Quality Management Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Quality Management
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Quality Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 80 69
Rank change year-on-year -19 -11 +63
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 2 4 35
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.13% 0.37% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.44% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - £429
25th Percentile £463 - £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £488 - £595
90th Percentile - - £623
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.42% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £29.05 -
25th Percentile - £32.13 £35.75
Median hourly rate £12.60 £38.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.27% +5.48% -
75th Percentile - £46.13 £37.25
90th Percentile - £49.95 -
England median hourly rate £12.60 £60.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -79.00% +100.00% -19.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Quality Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,321 906 1,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.57% 84.67% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 397 772
10th Percentile £200 £242 £225
25th Percentile £356 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% -3.90% -
75th Percentile £580 £600 £600
90th Percentile £680 £697 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 411 168 367
10th Percentile £14.00 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £20.30 £35.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +59.09% -
75th Percentile £60.96 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Quality Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Quality Management job vacancy trend in the East of England

Quality Management
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Quality Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Quality Management

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Quality Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Quality Management

Quality Management
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Hertfordshire -16 1 £475 - 5
Suffolk - 1 - - 1
Quality Management
England

Quality Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) PMO Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
1 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (50.00%) QMS
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (50.00%) GAMP
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) SLA