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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 341 544
Rank change year-on-year -16 +203 -182
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 354 502 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 0.74% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.89% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 66 135 91
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,800 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,196 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,425 £75,625
90th Percentile £93,750 £80,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year +21.99% -14.13% +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 45,350 56,347 49,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.07% 83.11% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 27,263 29,385 38,254
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,112 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £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 £79,600 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,714 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.18% +4.22% -

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 16 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 16 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 +77 278 £55,000 +21.99% 118
England -38 270 £56,500 +1.35% 156
South East +91 104 £70,000 +23.88% 37
Scotland +31 72 £35,000 -29.29% 11
London -78 66 £50,000 -28.57% 53
Work from Home +76 63 £65,000 +0.12% 55
North of England +27 62 £56,500 +32.94% 10
Yorkshire +41 47 - - 1
Midlands +49 19 £45,390 +6.59% 25
West Midlands +53 13 £45,390 -19.66% 12
South West +7 13 £59,000 +7.27% 19
North West +24 12 £58,000 +45.00% 7
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 4
East Midlands +19 6 £45,390 +13.48% 12
North East -10 3 £48,000 +41.18% 2
Wales +8 1 £65,000 +109.68% 1
East of England -22 1 £28,500 -36.67% 17

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 (20.06%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.13%) 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 98 (27.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (22.60%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (20.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 76 (21.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.67%) SAP PP
3 12 (3.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (1.13%) Primavera
4 4 (1.13%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.85%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.85%) SAP EHS
5 3 (0.85%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.85%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.85%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.56%) C-CURE
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.56%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.56%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.56%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.28%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 37 (10.45%) Power Platform
2 34 (9.60%) Azure
3 12 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (3.39%) GitHub
3 12 (3.39%) SaaS
4 4 (1.13%) Collibra
4 4 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (0.85%) Azure Stack
6 2 (0.56%) AWS
6 2 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.28%) Alation
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.28%) OCI
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%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.13%) 3GPP
1 4 (1.13%) Intranet
2 3 (0.85%) Internet
3 2 (0.56%) RS-485
4 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.28%) Firewall
4 1 (0.28%) Modbus
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 37 (10.45%) Power BI
2 31 (8.76%) SAP BW
3 30 (8.47%) Data Lake
4 15 (4.24%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.13%) Metadata
6 3 (0.85%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.85%) Tableau
7 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.56%) MySQL
8 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.28%) QlikView
8 1 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 190 (53.67%) Social Skills
2 143 (40.40%) Finance
3 130 (36.72%) Manufacturing
4 70 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (16.95%) Marketing
6 22 (6.21%) Retail
7 15 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (3.67%) Legal
9 12 (3.39%) Back Office
10 11 (3.11%) Law
11 10 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (2.54%) Public Sector
13 8 (2.26%) Electronics
13 8 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.98%) Telecoms
15 5 (1.41%) Automotive
15 5 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.13%) Aviation
16 4 (1.13%) Games
16 4 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 151 (42.66%) Senior
2 102 (28.81%) Analyst
3 86 (24.29%) Quality Manager
4 82 (23.16%) Senior Manager
5 78 (22.03%) Senior Quality Manager
6 64 (18.08%) QA Manager
6 64 (18.08%) Senior QA Manager
7 63 (17.80%) SAP Analyst
8 62 (17.51%) Senior Analyst
9 40 (11.30%) Systems Engineer
10 36 (10.17%) Automation Engineer
11 28 (7.91%) Report Analyst
11 28 (7.91%) Sustainability Analyst
12 20 (5.65%) Lead
13 15 (4.24%) Developer
14 12 (3.39%) Consultant
14 12 (3.39%) SAP Consultant
15 11 (3.11%) Dynamics NAV Developer
15 11 (3.11%) SaaS Developer
15 11 (3.11%) Senior Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.39%) XML
2 4 (1.13%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (0.85%) RESTEasy
4 2 (0.56%) .NET
4 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.56%) WCF
5 1 (0.28%) CSS
5 1 (0.28%) HTML
5 1 (0.28%) NestJS
5 1 (0.28%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.28%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.43%) Management Information System
2 38 (10.73%) Operational Technology
3 36 (10.17%) FMCG
3 36 (10.17%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 13 (3.67%) NHS
5 11 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.54%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.98%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.41%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.13%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.85%) CCTV
11 2 (0.56%) IoT
11 2 (0.56%) Life Science
11 2 (0.56%) PDA
11 2 (0.56%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.28%) Biopharmaceutical
12 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.28%) Housing Association
12 1 (0.28%) Legacy Code
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 (45.48%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (40.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 93 (26.27%) Data Collection
3 93 (26.27%) Project Management
4 79 (22.32%) Coaching
5 74 (20.90%) Data Management
6 73 (20.62%) Six Sigma
7 68 (19.21%) Logistics
8 64 (18.08%) Customer Experience
8 64 (18.08%) Due Diligence
8 64 (18.08%) Lean Six Sigma
8 64 (18.08%) Performance Improvement
9 63 (17.80%) Technical Leadership
10 60 (16.95%) User Acceptance Testing
11 59 (16.67%) Incident Management
12 58 (16.38%) SAP Implementation
12 58 (16.38%) Translating Business Requirements
13 57 (16.10%) Architectural Design
13 57 (16.10%) Decision Quality
13 57 (16.10%) Impact Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.95%) C#
2 13 (3.67%) SQL
3 12 (3.39%) C
3 12 (3.39%) Java
4 6 (1.69%) R
5 5 (1.41%) ABAP
6 2 (0.56%) C++
6 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.28%) Perl
7 1 (0.28%) Python
7 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (23.73%) Degree
2 64 (18.08%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 41 (11.58%) HNC
4 31 (8.76%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.95%) SC Cleared
6 13 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.11%) ACCA
8 10 (2.82%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.26%) SAP Certification
11 5 (1.41%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.41%) HND
11 5 (1.41%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 5 (1.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 5 (1.41%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
12 4 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.85%) APMG
14 2 (0.56%) City & Guilds
14 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (27.97%) QA
2 50 (14.12%) Data Quality
3 39 (11.02%) ISO 9001
4 20 (5.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.11%) PMO
6 10 (2.82%) IFRS
7 9 (2.54%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.98%) GMP
9 6 (1.69%) GDPR
10 5 (1.41%) GxP
10 5 (1.41%) ISO 13485
10 5 (1.41%) ISO 14001
11 4 (1.13%) NCSC
12 2 (0.56%) GRC
12 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.56%) SLA
12 2 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.28%) AQAP
13 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
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
1 121 (34.18%) SAP
2 102 (28.81%) Microsoft
3 36 (10.17%) Rockwell
3 36 (10.17%) Siemens
4 7 (1.98%) Oracle
5 5 (1.41%) Databricks
6 4 (1.13%) Google
6 4 (1.13%) IFS
6 4 (1.13%) Informatica
7 3 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.85%) 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