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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 369 432
Rank change year-on-year -50 +63 +17
Permanent jobs citing Quality Management 333 320 541
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.76% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.81% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 104 129 286
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,249 £59,000 £48,162
Median % change year-on-year -23.31% +22.50% -16.24%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £68,500
90th Percentile £92,046 £100,750 £88,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +29.41% -15.00%

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 67,199 39,303 82,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.71% 92.91% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 41,762 22,588 59,681
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -40 284 £50,000 -9.09% 101
UK excluding London -21 242 £42,500 -22.73% 102
North of England -78 74 £50,000 +33.33% 23
London -59 72 £70,500 -2.76% 21
Midlands +19 69 £45,000 -20.00% 16
Work from Home +4 61 £50,000 -23.08% 27
North West -5 37 £50,000 -8.75% 15
West Midlands -2 36 £50,000 -31.03% 12
East Midlands -15 33 £29,000 -27.50% 4
South West -35 31 £85,000 +82.80% 15
South East -48 25 £36,500 -39.17% 25
Yorkshire -82 25 £40,000 +6.67% 2
Northern Ireland - 16 - - 2
Scotland -29 12 £37,500 -37.50% 12
North East -52 12 - - 6
Wales -27 8 £25,400 -66.69% 3
East of England -23 7 £40,000 -60.00% 10

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 3 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 34 (10.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.20%) Fusion 360
3 4 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.30%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.30%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (4.50%) SAP QM
3 13 (3.90%) SAP ERP
4 5 (1.50%) Q-Pulse
4 5 (1.50%) SAP PP
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.30%) DELMIA
7 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.30%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG-M
7 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG-S
7 1 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.30%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 18 (5.41%) Azure
2 9 (2.70%) Power Platform
3 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (1.80%) AWS
5 4 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.20%) GCP
6 3 (0.90%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.60%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.60%) SaaS
7 2 (0.60%) Zapier
8 1 (0.30%) Amazon Kinesis
8 1 (0.30%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.30%) Collibra
8 1 (0.30%) Dagster
8 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.30%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) Modbus
2 2 (0.60%) MQTT
3 1 (0.30%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) Internet
3 1 (0.30%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.30%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) RS-485
3 1 (0.30%) VLAN
3 1 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.30%) Metadata
2 9 (2.70%) Power BI
3 4 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.90%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.60%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.60%) MySQL
6 1 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.30%) Big Data
6 1 (0.30%) MS Access
6 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.30%) Power Query
6 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.30%) JIRA
1 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 165 (49.55%) Social Skills
2 123 (36.94%) Finance
3 110 (33.03%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (25.83%) Manufacturing
5 49 (14.71%) Influencing Skills
6 29 (8.71%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (5.71%) Banking
9 14 (4.20%) Pharmaceutical
9 14 (4.20%) Retail
10 11 (3.30%) Electronics
10 11 (3.30%) Public Sector
11 10 (3.00%) Aerospace
11 10 (3.00%) Law
12 8 (2.40%) Legal
13 6 (1.80%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.20%) Advertising
14 4 (1.20%) Environmental Health
14 4 (1.20%) Marketing
15 3 (0.90%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 72 (21.62%) Head of QA
2 48 (14.41%) Quality Manager
3 40 (12.01%) Senior
4 25 (7.51%) Technologist
5 24 (7.21%) Audit Manager
6 23 (6.91%) QA Manager
6 23 (6.91%) Quality Engineer
7 22 (6.61%) Senior Manager
8 18 (5.41%) Systems Engineer
9 16 (4.80%) Systems Manager
10 15 (4.50%) Administrator
10 15 (4.50%) Project Manager
11 14 (4.20%) Analyst
11 14 (4.20%) Senior Audit Manager
12 12 (3.60%) Data Analyst
13 11 (3.30%) Architect
14 10 (3.00%) Senior Quality Engineer
14 10 (3.00%) Senior Quality Manager
15 9 (2.70%) Lead
15 9 (2.70%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.90%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.30%) .NET
2 1 (0.30%) ADO
2 1 (0.30%) Kafka
2 1 (0.30%) Middleware
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.30%) Playwright
2 1 (0.30%) pytest
2 1 (0.30%) REST
2 1 (0.30%) SAP CAF
2 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 77 (23.12%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.10%) Life Science
3 7 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.80%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.50%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.90%) Cyberattack
7 3 (0.90%) IoT
7 3 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.90%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 3 (0.90%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.60%) IVR
8 2 (0.60%) LIMS
8 2 (0.60%) PMI
8 2 (0.60%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.60%) Robotics
8 2 (0.60%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.20%) Unix
2 1 (0.30%) Debian
2 1 (0.30%) Linux
2 1 (0.30%) OpenWrt
2 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (41.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 125 (37.54%) QMS
3 99 (29.73%) Analytics
4 95 (28.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 86 (25.83%) Service Delivery
6 81 (24.32%) Actionable Insight
6 81 (24.32%) PRINCE2
6 81 (24.32%) Root Cause Analysis
7 76 (22.82%) Change Management
8 73 (21.92%) Customer Experience
9 72 (21.62%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 45 (13.51%) Project Management
11 44 (13.21%) Internal Audit
12 43 (12.91%) Coaching
13 38 (11.41%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (10.21%) Benchmarking
15 31 (9.31%) Project Delivery
16 25 (7.51%) Decision-Making
17 23 (6.91%) Data Interpretation
17 23 (6.91%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.50%) SQL
2 9 (2.70%) ABAP
3 4 (1.20%) Python
4 1 (0.30%) C#
4 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 72 (21.62%) IRCA
2 31 (9.31%) Degree
3 18 (5.41%) ACCA
4 15 (4.50%) DBS Check
5 13 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.80%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.80%) Security Cleared
7 5 (1.50%) HNC
7 5 (1.50%) HND
7 5 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.20%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 3 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.90%) CISSP
9 3 (0.90%) PMP
9 3 (0.90%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.60%) CISM
10 2 (0.60%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (46.25%) QA
2 104 (31.23%) ISO 9001
3 87 (26.13%) GDPR
4 37 (11.11%) Data Quality
5 13 (3.90%) GMP
6 11 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (2.40%) IFRS
8 7 (2.10%) Accessibility
9 6 (1.80%) ISO 13485
10 5 (1.50%) Automotive SPICE
10 5 (1.50%) COSHH
10 5 (1.50%) ISO 26262
11 4 (1.20%) GxP
11 4 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.90%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.90%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.60%) GAMP
13 2 (0.60%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.30%) iptables
Systems Management
1 3 (0.90%) Terraform
2 1 (0.30%) Ansible
2 1 (0.30%) MOM
Vendors
1 56 (16.82%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.81%) SAP
3 5 (1.50%) Oracle
4 4 (1.20%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.20%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.20%) Workday
5 3 (0.90%) Google
5 3 (0.90%) Informatica
6 2 (0.60%) Databricks
6 2 (0.60%) IFS
7 1 (0.30%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.30%) Cisco
7 1 (0.30%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.30%) Genesys
7 1 (0.30%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.30%) MikroTik
7 1 (0.30%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.30%) PTC
7 1 (0.30%) Siemens
7 1 (0.30%) TOWER Software