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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 301 495
Rank change year-on-year -55 +194 -64
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 316 511 232
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.95% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 1.05% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 58 135 112
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £32,850
25th Percentile £42,924 £37,000 £40,766
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £69,688 £72,463 £65,250
90th Percentile £84,125 £87,500 £84,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -2.11% -

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 48,482 48,584 49,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.16% 90.44% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,500 23,705 37,321
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Top 16 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 9 January 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
UK excluding London 0 245 £50,000 +7.53% 104
England -92 230 £57,750 +24.19% 109
South East +83 99 £62,500 +10.60% 30
Scotland +37 73 £40,000 -30.43% 3
London -71 61 £65,000 +0.23% 18
Work from Home +36 43 £67,500 +3.85% 37
North of England -50 34 £50,000 +25.00% 28
Yorkshire -10 20 - - 9
Midlands +12 15 £50,000 -4.76% 15
North West +5 14 £50,000 +25.00% 17
South West -25 11 £59,000 +26.88% 10
East Midlands -7 9 £45,390 +13.48% 10
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 3
West Midlands +12 6 £57,500 -11.54% 5
East of England -23 3 £28,500 -36.67% 15
Wales 0 2 £25,400 -67.23% 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 71 (22.47%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.63%) HCL Notes
2 2 (0.63%) IIS
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 97 (30.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (24.37%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (22.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.27%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.95%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.32%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.32%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.32%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.32%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.32%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 70 (22.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.16%) SAP PP
3 4 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.95%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.95%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.95%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.95%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.63%) C-CURE
5 2 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.63%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.32%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.32%) Primavera
6 1 (0.32%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.32%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 35 (11.08%) Azure
2 33 (10.44%) Power Platform
3 4 (1.27%) Entra ID
4 3 (0.95%) AWS
4 3 (0.95%) Collibra
5 2 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.63%) GitHub
5 2 (0.63%) SaaS
5 2 (0.63%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.32%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.32%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.32%) OCI
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle CX
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle Service Cloud
6 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.32%) Pulumi
6 1 (0.32%) Serverless
6 1 (0.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.95%) Modbus
2 2 (0.63%) MQTT
2 2 (0.63%) RS-485
3 1 (0.32%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.32%) Firewall
3 1 (0.32%) RS-232
3 1 (0.32%) VLAN
3 1 (0.32%) VPN
3 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.32%) Wireless
3 1 (0.32%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.44%) Power BI
2 29 (9.18%) Data Lake
3 28 (8.86%) SAP BW
4 6 (1.90%) Metadata
5 4 (1.27%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.63%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.63%) Tableau
8 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.32%) MS Access
8 1 (0.32%) MySQL
8 1 (0.32%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (0.63%) JIRA
General
1 186 (58.86%) Social Skills
2 108 (34.18%) Finance
3 106 (33.54%) Manufacturing
4 61 (19.30%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (19.30%) Marketing
5 18 (5.70%) Retail
6 17 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (4.43%) Law
8 13 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.80%) Banking
10 11 (3.48%) Electronics
11 10 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (3.16%) Public Sector
12 9 (2.85%) Legal
13 8 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.58%) Automotive
14 5 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.27%) Back Office
16 3 (0.95%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 167 (52.85%) Senior
2 106 (33.54%) Quality Manager
3 104 (32.91%) Analyst
4 94 (29.75%) Senior Manager
5 86 (27.22%) Senior Quality Manager
6 78 (24.68%) QA Manager
7 64 (20.25%) SAP Analyst
7 64 (20.25%) Senior Analyst
7 64 (20.25%) Senior QA Manager
8 28 (8.86%) Report Analyst
8 28 (8.86%) Sustainability Analyst
9 23 (7.28%) Audit Manager
9 23 (7.28%) Senior Audit Manager
10 13 (4.11%) Project Manager
11 12 (3.80%) Data Analyst
11 12 (3.80%) Lead
12 9 (2.85%) Consultant
12 9 (2.85%) SAP Consultant
13 7 (2.22%) Architect
13 7 (2.22%) SAP PP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.63%) .NET
1 2 (0.63%) ASP.NET
1 2 (0.63%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (0.63%) WCF
1 2 (0.63%) XML
2 1 (0.32%) CSS
2 1 (0.32%) HTML
2 1 (0.32%) Middleware
2 1 (0.32%) NestJS
2 1 (0.32%) SAP CAF
2 1 (0.32%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (2.22%) Data Structures
3 6 (1.90%) Life Science
4 5 (1.58%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.27%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.27%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.95%) CCTV
6 3 (0.95%) IoT
6 3 (0.95%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (0.95%) NHS
6 3 (0.95%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.63%) IVR
7 2 (0.63%) LIMS
7 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.63%) PDA
7 2 (0.63%) PMI
7 2 (0.63%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.27%) Unix
2 2 (0.63%) Windows
3 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.32%) Debian
3 1 (0.32%) Linux
3 1 (0.32%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (39.56%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (30.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 93 (29.43%) Project Management
4 91 (28.80%) Coaching
5 73 (23.10%) Six Sigma
6 72 (22.78%) Data Management
7 66 (20.89%) Logistics
8 64 (20.25%) Customer Experience
8 64 (20.25%) Due Diligence
8 64 (20.25%) Lean Six Sigma
8 64 (20.25%) Performance Improvement
9 63 (19.94%) Analytics
10 62 (19.62%) Technical Leadership
11 60 (18.99%) User Acceptance Testing
12 59 (18.67%) Impact Analysis
12 59 (18.67%) Translating Business Requirements
13 58 (18.35%) Incident Management
13 58 (18.35%) SAP Implementation
14 57 (18.04%) Data Collection
14 57 (18.04%) Decision Quality
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.11%) SQL
2 5 (1.58%) ABAP
3 4 (1.27%) C#
4 2 (0.63%) C
4 2 (0.63%) C++
4 2 (0.63%) Java
4 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.32%) Perl
5 1 (0.32%) Python
5 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 70 (22.15%) Degree
2 64 (20.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 23 (7.28%) Security Cleared
4 19 (6.01%) ACCA
5 14 (4.43%) SC Cleared
6 10 (3.16%) HNC
6 10 (3.16%) HND
7 9 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.53%) Master's Degree
9 7 (2.22%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.58%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.58%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 5 (1.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 5 (1.58%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
11 4 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.63%) City & Guilds
12 2 (0.63%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (33.86%) QA
2 50 (15.82%) Data Quality
3 21 (6.65%) ISO 9001
4 13 (4.11%) IFRS
5 9 (2.85%) ISO 13485
6 8 (2.53%) GDPR
6 8 (2.53%) GMP
7 7 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.27%) GxP
10 3 (0.95%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.95%) PMO
11 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.63%) GRC
11 2 (0.63%) SLA
12 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.32%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.32%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) Firmware
2 1 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 1 (0.32%) Ansible
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.32%) MOM
1 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 118 (37.34%) SAP
2 85 (26.90%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.85%) Oracle
4 5 (1.58%) Google
4 5 (1.58%) Informatica
4 5 (1.58%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.27%) Workday
6 3 (0.95%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.63%) IFS
7 2 (0.63%) Lotus
8 1 (0.32%) Adobe
8 1 (0.32%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.32%) Cisco
8 1 (0.32%) EMC
8 1 (0.32%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.32%) MikroTik
8 1 (0.32%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.32%) PTC
8 1 (0.32%) Siemens