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 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 360 430
Rank change year-on-year -52 +70 +12
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 329 320 538
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.76% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.81% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 100 128 287
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,250 £48,323
Median % change year-on-year -14.16% +20.54% -15.96%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £68,500
90th Percentile £94,775 £101,125 £88,100
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,700 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.36% +29.41% -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 67,110 39,339 81,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.81% 92.87% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 41,656 22,592 59,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 29 April 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 29 April 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 -42 279 £50,000 -9.09% 89
UK excluding London -28 237 £42,700 -22.36% 94
London -47 72 £76,000 +4.83% 20
North of England -70 72 £50,000 +33.33% 24
Midlands +22 68 £45,000 +12.50% 15
Work from Home -2 59 £50,000 -21.57% 28
North West -12 36 £50,000 -8.75% 15
West Midlands -4 35 £50,000 -31.03% 12
East Midlands -20 33 £29,000 -27.50% 3
South West -27 30 £85,000 +82.80% 11
Yorkshire -85 24 £27,800 -25.87% 4
South East -56 23 £36,500 -39.17% 22
Northern Ireland - 17 - - 3
Scotland -25 12 £37,500 -37.50% 12
North East -53 12 - - 6
Wales -29 8 £25,400 -66.69% 2
East of England -18 7 £40,000 -60.00% 9

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 3 (0.91%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 33 (10.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.22%) Fusion 360
3 4 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.30%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 21 (6.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (4.56%) SAP QM
3 14 (4.26%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.52%) Q-Pulse
4 5 (1.52%) SAP PP
5 4 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.61%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.61%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.30%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG-M
7 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG-S
7 1 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.30%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 18 (5.47%) Azure
2 6 (1.82%) AWS
2 6 (1.82%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (1.22%) Entra ID
3 4 (1.22%) GCP
3 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (0.91%) Snowflake
5 2 (0.61%) Power Automate
5 2 (0.61%) SaaS
5 2 (0.61%) Zapier
6 1 (0.30%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Storage
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.30%) Collibra
6 1 (0.30%) Dagster
6 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.30%) Prefect
6 1 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.91%) Modbus
2 2 (0.61%) MQTT
3 1 (0.30%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) Internet
3 1 (0.30%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.30%) RS-485
3 1 (0.30%) VLAN
3 1 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.34%) Metadata
2 6 (1.82%) Power BI
3 4 (1.22%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.61%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.61%) MySQL
6 1 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.30%) Big Data
6 1 (0.30%) MS Access
6 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.30%) Power Query
6 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.30%) JIRA
1 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 164 (49.85%) Social Skills
2 125 (37.99%) Finance
3 108 (32.83%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (26.44%) Manufacturing
5 50 (15.20%) Influencing Skills
6 28 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (5.47%) Banking
9 15 (4.56%) Retail
10 14 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (3.34%) Public Sector
12 10 (3.04%) Aerospace
12 10 (3.04%) Electronics
12 10 (3.04%) Law
13 8 (2.43%) Legal
14 6 (1.82%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.22%) Environmental Health
15 4 (1.22%) Marketing
16 3 (0.91%) Advertising
16 3 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (21.88%) Head of QA
2 49 (14.89%) Quality Manager
3 41 (12.46%) Senior
4 25 (7.60%) Technologist
5 24 (7.29%) Audit Manager
6 23 (6.99%) QA Manager
6 23 (6.99%) Quality Engineer
6 23 (6.99%) Senior Manager
7 18 (5.47%) Systems Engineer
8 17 (5.17%) Systems Manager
9 15 (4.56%) Administrator
9 15 (4.56%) Project Manager
10 14 (4.26%) Analyst
10 14 (4.26%) Senior Audit Manager
11 12 (3.65%) Data Analyst
12 11 (3.34%) Architect
12 11 (3.34%) Senior Quality Manager
13 10 (3.04%) Senior Quality Engineer
14 9 (2.74%) QA Officer
14 9 (2.74%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.95%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.30%) .NET
2 1 (0.30%) ADO
2 1 (0.30%) Kafka
2 1 (0.30%) Middleware
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.30%) Playwright
2 1 (0.30%) pytest
2 1 (0.30%) REST
2 1 (0.30%) SAP CAF
2 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 77 (23.40%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (2.43%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.13%) Life Science
4 6 (1.82%) Driving Licence
4 6 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.52%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.22%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.91%) IoT
7 3 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 3 (0.91%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.61%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.61%) IVR
8 2 (0.61%) LIMS
8 2 (0.61%) PMI
8 2 (0.61%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.61%) Robotics
8 2 (0.61%) SCADA
8 2 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.22%) Unix
2 1 (0.30%) Debian
2 1 (0.30%) Linux
2 1 (0.30%) OpenWrt
2 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (41.34%) Continuous Improvement
2 124 (37.69%) QMS
3 97 (29.48%) Analytics
4 94 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 86 (26.14%) Service Delivery
6 81 (24.62%) PRINCE2
7 80 (24.32%) Actionable Insight
7 80 (24.32%) Root Cause Analysis
8 76 (23.10%) Change Management
9 72 (21.88%) Anti-Money Laundering
9 72 (21.88%) Customer Experience
10 44 (13.37%) Internal Audit
11 43 (13.07%) Coaching
11 43 (13.07%) Project Management
12 34 (10.33%) Benchmarking
12 34 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
13 32 (9.73%) Project Delivery
14 24 (7.29%) Decision-Making
14 24 (7.29%) ERP
14 24 (7.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.56%) SQL
2 9 (2.74%) ABAP
3 4 (1.22%) Python
4 1 (0.30%) C#
4 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 72 (21.88%) IRCA
2 27 (8.21%) Degree
3 18 (5.47%) ACCA
4 14 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (4.26%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.43%) Security Cleared
6 6 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.52%) HNC
7 5 (1.52%) HND
7 5 (1.52%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.22%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 3 (0.91%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.91%) PMP
9 3 (0.91%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.61%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.61%) CISM
10 2 (0.61%) CISSP
10 2 (0.61%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (46.81%) QA
2 103 (31.31%) ISO 9001
3 87 (26.44%) GDPR
4 34 (10.33%) Data Quality
5 14 (4.26%) GMP
6 10 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (2.43%) IFRS
8 6 (1.82%) ISO 13485
9 5 (1.52%) Automotive SPICE
9 5 (1.52%) COSHH
9 5 (1.52%) ISO 26262
10 4 (1.22%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.22%) GxP
10 4 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.91%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 3 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.91%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.61%) GAMP
12 2 (0.61%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 3 (0.91%) Terraform
2 1 (0.30%) Ansible
2 1 (0.30%) MOM
Vendors
1 55 (16.72%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.55%) SAP
3 5 (1.52%) Oracle
4 4 (1.22%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.22%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.22%) Workday
5 3 (0.91%) Google
5 3 (0.91%) Informatica
6 2 (0.61%) Databricks
6 2 (0.61%) IFS
7 1 (0.30%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.30%) Cisco
7 1 (0.30%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.30%) Genesys
7 1 (0.30%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.30%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.30%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.30%) PTC
7 1 (0.30%) Siemens
7 1 (0.30%) TOWER Software