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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 308 502
Rank change year-on-year -33 +194 -138
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 333 516 189
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.92% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.02% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 62 142 90
10th Percentile £30,050 £30,000 £31,925
25th Percentile £44,196 £37,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,481 £74,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,375 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -11.43% +10.53%

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 48,853 50,492 45,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.70% 89.69% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28,653 25,437 34,822
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,979 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.95% +4.76% -2.78%

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 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 +32 259 £50,000 +7.53% 78
England -66 249 £60,250 +26.84% 76
South East +100 101 £65,000 +15.03% 14
Scotland +37 75 £40,000 -30.43% 4
London -67 66 £65,000 - 11
Work from Home +37 56 £68,750 +5.77% 30
North of England -33 41 £50,000 +17.65% 28
Yorkshire 0 25 - - 7
Midlands 0 17 £50,000 -4.76% 18
North West +17 14 £50,000 +25.00% 20
South West -15 14 £59,000 +26.88% 8
West Midlands +19 9 £57,500 -11.54% 7
East Midlands -13 8 £45,390 +13.48% 11
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 3
East of England -27 3 £28,500 -36.67% 9
North East -30 2 - - 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 (21.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.60%) CMS
2 2 (0.60%) HCL Notes
2 2 (0.60%) IIS
2 2 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 97 (29.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (23.12%) Microsoft Office
3 72 (21.62%) 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 73 (21.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.30%) SAP PP
3 10 (3.00%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.90%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.90%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.90%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.90%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.90%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.60%) C-CURE
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.60%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.30%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.30%) Primavera
7 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.30%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 37 (11.11%) Azure
2 34 (10.21%) Power Platform
3 10 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (3.00%) GitHub
3 10 (3.00%) SaaS
4 4 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.90%) Collibra
6 2 (0.60%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
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%) Serverless
7 1 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) Modbus
2 2 (0.60%) 3GPP
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%) Intranet
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 (10.21%) Power BI
2 29 (8.71%) Data Lake
3 28 (8.41%) SAP BW
4 13 (3.90%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.20%) Metadata
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.60%) MySQL
7 2 (0.60%) Tableau
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.30%) MS Access
8 1 (0.30%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (0.90%) JIRA
General
1 185 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 115 (34.53%) Manufacturing
3 111 (33.33%) Finance
4 62 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (18.02%) Marketing
6 19 (5.71%) Retail
7 17 (5.11%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (4.20%) Law
9 13 (3.90%) Public Sector
10 12 (3.60%) Back Office
10 12 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (3.30%) Banking
11 11 (3.30%) Electronics
12 10 (3.00%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (3.00%) Legal
13 9 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.50%) Automotive
15 5 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 164 (49.25%) Senior
2 104 (31.23%) Quality Manager
3 102 (30.63%) Analyst
4 93 (27.93%) Senior Manager
5 85 (25.53%) Senior Quality Manager
6 76 (22.82%) QA Manager
7 64 (19.22%) SAP Analyst
7 64 (19.22%) Senior QA Manager
8 62 (18.62%) Senior Analyst
9 28 (8.41%) Report Analyst
9 28 (8.41%) Sustainability Analyst
10 22 (6.61%) Audit Manager
10 22 (6.61%) Senior Audit Manager
11 15 (4.50%) Lead
12 13 (3.90%) Developer
12 13 (3.90%) Project Manager
13 12 (3.60%) Consultant
13 12 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
13 12 (3.60%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (3.00%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.00%) XML
2 4 (1.20%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.60%) .NET
3 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.60%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.60%) WCF
4 1 (0.30%) CSS
4 1 (0.30%) HTML
4 1 (0.30%) Middleware
4 1 (0.30%) NestJS
4 1 (0.30%) SAP CAF
4 1 (0.30%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.30%) SvelteKit
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.30%) NHS
2 9 (2.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 8 (2.40%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.40%) Operational Technology
3 8 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.10%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.80%) FMCG
5 6 (1.80%) Life Science
6 5 (1.50%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.50%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.20%) IoT
7 4 (1.20%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.90%) CCTV
9 2 (0.60%) LIMS
9 2 (0.60%) PDA
9 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.60%) SCADA
10 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.30%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (0.30%) Legacy Code
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
1 133 (39.94%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (32.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 93 (27.93%) Project Management
4 90 (27.03%) Coaching
5 73 (21.92%) Data Management
5 73 (21.92%) Six Sigma
6 68 (20.42%) Logistics
7 64 (19.22%) Customer Experience
7 64 (19.22%) Due Diligence
7 64 (19.22%) Lean Six Sigma
7 64 (19.22%) Performance Improvement
8 63 (18.92%) Data Collection
9 62 (18.62%) QMS
9 62 (18.62%) Technical Leadership
10 60 (18.02%) Analytics
10 60 (18.02%) User Acceptance Testing
11 58 (17.42%) Incident Management
11 58 (17.42%) SAP Implementation
11 58 (17.42%) Translating Business Requirements
12 57 (17.12%) Decision Quality
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.80%) SQL
2 12 (3.60%) C#
3 10 (3.00%) C
3 10 (3.00%) Java
4 5 (1.50%) ABAP
5 2 (0.60%) C++
5 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.30%) Perl
6 1 (0.30%) Python
6 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 77 (23.12%) Degree
2 64 (19.22%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 23 (6.91%) Security Cleared
4 18 (5.41%) ACCA
5 16 (4.80%) HNC
6 12 (3.60%) SC Cleared
7 11 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.00%) HND
9 9 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (2.40%) SAP Certification
11 7 (2.10%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.50%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 5 (1.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 5 (1.50%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
13 4 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.60%) City & Guilds
14 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.30%) Chartered Engineer
15 1 (0.30%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (32.43%) QA
2 49 (14.71%) Data Quality
3 30 (9.01%) ISO 9001
4 16 (4.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.90%) IFRS
6 9 (2.70%) ISO 13485
7 6 (1.80%) GDPR
7 6 (1.80%) GMP
7 6 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.20%) GxP
9 3 (0.90%) NCSC
9 3 (0.90%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.90%) PMO
10 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.60%) GRC
10 2 (0.60%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.60%) SLA
11 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.30%) Def Stans
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 1 (0.30%) Ansible
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.30%) MOM
1 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 121 (36.34%) SAP
2 95 (28.53%) Microsoft
3 10 (3.00%) Oracle
4 7 (2.10%) Siemens
5 6 (1.80%) Rockwell
6 5 (1.50%) Google
7 4 (1.20%) Workday
8 3 (0.90%) Informatica
8 3 (0.90%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.90%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.60%) Databricks
9 2 (0.60%) IFS
9 2 (0.60%) Lotus
10 1 (0.30%) Adobe
10 1 (0.30%) ANSYS
10 1 (0.30%) EMC
10 1 (0.30%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.30%) MikroTik
10 1 (0.30%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.30%) PTC