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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 332 470
Rank change year-on-year -26 +138 -23
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 334 440 365
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.87% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.94% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 61 133 232
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £46,581
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -0.17% -13.93%
75th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,500 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +9.29% +7.65% -10.53%

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 51,976 46,628 65,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.87% 91.97% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30,795 22,565 51,052
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -1 247 £50,000 +9.29% 77
England -61 246 £59,000 +31.11% 95
South East +51 87 £62,500 -19.35% 20
Scotland +19 73 £40,000 -27.27% 3
London -17 72 £67,500 +4.09% 27
Work from Home +4 39 £81,500 +25.67% 29
North of England -69 34 £50,000 +29.03% 27
Midlands +15 28 £47,695 +19.24% 11
North West +14 18 £50,000 +25.00% 21
East Midlands -3 17 £37,195 -7.01% 5
Yorkshire -33 16 - - 1
West Midlands +23 11 £53,750 -4.44% 6
South West -26 11 £59,000 +26.88% 4
Northern Ireland - 8 - -
East of England -21 4 £34,250 -23.89% 10
Wales +6 2 £25,400 -67.75% 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 68 (20.36%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 109 (32.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (24.85%) Microsoft Office
3 71 (21.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.20%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.30%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 63 (18.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.69%) SAP PP
3 6 (1.80%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.50%) SAP QM
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.90%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.90%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.90%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.60%) C-CURE
7 2 (0.60%) Q-Pulse
7 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.30%) DELMIA
8 1 (0.30%) Primavera
8 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.30%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 39 (11.68%) Azure
2 34 (10.18%) Power Platform
3 5 (1.50%) AWS
4 4 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.90%) GCP
6 2 (0.60%) Collibra
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (0.60%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.30%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.30%) OCI
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.30%) Pulumi
7 1 (0.30%) SaaS
7 1 (0.30%) Serverless
7 1 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) Modbus
2 2 (0.60%) MQTT
2 2 (0.60%) RS-485
3 1 (0.30%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.30%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.30%) RS-232
3 1 (0.30%) VLAN
3 1 (0.30%) VPN
3 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.30%) Wireless
3 1 (0.30%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (10.18%) Power BI
2 31 (9.28%) Data Lake
3 28 (8.38%) SAP BW
4 9 (2.69%) Metadata
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.60%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.60%) Tableau
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) Big Data
8 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.30%) MS Access
8 1 (0.30%) MySQL
8 1 (0.30%) QlikView
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) JIRA
General
1 186 (55.69%) Social Skills
2 102 (30.54%) Manufacturing
3 100 (29.94%) Finance
4 58 (17.37%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (14.67%) Marketing
6 28 (8.38%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (5.39%) Retail
8 16 (4.79%) Law
9 15 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (4.19%) Banking
11 12 (3.59%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (3.29%) Electronics
12 11 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (2.99%) Public Sector
14 7 (2.10%) Legal
15 5 (1.50%) Automotive
15 5 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.20%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.90%) Telecoms
18 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 159 (47.60%) Senior
2 115 (34.43%) Quality Manager
3 97 (29.04%) Senior Manager
4 92 (27.54%) Analyst
5 86 (25.75%) Senior Quality Manager
6 79 (23.65%) QA Manager
7 64 (19.16%) Senior QA Manager
8 53 (15.87%) Senior Analyst
9 52 (15.57%) SAP Analyst
10 28 (8.38%) Report Analyst
10 28 (8.38%) Sustainability Analyst
11 27 (8.08%) Audit Manager
12 23 (6.89%) Senior Audit Manager
13 13 (3.89%) Project Manager
13 13 (3.89%) Systems Manager
14 12 (3.59%) Data Analyst
15 10 (2.99%) Technologist
16 9 (2.69%) Architect
16 9 (2.69%) Lead
17 8 (2.40%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.20%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.30%) .NET
3 1 (0.30%) CSS
3 1 (0.30%) HTML
3 1 (0.30%) Middleware
3 1 (0.30%) NestJS
3 1 (0.30%) REST
3 1 (0.30%) SAP CAF
3 1 (0.30%) SvelteKit
3 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (1.80%) Life Science
2 6 (1.80%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.50%) Data Structures
3 5 (1.50%) Driving Licence
4 3 (0.90%) CCTV
4 3 (0.90%) IoT
4 3 (0.90%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.60%) IVR
5 2 (0.60%) LIMS
5 2 (0.60%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.60%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.60%) PDA
5 2 (0.60%) PMI
5 2 (0.60%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.60%) SCADA
5 2 (0.60%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.30%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.20%) Unix
2 2 (0.60%) Windows
3 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.30%) Debian
3 1 (0.30%) Linux
3 1 (0.30%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (32.93%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (32.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 100 (29.94%) Coaching
4 93 (27.84%) Project Management
5 79 (23.65%) QMS
6 70 (20.96%) Six Sigma
7 64 (19.16%) Customer Experience
7 64 (19.16%) Due Diligence
7 64 (19.16%) Lean Six Sigma
7 64 (19.16%) Performance Improvement
8 63 (18.86%) Analytics
9 59 (17.66%) Data Management
10 52 (15.57%) Logistics
11 48 (14.37%) User Acceptance Testing
12 47 (14.07%) Impact Analysis
12 47 (14.07%) Technical Leadership
12 47 (14.07%) Translating Business Requirements
13 46 (13.77%) Incident Management
13 46 (13.77%) SAP Implementation
14 45 (13.47%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.29%) SQL
2 8 (2.40%) ABAP
3 1 (0.30%) C#
3 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.30%) Perl
3 1 (0.30%) Python
3 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 64 (19.16%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
2 63 (18.86%) Degree
3 23 (6.89%) Security Cleared
4 22 (6.59%) ACCA
5 14 (4.19%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.99%) HNC
7 10 (2.99%) HND
8 8 (2.40%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (1.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 5 (1.50%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 4 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.20%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.20%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.60%) City & Guilds
11 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (35.63%) QA
2 53 (15.87%) Data Quality
3 18 (5.39%) ISO 9001
4 15 (4.49%) IFRS
5 14 (4.19%) GDPR
6 11 (3.29%) GMP
6 11 (3.29%) ISO 13485
7 6 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.50%) GxP
9 4 (1.20%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.90%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 3 (0.90%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.60%) COSHH
11 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.60%) GAMP
11 2 (0.60%) GRC
11 2 (0.60%) SLA
12 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.30%) Firmware
2 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (1.20%) Terraform
2 1 (0.30%) Ansible
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.30%) MOM
Vendors
1 111 (33.23%) SAP
2 99 (29.64%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.10%) Oracle
4 5 (1.50%) Google
4 5 (1.50%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.20%) Informatica
5 4 (1.20%) Workday
6 3 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.60%) IFS
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe
8 1 (0.30%) ANSYS
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco
8 1 (0.30%) EMC
8 1 (0.30%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.30%) Genesys
8 1 (0.30%) MikroTik
8 1 (0.30%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.30%) PTC
8 1 (0.30%) Siemens
8 1 (0.30%) TOWER Software