APQC Contract Job Trends in the City of London

APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring APQC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing APQC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.044% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £600 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of London

APQC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 453 347 339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.01% 19.69% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 241 197
10th Percentile £357 £325 £363
25th Percentile £463 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £675
90th Percentile £775 £838 £756
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £23.83 £16.60
25th Percentile - £26.57 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £34.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +70.00% -
75th Percentile - £56.75 £22.50
90th Percentile - £75.95 £23.40
Central London median hourly rate £35.82 £34.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +5.35% +35.03% -

APQC
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing APQC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

APQC job vacancy trend in the City of London

APQC
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing APQC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing APQC

APQC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP