Risk Management and Accreditation Documentation Set (RMADS)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring RMADS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 632 | 681 | 665 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +49 | -16 | +317 |
| Permanent jobs citing RMADS | 21 | 18 | 56 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.035% | 0.034% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.27% | 0.21% | 0.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 19 | 6 | 41 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £52,596 | £54,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,750 | £56,563 | £56,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £63,750 | £64,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.88% | -1.16% | -6.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £65,000 | £71,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £66,250 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £60,000 | £65,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.50% | -8.40% | -2.96% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
RMADS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 7,842 | 8,646 | 8,085 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 13.07% | 16.16% | 14.52% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,375 | 3,830 | 5,921 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,370 | £31,925 | £30,318 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £43,250 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,500 | £60,000 | £57,965 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +3.51% | +0.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | £78,750 | £76,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £96,250 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing RMADS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RMADS.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing RMADS over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.
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Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RMADS within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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 | +67 | 21 | £67,500 | +10.20% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +63 | 21 | £67,500 | +12.50% | 1 |
| South West | +29 | 19 | £67,500 | +16.08% | |
| Work from Home | +79 | 16 | £67,500 | +5.88% | 1 |
| South East | - | 2 | - | - |
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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: