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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 415 379 428
Rank change year-on-year -36 +49 +40
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 365 296 558
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.69% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.74% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 129 122 289
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £26,450
25th Percentile £35,201 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £48,323
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +13.82% -16.32%
75th Percentile £63,750 £86,250 £68,500
90th Percentile £90,198 £100,000 £87,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,793 £42,500
% change year-on-year -17.87% +28.92% -15.00%

All Process & 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 68,427 39,782 82,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.76% 93.32% 84.70%
Number of salaries quoted 44,356 20,831 59,666
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,797 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%

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 23 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Top 17 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 23 May 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 -39 314 £50,000 -4.95% 144
UK excluding London +14 276 £45,000 -17.87% 125
North of England -55 94 £52,500 +40.00% 35
Midlands +37 77 £50,000 +19.05% 28
Work from Home +12 70 £50,000 -16.67% 43
London -37 66 £81,500 +55.24% 29
North West +38 51 £52,500 -20.89% 22
West Midlands +3 44 £50,000 +25.00% 18
East Midlands -1 33 £29,000 -30.95% 10
South West -31 33 £40,000 -13.98% 18
South East -46 29 £36,500 -39.17% 30
Yorkshire -80 28 £56,500 +50.67% 11
North East -48 15 £34,500 - 2
Scotland +11 14 £40,000 -30.43% 4
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 1
East of England -8 8 £40,000 -44.83% 11
Wales -31 8 £25,400 -54.84% 4

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 4 (1.10%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 42 (11.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.10%) Fusion 360
5 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (5.21%) SAP QM
2 16 (4.38%) SAP ERP
3 15 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.37%) Q-Pulse
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (1.10%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.27%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG-M
7 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG-S
7 1 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.27%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (4.93%) Azure
2 12 (3.29%) Power Platform
3 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (1.92%) AWS
4 7 (1.92%) SaaS
5 5 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.37%) GCP
6 4 (1.10%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.82%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.55%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.55%) Zapier
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.27%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.27%) Collibra
9 1 (0.27%) Dagster
9 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.27%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.10%) Network Security
2 2 (0.55%) Internet
3 1 (0.27%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.11%) Metadata
2 12 (3.29%) Power BI
3 5 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.10%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.55%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.55%) MySQL
6 2 (0.55%) Tableau
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.27%) Big Data
7 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.27%) Power Query
7 1 (0.27%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 169 (46.30%) Social Skills
2 137 (37.53%) Finance
3 117 (32.05%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (24.66%) Manufacturing
5 51 (13.97%) Influencing Skills
6 33 (9.04%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (7.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (5.21%) Banking
9 16 (4.38%) Retail
10 15 (4.11%) Aerospace
11 13 (3.56%) Legal
11 13 (3.56%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (3.01%) Electronics
13 10 (2.74%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.47%) Law
15 7 (1.92%) Advertising
16 6 (1.64%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.37%) Local Government
17 5 (1.37%) Publishing
18 4 (1.10%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 72 (19.73%) Head of QA
2 43 (11.78%) Quality Manager
3 40 (10.96%) Senior
4 32 (8.77%) Quality Engineer
5 28 (7.67%) Technologist
6 24 (6.58%) Systems Engineer
7 22 (6.03%) QA Manager
8 20 (5.48%) Audit Manager
9 18 (4.93%) Senior Manager
10 16 (4.38%) Lead
11 15 (4.11%) Administrator
11 15 (4.11%) Project Manager
11 15 (4.11%) Systems Manager
12 14 (3.84%) Analyst
13 13 (3.56%) Senior Quality Engineer
14 11 (3.01%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 10 (2.74%) Architect
15 10 (2.74%) QA Officer
15 10 (2.74%) Senior Audit Manager
16 9 (2.47%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.38%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (0.55%) Kafka
3 1 (0.27%) .NET
3 1 (0.27%) ADO
3 1 (0.27%) LangChain
3 1 (0.27%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.27%) Playwright
3 1 (0.27%) PySpark
3 1 (0.27%) pytest
3 1 (0.27%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.27%) REST
3 1 (0.27%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.27%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.27%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (21.37%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (3.01%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.47%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.64%) Cyberattack
4 6 (1.64%) Driving Licence
4 6 (1.64%) Life Science
4 6 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.82%) Cloud Native
6 3 (0.82%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.82%) FMCG
6 3 (0.82%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.55%) IVR
7 2 (0.55%) PMI
7 2 (0.55%) Robotics
8 1 (0.27%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.27%) CMDB
8 1 (0.27%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.27%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (40.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 133 (36.44%) QMS
3 100 (27.40%) Analytics
4 96 (26.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 88 (24.11%) Root Cause Analysis
6 84 (23.01%) Actionable Insight
6 84 (23.01%) Service Delivery
7 81 (22.19%) PRINCE2
8 80 (21.92%) Change Management
9 75 (20.55%) Customer Experience
10 72 (19.73%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 44 (12.05%) Coaching
11 44 (12.05%) Internal Audit
11 44 (12.05%) Project Management
12 37 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (9.59%) Roadmaps
14 34 (9.32%) Project Delivery
15 32 (8.77%) Benchmarking
15 32 (8.77%) Decision-Making
16 31 (8.49%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.84%) SQL
2 9 (2.47%) ABAP
3 5 (1.37%) Python
4 1 (0.27%) C#
4 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (19.73%) IRCA
2 41 (11.23%) Degree
3 17 (4.66%) DBS Check
4 15 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (3.84%) ACCA
6 7 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.64%) CISSP
7 6 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.64%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.37%) HNC
8 5 (1.37%) HND
8 5 (1.37%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.37%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.10%) CCSP
9 4 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.10%) CRISC
9 4 (1.10%) Postgraduate
9 4 (1.10%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (44.38%) QA
2 106 (29.04%) ISO 9001
3 86 (23.56%) GDPR
4 43 (11.78%) Data Quality
5 14 (3.84%) Accessibility
6 13 (3.56%) GMP
7 12 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.64%) IFRS
8 6 (1.64%) ISO 13485
9 5 (1.37%) Automotive SPICE
9 5 (1.37%) COSHH
9 5 (1.37%) ISO 26262
9 5 (1.37%) NIST
10 4 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.82%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 3 (0.82%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.55%) GAMP
12 2 (0.55%) GxP
12 2 (0.55%) PMO
12 2 (0.55%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.82%) Terraform
2 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.27%) MOM
Vendors
1 59 (16.16%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.59%) SAP
3 7 (1.92%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.10%) Oracle
4 4 (1.10%) Workday
5 3 (0.82%) Databricks
5 3 (0.82%) Informatica
6 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.27%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.27%) Genesys
7 1 (0.27%) Google
7 1 (0.27%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.27%) IFS
7 1 (0.27%) PTC
7 1 (0.27%) Siemens
7 1 (0.27%) TOWER Software