Quality Management Contracts in the South East

Quality Management
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Quality Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Quality Management over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 161 237
Rank change year-on-year -13 +76 -49
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 29 60 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.52% 1.03% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 1.16% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 41 14
10th Percentile £391 £425 £320
25th Percentile £425 £525 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +17.39% +35.29%
75th Percentile £753 £721 £619
90th Percentile £933 - £790
England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - £64.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 - £65.50
75th Percentile £27.63 - £66.75
90th Percentile £31.30 - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £56.82 £36.41
% change year-on-year -63.04% +56.04% +1.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Quality Management 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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,709 5,189 6,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.80% 89.30% 89.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,741 3,601 4,704
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 219 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.21
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £15.53
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.72% -18.36%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £63.50
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Quality Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Quality Management in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Management in the South East over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Thames Valley -6 17 £743 +6.91% 40
Hampshire +6 12 £545 -3.02% 22
Berkshire -25 10 £775 +12.73% 14
Buckinghamshire +32 7 £743 -7.41% 15
West Sussex +2 1 £193 -66.40% 5
Surrey -2 1 - - 4
Quality Management
England

Quality Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) SAP CO
1 3 (10.34%) SAP FI
1 3 (10.34%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (10.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.90%) SAP QM
3 1 (3.45%) SAP MII
3 1 (3.45%) SAP PM
3 1 (3.45%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) 2G
1 1 (3.45%) 3G
1 1 (3.45%) 4G
1 1 (3.45%) RNC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) ClearCase
1 1 (3.45%) ClearQuest
1 1 (3.45%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Mandarin Language
4 2 (6.90%) Military
4 2 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Automotive
5 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (17.24%) Senior
1 5 (17.24%) Senior Software Engineer
1 5 (17.24%) Software Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) Analyst
2 3 (10.34%) Data Manager
2 3 (10.34%) Finance Manager
2 3 (10.34%) Programme Director
2 3 (10.34%) SAP Data Manager
2 3 (10.34%) SAP Manager
2 3 (10.34%) Service Manager
2 3 (10.34%) Test Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Finance Systems Manager
3 2 (6.90%) Information Analyst
3 2 (6.90%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Systems Manager
4 1 (3.45%) Data Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Migration Manager
4 1 (3.45%) Performance Test Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) CSS
1 1 (3.45%) Flash
1 1 (3.45%) HTML
1 1 (3.45%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) Life Science
3 1 (3.45%) Digital TV
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) QMS
2 7 (24.14%) Agile
2 7 (24.14%) Sprint Backlog
3 6 (20.69%) Kanban
3 6 (20.69%) Scrum
4 5 (17.24%) Acceptance Criteria
4 5 (17.24%) Mentoring
4 5 (17.24%) OO
4 5 (17.24%) Project Management
4 5 (17.24%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (17.24%) Software Engineering
5 4 (13.79%) ITIL
5 4 (13.79%) ITSM
5 4 (13.79%) Validation
6 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
6 3 (10.34%) Data Management
6 3 (10.34%) ETL
6 3 (10.34%) Migration
6 3 (10.34%) Service Management
6 3 (10.34%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) C
1 5 (17.24%) C++
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (55.17%) SC Cleared
1 16 (55.17%) Security Cleared
2 7 (24.14%) DV Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Degree
4 1 (3.45%) APMP
4 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.45%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) SAP
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Ericsson
3 1 (3.45%) HP
3 1 (3.45%) Mavenir
3 1 (3.45%) Remedy
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow