QMS Contracts in England

Quality Management System (QMS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring QMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QMS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 465 505 592
Rank change year-on-year +40 +87 +148
Contract jobs citing QMS 20 37 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.082% 0.099% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.090% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 35
10th Percentile £279 £115 £524
25th Percentile £525 £300 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £431 £612
Median % change year-on-year +27.54% -29.53% +4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £561 £675
90th Percentile £696 £580 -
UK median daily rate £550 £431 £610
% change year-on-year +27.54% -29.30% -2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £57.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

QMS 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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 2025.

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

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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 2025. 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
London +52 17 £575 +15.00% 47
South West - 2 - - 33
South East +32 1 £182 -55.88% 47
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 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (5.00%) SAP QM
2 1 (5.00%) SAP SRM
2 1 (5.00%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Metadata
General
1 6 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Finance
4 3 (15.00%) Law
4 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.00%) Marketing
5 2 (10.00%) Military
5 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Senior
1 5 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) LIMS Manager
3 2 (10.00%) LIMS Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Compliance Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Expert
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Project Quality Manager
4 1 (5.00%) QA Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Scrum Master
4 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Subject Matter Expert
4 1 (5.00%) Transformation Director
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Digital Media
2 3 (15.00%) LIMS
3 1 (5.00%) IoT
3 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Quality Management
2 12 (60.00%) Validation
3 11 (55.00%) Forensic Analysis
4 7 (35.00%) Digital Forensics
4 7 (35.00%) E-Discovery
5 6 (30.00%) Strategic Planning
6 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (20.00%) Computer Forensics
7 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
8 3 (15.00%) Programme Delivery
8 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
9 2 (10.00%) Agile
9 2 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
9 2 (10.00%) Budget Management
9 2 (10.00%) CAPA
9 2 (10.00%) Data Privacy
9 2 (10.00%) Global Marketing
9 2 (10.00%) Machine Learning
9 2 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) EnCE
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) QA
2 7 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (10.00%) ISO 9001
4 1 (5.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (5.00%) GMP
4 1 (5.00%) GxP
4 1 (5.00%) ISO 13485
4 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) EnCase
1 5 (25.00%) FTK
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Cellebrite
1 5 (25.00%) Nuix
2 3 (15.00%) SAP
3 2 (10.00%) LabVantage
3 2 (10.00%) Siemens
4 1 (5.00%) LabWare
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.00%) Nexthink
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow