Quality Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 258 300 400
Rank change year-on-year +42 +100 -38
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 139 148 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.68% 0.63% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.70% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 102 81
10th Percentile £400 £314 £313
25th Percentile £456 £385 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +15.00% +5.63%
75th Percentile £563 £675 £575
90th Percentile £625 £721 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 5 6
10th Percentile £15.36 £30.90 £13.87
25th Percentile £16.25 £43.63 £16.24
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £19.99
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +250.18% -44.47%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £45.46
90th Percentile £58.75 £73.60 £59.73
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £36.41
% change year-on-year -70.00% +92.25% +1.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Quality Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Management in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Quality Management in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Management in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Management in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Quality Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Quality Management in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +68 65 £493 +4.89% 58
North West +47 54 £493 -1.40% 30
South East -6 27 £550 -18.40% 74
Midlands +48 26 £520 +38.67% 47
West Midlands +32 16 £200 -46.67% 31
East Midlands +26 9 £575 -11.54% 16
East of England +5 9 £500 +66.67% 43
North East - 9 £600 - 11
South West +3 7 £490 -5.31% 46
Scotland +30 6 £425 +13.33% 24
Yorkshire +16 4 £600 +36.36% 18
Quality Management
UK

Quality Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (0.72%) Apache Spark
1 1 (0.72%) Confluence
1 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.60%) Simulink
2 5 (3.60%) Stateflow
2 5 (3.60%) TargetLink
3 2 (1.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.16%) SAP CO
2 3 (2.16%) SAP FI
2 3 (2.16%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (2.16%) SAP QM
3 2 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.44%) SAP MDG
3 2 (1.44%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.72%) SAP MII
4 1 (0.72%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.72%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.04%) Azure
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (2.88%) AWS
4 3 (2.16%) GCP
4 3 (2.16%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.44%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.32%) Firewall
1 6 (4.32%) LAN
1 6 (4.32%) VLAN
1 6 (4.32%) VoIP
1 6 (4.32%) VPN
1 6 (4.32%) WAN
1 6 (4.32%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.88%) Fibre Channel
2 4 (2.88%) SAN
3 1 (0.72%) 2G
3 1 (0.72%) 3G
3 1 (0.72%) 4G
3 1 (0.72%) RNC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.32%) Metadata
2 3 (2.16%) Data Mining
2 3 (2.16%) Power BI
3 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.72%) Big Data
4 1 (0.72%) DB2
4 1 (0.72%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Bitbucket
1 5 (3.60%) Git
1 5 (3.60%) Subversion
2 1 (0.72%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.72%) ClearQuest
2 1 (0.72%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 60 (43.17%) Social Skills
2 35 (25.18%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (17.27%) Public Sector
4 12 (8.63%) Finance
5 11 (7.91%) Automotive
6 9 (6.47%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.32%) Aerospace
8 6 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.88%) Banking
9 4 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.88%) Retail Banking
9 4 (2.88%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.16%) Local Government
11 2 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.44%) Military
11 2 (1.44%) Publishing
11 2 (1.44%) Retail
12 1 (0.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (10.79%) Analyst
2 14 (10.07%) Capacity Manager
3 13 (9.35%) Problem Manager
4 12 (8.63%) Availability Manager
4 12 (8.63%) Capacity and Availability Manager
5 9 (6.47%) Portfolio Manager
6 8 (5.76%) Consultant
6 8 (5.76%) Governance Manager
6 8 (5.76%) Software Asset Manager
6 8 (5.76%) Software Manager
7 7 (5.04%) Senior
8 6 (4.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 6 (4.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (4.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 6 (4.32%) 2nd Line Support
8 6 (4.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 6 (4.32%) Data Manager
8 6 (4.32%) Governance Analyst
8 6 (4.32%) Support Engineer
9 5 (3.60%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.16%) React Native
1 3 (2.16%) RESTful
2 1 (0.72%) CSS
2 1 (0.72%) Flash
2 1 (0.72%) HTML
2 1 (0.72%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.14%) Management Information System
2 25 (17.99%) Virtual Team
3 12 (8.63%) Driving Licence
4 9 (6.47%) CMDB
5 6 (4.32%) Algorithms
5 6 (4.32%) Clustering
6 4 (2.88%) Digital Media
7 3 (2.16%) HP Storage
7 3 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.16%) Life Science
7 3 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.44%) IVR
8 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.72%) Digital TV
9 1 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.72%) FMCG
9 1 (0.72%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.72%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.19%) Linux
1 10 (7.19%) Windows
2 6 (4.32%) Mac OS
2 6 (4.32%) Windows 10
2 6 (4.32%) Windows Server
2 6 (4.32%) Windows Server 2012
2 6 (4.32%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (2.88%) AIX
3 4 (2.88%) Solaris
4 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (38.13%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (30.94%) Mentoring
2 43 (30.94%) Service Management
3 42 (30.22%) Statistics
4 31 (22.30%) Agile
5 28 (20.14%) Problem Management
6 25 (17.99%) ITIL
6 25 (17.99%) Virtual Team Management
7 23 (16.55%) Project Management
8 22 (15.83%) QMS
9 19 (13.67%) Root Cause Analysis
10 18 (12.95%) Validation
11 16 (11.51%) Availability Management
11 16 (11.51%) Capacity Management
12 15 (10.79%) Internal Audit
13 14 (10.07%) Time Management
14 12 (8.63%) Proactive Monitoring
15 11 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (7.91%) Data Management
15 11 (7.91%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.19%) C
2 8 (5.76%) SQL
3 7 (5.04%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.60%) C++
4 5 (3.60%) MATLAB
5 2 (1.44%) Python
6 1 (0.72%) Bash
6 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 67 (48.20%) Security Cleared
2 62 (44.60%) SC Cleared
3 22 (15.83%) Degree
4 9 (6.47%) DV Cleared
5 7 (5.04%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.44%) APMP
6 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.44%) PhD
6 2 (1.44%) PMP
7 1 (0.72%) HNC
7 1 (0.72%) HND
7 1 (0.72%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.72%) MBCS
7 1 (0.72%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.72%) PgMP
7 1 (0.72%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.72%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.83%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.63%) QA
3 5 (3.60%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (3.60%) GDPR
3 5 (3.60%) ISO 26262
3 5 (3.60%) ISO 9001
3 5 (3.60%) MISRA
3 5 (3.60%) MISRA C
4 4 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 4 (2.88%) ISO17020
5 2 (1.44%) NEBOSH
5 2 (1.44%) PMO
6 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.72%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 6 (4.32%) Active Directory
1 6 (4.32%) Hyper-V
1 6 (4.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.32%) Autotask
1 6 (4.32%) Failover Clustering
1 6 (4.32%) Jamf Pro
1 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (4.32%) SCCM
2 4 (2.88%) EMC NetWorker
3 3 (2.16%) HP Data Protector
3 3 (2.16%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.72%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 14 (10.07%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.19%) SAP
3 6 (4.32%) Apple
3 6 (4.32%) Datto
3 6 (4.32%) VMware
4 4 (2.88%) Brocade
4 4 (2.88%) Cisco
4 4 (2.88%) EMC
4 4 (2.88%) HP
5 3 (2.16%) Genesys
5 3 (2.16%) Liquidlogic
5 3 (2.16%) Oracle
5 3 (2.16%) Remedy
5 3 (2.16%) Symantec
6 1 (0.72%) Ariba
6 1 (0.72%) Avaya
6 1 (0.72%) Ericsson
6 1 (0.72%) Mavenir
6 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.72%) Sparx