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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 347 535
Rank change year-on-year +5 +188 -161
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 362 493 200
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 0.73% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.88% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 68 135 95
10th Percentile £29,500 £31,250 £34,250
25th Percentile £44,196 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,425 £76,875
90th Percentile £93,250 £80,000 £98,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,834 £51,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% -11.43% +10.11%

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 44,153 55,778 50,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.67% 82.84% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 26,474 29,039 38,573
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,867
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.96% +2.86% -

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 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 9 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 +76 290 £50,000 +9.09% 180
England -27 280 £50,000 -11.51% 215
South East +91 105 £68,750 +21.66% 95
North of England +33 74 £56,500 +32.94% 10
Scotland +41 71 £42,217 -14.71% 16
Work from Home +60 64 £65,000 +0.23% 97
London -75 62 £50,000 -25.93% 86
Yorkshire +53 59 - -
Midlands +39 19 £45,390 +0.49% 25
West Midlands +34 14 £42,695 -26.70% 10
South West +8 13 £59,000 +7.27% 19
North West +6 12 £58,000 +45.00% 8
Northern Ireland - 6 - - 3
East Midlands +10 5 £45,390 +13.48% 13
North East -14 3 £48,000 +41.18% 2
East of England -16 2 £36,750 -18.33% 13
Wales +4 1 £65,000 +109.68% 1

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 (19.61%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.10%) CMS
3 2 (0.55%) HCL Notes
3 2 (0.55%) IIS
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Apache
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 98 (27.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (22.10%) Microsoft Office
3 73 (20.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.10%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 74 (20.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.59%) SAP PP
3 12 (3.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (1.10%) Primavera
4 4 (1.10%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.83%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.83%) SAP EHS
5 3 (0.83%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.83%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.83%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.83%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.55%) C-CURE
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.55%) ResourceLink
6 2 (0.55%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.28%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 37 (10.22%) Power Platform
2 34 (9.39%) Azure
3 12 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
3 12 (3.31%) GitHub
3 12 (3.31%) SaaS
4 5 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.10%) Collibra
6 3 (0.83%) Azure Stack
7 2 (0.55%) AWS
7 2 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.55%) GCP
8 1 (0.28%) Alation
8 1 (0.28%) Cloud Composer
8 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.28%) OCI
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle CX
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.28%) PaaS
8 1 (0.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.10%) 3GPP
1 4 (1.10%) Intranet
2 3 (0.83%) Internet
3 2 (0.55%) 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 (10.22%) Power BI
2 31 (8.56%) SAP BW
3 30 (8.29%) Data Lake
4 15 (4.14%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.10%) Metadata
7 3 (0.83%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.83%) Tableau
8 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.55%) MySQL
9 1 (0.28%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.28%) QlikView
9 1 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (0.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) Git
General
1 190 (52.49%) Social Skills
2 153 (42.27%) Finance
3 141 (38.95%) Manufacturing
4 71 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (16.57%) Marketing
6 21 (5.80%) Retail
7 15 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (3.87%) Legal
9 12 (3.31%) Back Office
10 10 (2.76%) Law
10 10 (2.76%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.21%) Electronics
11 8 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.93%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.38%) Automotive
14 4 (1.10%) Aviation
14 4 (1.10%) Games
14 4 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 149 (41.16%) Senior
2 101 (27.90%) Analyst
3 84 (23.20%) Quality Manager
4 80 (22.10%) Senior Manager
5 76 (20.99%) Senior Quality Manager
6 64 (17.68%) QA Manager
6 64 (17.68%) Senior QA Manager
7 62 (17.13%) SAP Analyst
7 62 (17.13%) Senior Analyst
8 52 (14.36%) Systems Engineer
9 48 (13.26%) Automation Engineer
10 28 (7.73%) Report Analyst
10 28 (7.73%) Sustainability Analyst
11 20 (5.52%) Lead
12 15 (4.14%) Developer
13 13 (3.59%) Consultant
14 12 (3.31%) SAP Consultant
15 11 (3.04%) Dynamics NAV Developer
15 11 (3.04%) SaaS Developer
16 9 (2.49%) Senior Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.31%) XML
2 4 (1.10%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (0.83%) RESTEasy
4 2 (0.55%) .NET
4 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (0.55%) WCF
5 1 (0.28%) CSS
5 1 (0.28%) HTML
5 1 (0.28%) NestJS
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.28%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.28%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.75%) Management Information System
2 50 (13.81%) Operational Technology
3 48 (13.26%) FMCG
3 48 (13.26%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 12 (3.31%) NHS
4 12 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.76%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.93%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.10%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.10%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.83%) CCTV
8 3 (0.83%) IoT
9 2 (0.55%) PDA
9 2 (0.55%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.28%) Biopharmaceutical
10 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.28%) Hackathon
10 1 (0.28%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.28%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.55%) Windows
2 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.28%) Debian
2 1 (0.28%) Linux
2 1 (0.28%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (47.51%) Problem-Solving
2 154 (42.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 105 (29.01%) Data Collection
4 91 (25.14%) Project Management
5 77 (21.27%) Coaching
6 75 (20.72%) Data Management
7 73 (20.17%) Six Sigma
8 68 (18.78%) Logistics
9 64 (17.68%) Customer Experience
9 64 (17.68%) Due Diligence
9 64 (17.68%) Lean Six Sigma
9 64 (17.68%) Performance Improvement
10 63 (17.40%) Technical Leadership
11 59 (16.30%) Incident Management
11 59 (16.30%) User Acceptance Testing
12 58 (16.02%) SAP Implementation
12 58 (16.02%) Translating Business Requirements
13 57 (15.75%) Architectural Design
13 57 (15.75%) Decision Quality
13 57 (15.75%) Impact Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.87%) C#
1 14 (3.87%) SQL
2 12 (3.31%) C
2 12 (3.31%) Java
3 6 (1.66%) R
4 5 (1.38%) ABAP
5 2 (0.55%) C++
5 2 (0.55%) Python
5 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.28%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.28%) Perl
6 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (23.48%) Degree
2 64 (17.68%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 53 (14.64%) HNC
4 30 (8.29%) Security Cleared
5 14 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.59%) SC Cleared
7 10 (2.76%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.49%) ACCA
8 9 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.21%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.38%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.38%) HND
10 5 (1.38%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 5 (1.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 5 (1.38%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
11 4 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.83%) APMG
13 2 (0.55%) City & Guilds
14 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.28%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (27.07%) QA
2 50 (13.81%) Data Quality
3 38 (10.50%) ISO 9001
4 20 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.04%) PMO
6 9 (2.49%) Accessibility
6 9 (2.49%) IFRS
7 7 (1.93%) GMP
8 6 (1.66%) ISO 14001
9 5 (1.38%) GDPR
9 5 (1.38%) ISO 13485
10 4 (1.10%) GxP
10 4 (1.10%) NCSC
11 2 (0.55%) GRC
11 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.55%) SLA
11 2 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
12 1 (0.28%) AQAP
12 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (0.28%) Docker
1 1 (0.28%) Firmware
1 1 (0.28%) iptables
Systems Management
1 2 (0.55%) Terraform
2 1 (0.28%) Ansible
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 118 (32.60%) SAP
2 102 (28.18%) Microsoft
3 48 (13.26%) Rockwell
3 48 (13.26%) Siemens
4 6 (1.66%) Oracle
5 5 (1.38%) Databricks
6 4 (1.10%) Google
6 4 (1.10%) IFS
6 4 (1.10%) Informatica
7 3 (0.83%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.55%) Cognos
8 2 (0.55%) Lotus
8 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
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