCI
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.31%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.31%) Pulumi
7 1 (0.31%) Serverless
7 1 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.92%) Modbus
2 2 (0.61%) 3GPP
2 2 (0.61%) MQTT
2 2 (0.61%) RS-485
3 1 (0.31%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.31%) Firewall
3 1 (0.31%) Intranet
3 1 (0.31%) RS-232
3 1 (0.31%) VLAN
3 1 (0.31%) VPN
3 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.31%) Wireless
3 1 (0.31%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.12%) Power BI
2 29 (8.90%) Data Lake
3 28 (8.59%) SAP BW
4 12 (3.68%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.53%) Metadata
6 4 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.61%) Tableau
9 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.31%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.31%) MS Access
9 1 (0.31%) MySQL
9 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.31%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 184 (56.44%) Social Skills
2 109 (33.44%) Manufacturing
3 106 (32.52%) Finance
4 62 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (18.40%) Marketing
6 19 (5.83%) Retail
7 17 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (4.29%) Law
9 13 (3.99%) Public Sector
10 12 (3.68%) Back Office
10 12 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (3.37%) Banking
11 11 (3.37%) Electronics
12 10 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (3.07%) Legal
13 9 (2.76%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.53%) Automotive
15 5 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 165 (50.61%) Senior
2 103 (31.60%) Quality Manager
3 102 (31.29%) Analyst
4 93 (28.53%) Senior Manager
5 85 (26.07%) Senior Quality Manager
6 76 (23.31%) QA Manager
7 64 (19.63%) SAP Analyst
7 64 (19.63%) Senior QA Manager
8 63 (19.33%) Senior Analyst
9 28 (8.59%) Report Analyst
9 28 (8.59%) Sustainability Analyst
10 22 (6.75%) Audit Manager
10 22 (6.75%) Senior Audit Manager
11 14 (4.29%) Lead
12 13 (3.99%) Developer
12 13 (3.99%) Project Manager
13 12 (3.68%) Consultant
13 12 (3.68%) SAP Consultant
14 10 (3.07%) Data Analyst
15 9 (2.76%) SaaS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.07%) XML
2 4 (1.23%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.61%) .NET
3 2 (0.61%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.61%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.61%) WCF
4 1 (0.31%) CSS
4 1 (0.31%) HTML
4 1 (0.31%) Middleware
4 1 (0.31%) NestJS
4 1 (0.31%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.31%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.31%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.37%) NHS
2 8 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.15%) Mobile App
4 6 (1.84%) Data Structures
4 6 (1.84%) Life Science
5 5 (1.53%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.23%) IoT
6 4 (1.23%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.92%) CCTV
7 3 (0.92%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.92%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 2 (0.61%) LIMS
8 2 (0.61%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.61%) PDA
8 2 (0.61%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.61%) SCADA
9 1 (0.31%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.31%) Hackathon
9 1 (0.31%) Industry 4.0
9 1 (0.31%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.23%) Unix
2 2 (0.61%) Windows
3 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.31%) Debian
3 1 (0.31%) Linux
3 1 (0.31%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (38.65%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (30.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 93 (28.53%) Project Management
4 90 (27.61%) Coaching
5 73 (22.39%) Six Sigma
6 72 (22.09%) Data Management
7 68 (20.86%) Logistics
8 64 (19.63%) Customer Experience
8 64 (19.63%) Due Diligence
8 64 (19.63%) Lean Six Sigma
8 64 (19.63%) Performance Improvement
9 62 (19.02%) QMS
9 62 (19.02%) Technical Leadership
10 60 (18.40%) Analytics
10 60 (18.40%) User Acceptance Testing
11 59 (18.10%) Translating Business Requirements
12 58 (17.79%) Impact Analysis
12 58 (17.79%) Incident Management
12 58 (17.79%) SAP Implementation
13 57 (17.48%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.29%) SQL
2 12 (3.68%) C#
3 10 (3.07%) C
3 10 (3.07%) Java
4 5 (1.53%) ABAP
5 2 (0.61%) C++
5 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.31%) Perl
6 1 (0.31%) Python
6 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 78 (23.93%) Degree
2 64 (19.63%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 24 (7.36%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.52%) ACCA
5 13 (3.99%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (3.07%) HNC
7 10 (3.07%) HND
8 9 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.45%) Master's Degree
9 8 (2.45%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.53%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.53%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 5 (1.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 5 (1.53%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
11 4 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.61%) City & Guilds
12 2 (0.61%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.31%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (33.13%) QA
2 49 (15.03%) Data Quality
3 30 (9.20%) ISO 9001
4 16 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.99%) IFRS
6 9 (2.76%) ISO 13485
7 7 (2.15%) GDPR
8 6 (1.84%) GMP
8 6 (1.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.23%) GxP
10 3 (0.92%) NCSC
10 3 (0.92%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.92%) PMO
11 2 (0.61%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.61%) GRC
11 2 (0.61%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.61%) SLA
12 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.31%) Def Stans
System Software
1 4 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.31%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Firmware
2 1 (0.31%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (0.31%) Ansible
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.31%) MOM
1 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 121 (37.12%) SAP
2 94 (28.83%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.76%) Oracle
4 5 (1.53%) Google
5 4 (1.23%) Informatica
5 4 (1.23%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.23%) Workday
6 3 (0.92%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.61%) IFS
7 2 (0.61%) Lotus
8 1 (0.31%) Adobe
8 1 (0.31%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.31%) Cisco
8 1 (0.31%) Databricks
8 1 (0.31%) EMC
8 1 (0.31%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.31%) MikroTik
8 1 (0.31%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.31%) PTC
8 1 (0.31%) Siemens