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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 432 402
Rank change year-on-year +33 -30 +95
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 412 275 550
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.56% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.62% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 162 104 235
10th Percentile £29,550 £27,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,338 £37,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +12.15% -14.40%
75th Percentile £57,450 £85,625 £77,752
90th Percentile £87,500 £102,625 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £59,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year -23.73% +22.28% -3.50%

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 73,727 44,243 76,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.97% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,045 24,911 52,533
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 +22 359 £45,000 -24.37% 156
UK excluding London +22 313 £45,000 -23.73% 119
North of England -38 98 £53,750 -2.27% 27
Midlands +51 92 £45,000 +7.14% 38
Work from Home +6 82 £50,000 -20.00% 49
London -21 76 £50,000 -4.76% 41
North West +49 61 £60,000 -9.59% 13
West Midlands +34 61 £50,000 +25.00% 19
South East -22 41 £36,500 -41.60% 29
South West -40 33 £41,250 -17.50% 12
East Midlands +1 31 £29,000 -33.63% 18
Yorkshire -102 21 £53,250 +15.14% 12
North East -38 16 £34,500 -28.13% 3
Scotland +25 15 £45,000 -40.00% 1
East of England +3 14 £40,000 -60.00% 12
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 3
Wales -55 6 - - 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 12 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 55 (13.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (6.31%) SAP QM
2 21 (5.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (4.61%) SAP ERP
4 8 (1.94%) Q-Pulse
4 8 (1.94%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.97%) Primavera
5 4 (0.97%) SAP EHS
6 3 (0.73%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.49%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.24%) FastStats
8 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG-M
8 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.24%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 27 (6.55%) Power Platform
2 24 (5.83%) Azure
3 15 (3.64%) AWS
4 13 (3.16%) Microsoft Purview
5 10 (2.43%) GCP
6 7 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.70%) SaaS
7 5 (1.21%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.97%) Smartsheet
9 3 (0.73%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.49%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.49%) Collibra
10 2 (0.49%) GitHub
10 2 (0.49%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (0.49%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.97%) Network Security
2 2 (0.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.55%) Power BI
2 13 (3.16%) Metadata
3 9 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.21%) Power Query
4 5 (1.21%) Tableau
5 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.49%) MySQL
7 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.24%) Big Data
8 1 (0.24%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.70%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Claude Code
2 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 180 (43.69%) Social Skills
2 149 (36.17%) Finance
3 134 (32.52%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (27.91%) Manufacturing
5 44 (10.68%) Influencing Skills
6 32 (7.77%) Legal
7 31 (7.52%) Pharmaceutical
8 28 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (6.07%) Retail
10 21 (5.10%) Aerospace
11 18 (4.37%) Banking
12 17 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (2.67%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.18%) Electronics
15 8 (1.94%) Law
16 7 (1.70%) Advertising
16 7 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (1.21%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.21%) Publishing
18 4 (0.97%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 72 (17.48%) Head of QA
2 38 (9.22%) Quality Engineer
3 36 (8.74%) Technologist
4 34 (8.25%) Quality Manager
4 34 (8.25%) Senior
5 26 (6.31%) Systems Engineer
6 25 (6.07%) Lead
7 17 (4.13%) Analyst
7 17 (4.13%) Systems Manager
8 15 (3.64%) QA Manager
9 14 (3.40%) Administrator
9 14 (3.40%) QA Officer
10 12 (2.91%) Project Manager
11 11 (2.67%) Senior Quality Engineer
11 11 (2.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 10 (2.43%) Machine Learning Engineer
13 9 (2.18%) Data Manager
13 9 (2.18%) Support Engineer
13 9 (2.18%) Technical Engineer
13 9 (2.18%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.61%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (2.18%) LangChain
2 9 (2.18%) LangGraph
2 9 (2.18%) PyTorch
2 9 (2.18%) scikit-learn
2 9 (2.18%) TensorFlow
3 3 (0.73%) Java RMI
4 2 (0.49%) A2A Protocol
4 2 (0.49%) Kafka
4 2 (0.49%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.24%) .NET
5 1 (0.24%) ADO
5 1 (0.24%) IDoc
5 1 (0.24%) Playwright
5 1 (0.24%) PySpark
5 1 (0.24%) pytest
5 1 (0.24%) SAP ALE
5 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 79 (19.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (4.61%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.18%) Cloud Native
5 7 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.70%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.46%) Cyberattack
7 5 (1.21%) Blog
7 5 (1.21%) PMI
8 4 (0.97%) FMCG
8 4 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.73%) Biopharmaceutical
9 3 (0.73%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.49%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.49%) Autonomous Agent
10 2 (0.49%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.49%) Life Science
10 2 (0.49%) Reference Data
10 2 (0.49%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (46.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 146 (35.44%) QMS
3 97 (23.54%) Analytics
4 93 (22.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 91 (22.09%) Root Cause Analysis
6 89 (21.60%) Actionable Insight
7 88 (21.36%) Change Management
7 88 (21.36%) Service Delivery
8 82 (19.90%) PRINCE2
9 78 (18.93%) Customer Experience
10 72 (17.48%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 59 (14.32%) Roadmaps
12 58 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
13 54 (13.11%) Decision-Making
14 52 (12.62%) AI
15 45 (10.92%) Internal Audit
16 44 (10.68%) ERP
17 38 (9.22%) Coaching
17 38 (9.22%) Project Management
18 37 (8.98%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.61%) Python
2 15 (3.64%) SQL
3 8 (1.94%) ABAP
4 4 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.24%) C#
5 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.24%) Scala
5 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (17.48%) IRCA
2 69 (16.75%) Degree
3 18 (4.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (4.13%) DBS Check
5 11 (2.67%) Postgraduate
6 8 (1.94%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.70%) ACCA
7 7 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.70%) Security Cleared
8 6 (1.46%) CISSP
8 6 (1.46%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.97%) CCSP
9 4 (0.97%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.97%) CRISC
9 4 (0.97%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.97%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.73%) CCA
10 3 (0.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (47.09%) QA
2 116 (28.16%) ISO 9001
3 89 (21.60%) GDPR
4 53 (12.86%) Data Quality
5 25 (6.07%) Accessibility
6 22 (5.34%) GMP
7 15 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.21%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 5 (1.21%) Automotive SPICE
8 5 (1.21%) COSHH
8 5 (1.21%) GxP
8 5 (1.21%) ISO 26262
8 5 (1.21%) NIST
8 5 (1.21%) PMO
9 4 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.73%) GLP
10 3 (0.73%) Good Clinical Practice
10 3 (0.73%) IFRS
11 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (0.24%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.73%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 70 (16.99%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.14%) SAP
3 8 (1.94%) Google
4 7 (1.70%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.21%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.73%) Databricks
6 3 (0.73%) Sage
7 2 (0.49%) Avaya
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco
7 2 (0.49%) Genesys
7 2 (0.49%) Informatica
7 2 (0.49%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.24%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.24%) TOWER Software