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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 338 542
Rank change year-on-year -9 +204 -178
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 357 508 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.76% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.90% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 67 137 89
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,500 £33,550
25th Percentile £44,196 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,425 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £80,000 £97,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,169 £52,500
% change year-on-year +21.77% -13.96% +11.70%

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 45,477 56,157 48,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.69% 83.58% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 27,500 29,119 37,204
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

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 20 November 2025.

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 20 November 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 +65 278 £55,000 +21.77% 118
England -20 273 £55,000 -1.35% 151
South East +103 104 £65,000 +15.03% 37
Scotland +37 72 £35,000 -29.29% 13
London -95 69 £50,000 -27.27% 47
Work from Home +61 62 £65,000 - 50
North of England +27 62 £55,000 +29.41% 8
Yorkshire +35 48 - -
Midlands +53 19 £45,390 +0.49% 25
West Midlands +42 13 £45,390 -25.28% 12
South West +2 12 £59,000 +7.27% 20
North West +14 11 £56,500 +41.25% 5
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 3
East Midlands +17 6 £45,390 +13.48% 12
North East -14 3 £48,000 +41.18% 3
Wales +6 1 £65,000 +109.68%
East of England -21 1 £28,500 -36.67% 18

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 (19.89%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.12%) CMS
3 2 (0.56%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.56%) IIS
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 99 (27.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (22.69%) Microsoft Office
3 74 (20.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.40%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 74 (20.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 11 (3.08%) SAP PP
4 4 (1.12%) Primavera
5 3 (0.84%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.84%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.84%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.84%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.84%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.56%) C-CURE
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.56%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.56%) SAP IBP
6 2 (0.56%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.56%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.28%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.28%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 39 (10.92%) Power Platform
2 36 (10.08%) Azure
3 12 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (3.36%) GitHub
3 12 (3.36%) SaaS
4 4 (1.12%) Collibra
4 4 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.84%) Azure Stack
6 2 (0.56%) AWS
6 2 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.28%) GCP
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.28%) PaaS
7 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.28%) Pulumi
7 1 (0.28%) Serverless
7 1 (0.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.12%) 3GPP
1 4 (1.12%) Intranet
2 3 (0.84%) Modbus
3 2 (0.56%) Internet
3 2 (0.56%) MQTT
3 2 (0.56%) RS-485
4 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.28%) Firewall
4 1 (0.28%) RS-232
4 1 (0.28%) VLAN
4 1 (0.28%) VPN
4 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.28%) Wireless
4 1 (0.28%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (10.92%) Power BI
2 30 (8.40%) Data Lake
3 29 (8.12%) SAP BW
4 15 (4.20%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.40%) Metadata
6 4 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.12%) Tableau
7 3 (0.84%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.56%) MySQL
9 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.28%) MS Access
9 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.28%) QlikView
9 1 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (0.84%) JIRA
General
1 191 (53.50%) Social Skills
2 144 (40.34%) Finance
3 131 (36.69%) Manufacturing
4 71 (19.89%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (16.81%) Marketing
6 22 (6.16%) Retail
7 14 (3.92%) Back Office
8 13 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (3.64%) Legal
9 12 (3.36%) Law
10 10 (2.80%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.52%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.24%) Electronics
13 7 (1.96%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.68%) Banking
15 5 (1.40%) Automotive
15 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.12%) Aviation
16 4 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 153 (42.86%) Senior
2 101 (28.29%) Analyst
3 89 (24.93%) Quality Manager
4 84 (23.53%) Senior Manager
5 80 (22.41%) Senior Quality Manager
6 65 (18.21%) QA Manager
7 64 (17.93%) Senior QA Manager
8 63 (17.65%) SAP Analyst
9 62 (17.37%) Senior Analyst
10 42 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
11 36 (10.08%) Automation Engineer
12 28 (7.84%) Report Analyst
12 28 (7.84%) Sustainability Analyst
13 18 (5.04%) Lead
14 15 (4.20%) Developer
15 13 (3.64%) Audit Manager
15 13 (3.64%) Senior Audit Manager
16 12 (3.36%) Consultant
16 12 (3.36%) SAP Consultant
17 11 (3.08%) Dynamics NAV Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.36%) XML
2 4 (1.12%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.56%) .NET
3 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.56%) RESTEasy
3 2 (0.56%) WCF
4 1 (0.28%) CSS
4 1 (0.28%) HTML
4 1 (0.28%) NestJS
4 1 (0.28%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.28%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.04%) Management Information System
2 38 (10.64%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 38 (10.64%) Operational Technology
3 36 (10.08%) FMCG
4 13 (3.64%) NHS
5 11 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.24%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.96%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.40%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.12%) IoT
9 4 (1.12%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.84%) CCTV
10 3 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.56%) Life Science
11 2 (0.56%) PDA
11 2 (0.56%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.56%) SCADA
12 1 (0.28%) Biopharmaceutical
12 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.28%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.56%) Windows
2 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.28%) Debian
2 1 (0.28%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (45.10%) Problem-Solving
2 145 (40.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 94 (26.33%) Project Management
4 93 (26.05%) Data Collection
5 81 (22.69%) Coaching
6 75 (21.01%) Data Management
7 73 (20.45%) Six Sigma
8 68 (19.05%) Logistics
9 64 (17.93%) Customer Experience
9 64 (17.93%) Due Diligence
9 64 (17.93%) Lean Six Sigma
9 64 (17.93%) Performance Improvement
10 63 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
11 60 (16.81%) User Acceptance Testing
12 59 (16.53%) Incident Management
13 58 (16.25%) SAP Implementation
13 58 (16.25%) Translating Business Requirements
14 57 (15.97%) Architectural Design
14 57 (15.97%) Decision Quality
14 57 (15.97%) Impact Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.48%) SQL
2 14 (3.92%) C#
3 12 (3.36%) C
3 12 (3.36%) Java
4 6 (1.68%) R
5 5 (1.40%) ABAP
6 2 (0.56%) C++
6 2 (0.56%) Python
6 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.28%) Perl
7 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (23.53%) Degree
2 64 (17.93%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 41 (11.48%) HNC
4 31 (8.68%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.92%) SC Cleared
6 13 (3.64%) ACCA
6 13 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.80%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.24%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.40%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.40%) HND
10 5 (1.40%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 5 (1.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 5 (1.40%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
11 4 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.84%) APMG
13 2 (0.56%) City & Guilds
13 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.28%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (28.01%) QA
2 51 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 39 (10.92%) ISO 9001
4 21 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.08%) IFRS
5 11 (3.08%) PMO
6 9 (2.52%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.96%) GDPR
7 7 (1.96%) GMP
8 5 (1.40%) GxP
8 5 (1.40%) ISO 13485
8 5 (1.40%) ISO 14001
9 4 (1.12%) NCSC
10 3 (0.84%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.56%) GRC
11 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.56%) SLA
11 2 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 1 (0.28%) Docker
1 1 (0.28%) Firmware
1 1 (0.28%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) Ansible
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 119 (33.33%) SAP
2 105 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 36 (10.08%) Rockwell
3 36 (10.08%) Siemens
4 7 (1.96%) Oracle
5 5 (1.40%) Databricks
6 4 (1.12%) Google
6 4 (1.12%) IFS
6 4 (1.12%) Informatica
7 3 (0.84%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.84%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.56%) Cognos
8 2 (0.56%) Lotus
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe
9 1 (0.28%) Cisco
9 1 (0.28%) EMC
9 1 (0.28%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.28%) MikroTik
9 1 (0.28%) OneTrust