QMS Contracts in England

Quality Management System (QMS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for QMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QMS over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 611 743
Rank change year-on-year +108 +132 -152
Contract jobs citing QMS 38 62 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.12% 0.059%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.14% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 36 27
10th Percentile £115 £515 £349
25th Percentile £300 £566 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £612 £588
Median % change year-on-year -29.53% +4.17% +22.97%
75th Percentile £561 £675 £669
90th Percentile £580 - £688
UK median daily rate £431 £610 £625
% change year-on-year -29.30% -2.40% +24.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £11.79 - -
25th Percentile £34.02 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

QMS is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,161 45,385 64,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.22% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,078 31,861 45,788
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,252 1,585 1,771
10th Percentile £12.93 £10.91 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £37.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +53.06% +2.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -

QMS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing QMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for QMS in England

QMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QMS in England.

Daily rate trend for QMS in England

QMS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QMS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QMS in England

QMS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QMS in England.

Hourly rate trend for QMS in England

QMS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QMS in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for QMS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QMS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +24 15 £413 -26.60% 65
North of England +39 10 £115 -67.14% 37
North West +36 10 £115 -67.14% 18
Midlands +22 9 £575 - 26
West Midlands +22 5 - - 12
London +91 4 £500 -23.08% 36
East Midlands +17 4 £575 - 14
QMS
UK

QMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (7.89%) Confluence
3 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Simulink
1 5 (13.16%) Stateflow
1 5 (13.16%) TargetLink
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) SAP Hybris
2 4 (10.53%) TrackWise
3 3 (7.89%) SAP QM
4 1 (2.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) Fibre Channel
1 4 (10.53%) SAN
2 2 (5.26%) MQTT
3 1 (2.63%) 2G
3 1 (2.63%) 3G
3 1 (2.63%) 4G
3 1 (2.63%) RNC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) EDMS
2 1 (2.63%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) JIRA
2 5 (13.16%) Bitbucket
2 5 (13.16%) Git
2 5 (13.16%) Subversion
3 2 (5.26%) ClearCase
3 2 (5.26%) ClearQuest
4 1 (2.63%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (18.42%) Finance
2 6 (15.79%) Pharmaceutical
2 6 (15.79%) Retail
3 5 (13.16%) Automotive
3 5 (13.16%) Publishing
4 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Project Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Control Systems Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Digital Project Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Senior
2 5 (13.16%) Senior Software Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Software Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Systems Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) QA Specialist
3 4 (10.53%) Storage Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) SAP Manager
4 3 (7.89%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Architect
5 2 (5.26%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) E-Commerce Manager
5 2 (5.26%) E-Commerce Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.26%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 5 (13.16%) Algorithms
3 4 (10.53%) Life Science
3 4 (10.53%) Product Ownership
4 3 (7.89%) HP Storage
4 3 (7.89%) LIMS
5 2 (5.26%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (5.26%) IoT
5 2 (5.26%) Operational Technology
5 2 (5.26%) Robotics
5 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (5.26%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Linux
2 4 (10.53%) AIX
2 4 (10.53%) Solaris
2 4 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (55.26%) Agile
1 21 (55.26%) Quality Management
2 10 (26.32%) Project Management
2 10 (26.32%) Software Engineering
2 10 (26.32%) Validation
3 9 (23.68%) Scrum
4 8 (21.05%) Sprint Backlog
5 7 (18.42%) CI/CD
5 7 (18.42%) DevOps
5 7 (18.42%) E-Commerce
5 7 (18.42%) Software Testing
6 6 (15.79%) Acceptance Criteria
6 6 (15.79%) Change Management
6 6 (15.79%) Kanban
6 6 (15.79%) OO
6 6 (15.79%) Project Delivery
7 5 (13.16%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 5 (13.16%) Records Management
7 5 (13.16%) Software Audit
7 5 (13.16%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.95%) C
2 6 (15.79%) C++
3 5 (13.16%) MATLAB
4 3 (7.89%) SQL
5 1 (2.63%) Bash
5 1 (2.63%) Java
5 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (34.21%) Security Cleared
2 12 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 7 (18.42%) Degree
4 5 (13.16%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) IRCA
5 1 (2.63%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) ISO 9001
1 6 (15.79%) QA
2 5 (13.16%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (13.16%) ISO 26262
2 5 (13.16%) MISRA
2 5 (13.16%) MISRA C
3 4 (10.53%) PMO
4 1 (2.63%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (2.63%) ISO 14001
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) EMC NetWorker
2 3 (7.89%) HP Data Protector
2 3 (7.89%) NetBackup
3 2 (5.26%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) SAP
2 5 (13.16%) Adobe
2 5 (13.16%) HP
3 4 (10.53%) Brocade
3 4 (10.53%) Cisco
3 4 (10.53%) EMC
4 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
4 3 (7.89%) Oracle
4 3 (7.89%) Symantec
5 1 (2.63%) Ericsson
5 1 (2.63%) Mavenir
5 1 (2.63%) Remedy
5 1 (2.63%) Sparx