Profession summary · Jobmundo analysis
Quality assurance and regulatory professionals demand is rising in Scotland.
ONS recorded 203 new online adverts for quality assurance and regulatory professionals in Scotland in Jul 2026. That is 1.5% higher than a year earlier. Advertised salary for the UK benchmark is £48,500.
Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation. ONS data is generally two months late.Quality assurance and regulatory professionals hiring demand
New online job adverts for quality assurance and regulatory professionals in Scotland
New online job adverts have increased since Jul 2025.
203
Jul 2026 · Scotland
Median advertised salary
Annualised asking salary for quality assurance and regulatory professionals across the UK
Advertised pay is 2.1% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.
£48,500
May 2025 · UK
Skills in demand
Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation
| # | Skill | Share of adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Operations, Process and Program Management | 94.9% | |
| 2 | Professional and Interpersonal Competencies | 88.0% | |
| 3 | Accounting and Financial Trading and Investment | 84.4% | |
| 4 | Information Technology and Programming | 76.2% | |
| 5 | Legal, Regulatory Compliance and Governance | 68.7% | |
| 6 | Manufacturing and Fabrication | 45.4% | |
| 7 | Education and Training | 44.8% | |
| 8 | Risk and Safety | 42.0% | |
| 9 | Healthcare and Life Sciences | 33.0% | |
| 10 | Marketing and Sales | 28.6% |
Experience employers ask for
Typical minimum: 1.3 years · UK live adverts
| # | Minimum experience | Share of adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 years | 63.6% | |
| 2 | 1 years | 4.4% | |
| 3 | 2 years | 6.2% | |
| 4 | 3 years | 8.3% | |
| 5 | 4+ years | 17.4% |
Scotland compared with the UK
New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period
| # | Area | New adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland | 203 | |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 4,147 |
Where hiring is strongest
New online job adverts by local authority
| # | Location | New adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | 2,445 | |
| 2 | Manchester | 376 | |
| 3 | Birmingham | 333 | |
| 4 | Leeds | 252 | |
| 5 | Bristol, City of | 204 | |
| 6 | Glasgow City | 187 | |
| 7 | Nottingham | 143 | |
| 8 | Belfast | 121 | |
| 9 | Reading | 114 | |
| 10 | Cambridge | 112 |
Where advertised pay is highest
Broader occupation group: Business, media and public service professionals
| # | Location | Annual salary | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Devon | £65,000 | |
| 2 | London | £57,300 | |
| 3 | Reading | £55,000 | |
| 4 | Wokingham | £55,000 | |
| 5 | Isle of Wight | £55,000 | |
| 6 | Three Rivers | £55,000 | |
| 7 | Knowsley | £55,000 | |
| 8 | Watford | £54,800 | |
| 9 | Inverclyde | £54,000 | |
| 10 | Bristol, City of | £52,500 |
Explore related occupations
Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 248) across the UK
| # | View | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quality assurance and regulatory professionalsYou’re viewing this Quality assurance manager · QA manager · Clinical auditor — 86.5% of group adverts | 4,147 | +7.4% | |
| 2 | Quality control and planning engineers Quality control engineer · QC analyst · Mine planner — 10.9% of group adverts | 522 | +7.2% | |
| 3 | Environmental health professionals Environmental health manager · Food inspector · Shops inspector — 2.6% of group adverts | 125 | -26.9% |
About the data
Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.
Methodology and metric definitions
New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.