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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 366 351
Rank change year-on-year -61 -15 +155
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 439 339 556
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.69% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.78% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 222 95 164
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,700 £30,800
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,000 £39,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,625 £78,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £96,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £59,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -23.73% +26.88% -11.43%

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 82,954 43,576 62,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.83% 88.69% 80.93%
Number of salaries quoted 57,665 24,452 36,140
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -62 394 £45,000 -21.05% 526
UK excluding London -38 336 £45,000 -23.73% 394
Work from Home -19 89 £50,000 -21.57% 185
North of England -66 89 £52,500 -14.63% 79
Midlands +18 88 £45,000 +2.99% 74
London -32 83 £50,000 - 176
South East -83 64 £40,000 -37.25% 96
West Midlands +9 62 £50,000 +25.00% 40
North West +31 57 £52,500 -30.00% 45
South West -58 34 £40,000 +2.56% 43
East of England -2 29 £40,000 +8.84% 48
East Midlands -9 26 £42,500 -6.37% 34
Yorkshire -107 20 £53,250 - 27
Scotland +17 17 £65,000 +31.49% 40
North East -52 12 £34,500 -28.13% 8
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 10
Wales -68 7 £28,392 -40.19% 11

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 14 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) IIS
3 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 47 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (4.33%) SAP QM
2 16 (3.64%) SAP ERP
3 13 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (1.59%) SAP PP
5 5 (1.14%) Primavera
5 5 (1.14%) SAP EHS
6 4 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.91%) Q-Pulse
6 4 (0.91%) SAP R/3
7 3 (0.68%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.46%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
9 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.23%) FastStats
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG-F
9 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG-M
9 1 (0.23%) SAP MDG-S
9 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 44 (10.02%) Azure
2 39 (8.88%) Power Platform
3 25 (5.69%) AWS
4 17 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (3.87%) Microsoft Purview
5 14 (3.19%) GCP
6 6 (1.37%) SaaS
7 5 (1.14%) Collibra
7 5 (1.14%) Smartsheet
8 4 (0.91%) Power Automate
9 3 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.68%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.46%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.46%) GitHub
10 2 (0.46%) GitHub Copilot
11 1 (0.23%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.91%) Network Security
2 2 (0.46%) Internet
2 2 (0.46%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.88%) Power BI
2 24 (5.47%) Metadata
3 19 (4.33%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (1.82%) Power Query
5 8 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.14%) Tableau
7 4 (0.91%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (0.91%) GIS
7 4 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.91%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.46%) MySQL
8 2 (0.46%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.23%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.23%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 15 (3.42%) JIRA
2 2 (0.46%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.46%) MLflow
3 1 (0.23%) Selenium
General
1 170 (38.72%) Social Skills
2 130 (29.61%) Finance
3 126 (28.70%) Manufacturing
4 116 (26.42%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (12.07%) Organisational Skills
6 44 (10.02%) Legal
7 43 (9.79%) Aerospace
8 27 (6.15%) Pharmaceutical
8 27 (6.15%) Retail
9 25 (5.69%) Influencing Skills
10 22 (5.01%) Banking
11 18 (4.10%) Electronics
12 16 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 15 (3.42%) Law
14 11 (2.51%) Military
14 11 (2.51%) Public Sector
15 10 (2.28%) Aviation
16 8 (1.82%) Fire and Rescue
17 7 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (1.37%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 44 (10.02%) Lead
1 44 (10.02%) Quality Engineer
2 35 (7.97%) Quality Manager
3 34 (7.74%) Senior
4 27 (6.15%) Systems Engineer
5 24 (5.47%) Head of QA
6 21 (4.78%) QA Manager
7 19 (4.33%) Technologist
8 18 (4.10%) Analyst
8 18 (4.10%) QA Engineer
9 17 (3.87%) Administrator
10 16 (3.64%) Data Manager
11 14 (3.19%) Operations Manager
12 13 (2.96%) Machine Learning Engineer
12 13 (2.96%) QA Officer
12 13 (2.96%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.51%) Compliance Manager
13 11 (2.51%) IT Manager
14 9 (2.05%) Consultant
14 9 (2.05%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.42%) PyTorch
1 15 (3.42%) scikit-learn
1 15 (3.42%) TensorFlow
2 13 (2.96%) LangChain
2 13 (2.96%) LangGraph
3 12 (2.73%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (1.14%) EDI
5 3 (0.68%) Java RMI
5 3 (0.68%) Terraform
6 2 (0.46%) A2A Protocol
6 2 (0.46%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.46%) gRPC
6 2 (0.46%) Hugging Face
6 2 (0.46%) Model Context Protocol
6 2 (0.46%) NumPy
6 2 (0.46%) ONNX
6 2 (0.46%) OpenCV
6 2 (0.46%) Pandas
7 1 (0.23%) IDoc
7 1 (0.23%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.39%) Management Information System
2 31 (7.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (5.69%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.87%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.42%) Driving Licence
6 13 (2.96%) Cloud Native
6 13 (2.96%) PMI
7 10 (2.28%) Data Protection Act
7 10 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.82%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.82%) Operational Technology
9 7 (1.59%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.59%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.37%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.14%) Blog
12 4 (0.91%) BYOD
12 4 (0.91%) Culture of Ownership
12 4 (0.91%) FMCG
13 3 (0.68%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (42.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 141 (32.12%) QMS
3 88 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (16.40%) Decision-Making
5 70 (15.95%) Roadmaps
6 63 (14.35%) AI
7 62 (14.12%) Service Delivery
8 57 (12.98%) Analytics
9 56 (12.76%) Root Cause Analysis
10 55 (12.53%) ERP
11 51 (11.62%) Project Management
12 50 (11.39%) Actionable Insight
13 48 (10.93%) Change Management
14 47 (10.71%) Internal Audit
14 47 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
15 46 (10.48%) Data Governance
16 45 (10.25%) PRINCE2
16 45 (10.25%) Risk Management
17 42 (9.57%) Coaching
18 39 (8.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.15%) SQL
2 26 (5.92%) Python
3 8 (1.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.23%) ABAP
5 1 (0.23%) Perl
5 1 (0.23%) Scala
5 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 110 (25.06%) Degree
2 31 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.15%) IRCA
4 25 (5.69%) SC Cleared
5 23 (5.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (4.56%) DBS Check
7 15 (3.42%) PMI Certification
8 14 (3.19%) HNC
9 12 (2.73%) Postgraduate
10 8 (1.82%) Chartered Engineer
10 8 (1.82%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.59%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.59%) HND
12 6 (1.37%) CISSP
12 6 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 5 (1.14%) ACCA
14 4 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.91%) CCSP
14 4 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (35.76%) QA
2 107 (24.37%) ISO 9001
3 64 (14.58%) Data Quality
4 55 (12.53%) GDPR
5 31 (7.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (5.24%) Accessibility
7 18 (4.10%) GMP
8 12 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (1.82%) ISO 14001
10 6 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 6 (1.37%) NIST
11 5 (1.14%) ISO 22301
11 5 (1.14%) PCI DSS
11 5 (1.14%) PMO
12 4 (0.91%) AQAP
12 4 (0.91%) Automotive SPICE
12 4 (0.91%) ECSS
12 4 (0.91%) ISO 26262
13 3 (0.68%) COSHH
System Software
1 2 (0.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.23%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 72 (16.40%) Microsoft
2 53 (12.07%) SAP
3 15 (3.42%) ServiceNow
4 12 (2.73%) Oracle
5 10 (2.28%) Google
6 7 (1.59%) Rockwell
6 7 (1.59%) Siemens
7 5 (1.14%) Informatica
7 5 (1.14%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.91%) Sage
9 3 (0.68%) NCR
9 3 (0.68%) Veritas
10 2 (0.46%) Avaya
10 2 (0.46%) Cisco
10 2 (0.46%) Databricks
10 2 (0.46%) Genesys
10 2 (0.46%) NEC
10 2 (0.46%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.46%) Thales
11 1 (0.23%) Xero