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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 388 421
Rank change year-on-year -29 +33 +55
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 367 297 575
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.68% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.73% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 134 116 295
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £26,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +14.58% -16.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £87,500 £68,625
90th Percentile £89,625 £101,875 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,600 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.55% +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 68,833 40,438 84,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.92% 93.25% 83.74%
Number of salaries quoted 44,981 21,310 60,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,200
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,871 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 30 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 30 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 -22 317 £45,497 -13.69% 120
UK excluding London +5 278 £42,600 -22.55% 114
North of England -67 92 £55,000 +46.67% 29
Midlands +36 79 £45,000 +7.14% 21
Work from Home +32 74 £50,000 -20.00% 39
London -49 65 £81,500 +55.24% 22
North West +40 49 £60,000 -9.59% 15
West Midlands +8 47 £50,000 +25.00% 14
South West -30 33 £41,250 -11.29% 15
East Midlands +9 32 £29,000 -30.95% 7
South East -40 31 £36,500 -39.17% 36
Yorkshire -90 27 £56,500 +50.67% 11
North East -49 16 £34,500 - 3
Scotland +14 13 £40,000 -33.33% 2
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 1
East of England -12 9 £40,000 -60.00% 10
Wales -30 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 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 44 (11.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.82%) Fusion 360
5 2 (0.54%) 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 22 (5.99%) SAP QM
2 17 (4.63%) SAP ERP
3 16 (4.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (1.36%) Q-Pulse
5 4 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (1.09%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.54%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.27%) DELMIA
8 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG-M
8 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.27%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 20 (5.45%) Azure
2 12 (3.27%) Power Platform
3 10 (2.72%) Microsoft Purview
4 9 (2.45%) AWS
5 7 (1.91%) GCP
5 7 (1.91%) SaaS
6 5 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.09%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.82%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.54%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.54%) Zapier
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon Kinesis
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.27%) Collibra
10 1 (0.27%) Dagster
10 1 (0.27%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.09%) Network Security
2 2 (0.54%) Internet
3 1 (0.27%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.09%) Metadata
2 12 (3.27%) Power BI
3 6 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.09%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.54%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.54%) MySQL
6 2 (0.54%) 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 (0.54%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 173 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 136 (37.06%) Finance
3 119 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (24.80%) Manufacturing
5 50 (13.62%) Influencing Skills
6 33 (8.99%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (4.90%) Banking
9 17 (4.63%) Aerospace
9 17 (4.63%) Retail
10 16 (4.36%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (3.54%) Legal
12 11 (3.00%) Electronics
13 10 (2.72%) Public Sector
14 8 (2.18%) Law
15 7 (1.91%) Advertising
16 6 (1.63%) Financial Institution
16 6 (1.63%) Local Government
17 5 (1.36%) Publishing
18 4 (1.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 72 (19.62%) Head of QA
2 38 (10.35%) Quality Manager
3 36 (9.81%) Senior
4 33 (8.99%) Quality Engineer
5 29 (7.90%) Technologist
6 25 (6.81%) Systems Engineer
7 20 (5.45%) QA Manager
8 18 (4.90%) Audit Manager
9 16 (4.36%) Lead
10 15 (4.09%) Administrator
10 15 (4.09%) Analyst
10 15 (4.09%) Senior Manager
10 15 (4.09%) Systems Manager
11 11 (3.00%) Architect
11 11 (3.00%) QA Officer
11 11 (3.00%) Senior Quality Engineer
11 11 (3.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 9 (2.45%) Project Manager
12 9 (2.45%) Support Engineer
12 9 (2.45%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.63%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (0.82%) LangChain
2 3 (0.82%) LangGraph
2 3 (0.82%) PyTorch
2 3 (0.82%) scikit-learn
2 3 (0.82%) TensorFlow
3 2 (0.54%) Kafka
4 1 (0.27%) .NET
4 1 (0.27%) ADO
4 1 (0.27%) Playwright
4 1 (0.27%) PySpark
4 1 (0.27%) pytest
4 1 (0.27%) REST
4 1 (0.27%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (21.53%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (3.00%) Management Information System
2 11 (3.00%) Product Ownership
3 6 (1.63%) Cyberattack
3 6 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.36%) Cloud Native
4 5 (1.36%) Life Science
5 4 (1.09%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.82%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.82%) FMCG
6 3 (0.82%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.54%) IVR
7 2 (0.54%) PMI
7 2 (0.54%) 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 (1.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (42.23%) Continuous Improvement
2 130 (35.42%) QMS
3 98 (26.70%) Analytics
4 91 (24.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 88 (23.98%) Root Cause Analysis
6 84 (22.89%) Service Delivery
7 83 (22.62%) Actionable Insight
8 82 (22.34%) Change Management
9 81 (22.07%) PRINCE2
10 76 (20.71%) Customer Experience
11 72 (19.62%) Anti-Money Laundering
12 44 (11.99%) Coaching
12 44 (11.99%) Internal Audit
13 38 (10.35%) Problem-Solving
13 38 (10.35%) Roadmaps
14 37 (10.08%) Project Management
15 32 (8.72%) AI
15 32 (8.72%) Decision-Making
15 32 (8.72%) Project Delivery
16 31 (8.45%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.81%) SQL
2 9 (2.45%) ABAP
3 7 (1.91%) Python
4 1 (0.27%) C#
4 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (19.62%) IRCA
2 41 (11.17%) Degree
3 17 (4.63%) DBS Check
4 15 (4.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.27%) ACCA
6 7 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.91%) Security Cleared
7 6 (1.63%) CISSP
7 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.63%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.36%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.09%) CCSP
9 4 (1.09%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.09%) CRISC
9 4 (1.09%) Postgraduate
9 4 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.82%) CCA
10 3 (0.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (44.96%) QA
2 109 (29.70%) ISO 9001
3 86 (23.43%) GDPR
4 43 (11.72%) Data Quality
5 16 (4.36%) Accessibility
6 13 (3.54%) GMP
7 12 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.36%) Automotive SPICE
8 5 (1.36%) COSHH
8 5 (1.36%) IFRS
8 5 (1.36%) ISO 13485
8 5 (1.36%) ISO 26262
8 5 (1.36%) NIST
9 4 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.82%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.82%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.54%) GAMP
11 2 (0.54%) GxP
11 2 (0.54%) PMO
11 2 (0.54%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (1.09%) 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 62 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.63%) SAP
3 7 (1.91%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.09%) Oracle
4 4 (1.09%) Workday
5 3 (0.82%) Databricks
5 3 (0.82%) Informatica
5 3 (0.82%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.54%) Google
7 1 (0.27%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.27%) Genesys
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