Quality Management Contracts in England

Quality Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Quality Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Quality Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 327 420
Rank change year-on-year -11 +93 +142
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 150 219 259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.59% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.68% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 135 162
10th Percentile £338 £330 £350
25th Percentile £494 £459 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £675
90th Percentile £665 £707 £721
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% +6.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 4
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.47 £28.78
25th Percentile £48.00 £16.25 £38.33
Median hourly rate £67.50 £21.00 £56.82
Median % change year-on-year +221.43% -63.04% +56.04%
75th Percentile £70.00 £58.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.61 - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £21.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +221.43% -70.00% +137.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
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 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Quality Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Management in England

Quality Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Quality Management in England

Quality Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Management in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Management in England

Quality Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Management in England

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Quality Management in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Quality Management in England

Quality Management
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 Quality Management within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +31 59 £550 -8.33% 136
North of England -7 35 £575 +16.63% 84
North West -11 29 £580 +17.65% 46
South West +64 27 £575 +19.04% 47
South East +34 16 £425 -22.73% 91
East of England +26 6 £615 +23.00% 41
Yorkshire +7 4 £370 -38.33% 31
West Midlands +2 3 £550 +175.00% 35
Midlands -4 3 £550 +5.77% 67
North East -9 2 £575 -4.17% 8
Quality Management
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Quality Management
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 5 (3.33%) SAS
2 4 (2.67%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.00%) Confluence
4 2 (1.33%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.67%) Apache
5 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 47 (31.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (12.00%) SAP PP
3 9 (6.00%) SAP QM
4 7 (4.67%) SAP PM
5 6 (4.00%) SAP LE
6 4 (2.67%) SAP MM
6 4 (2.67%) SAP VC
7 3 (2.00%) SAP IBP
7 3 (2.00%) SAP MII
7 3 (2.00%) SAP SD
8 2 (1.33%) Actimize
8 2 (1.33%) SAP SCM
8 2 (1.33%) SAP SRM
9 1 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.67%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.67%) SAP GTS
9 1 (0.67%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.67%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.67%) Azure
1 13 (8.67%) Power Platform
2 8 (5.33%) Snowflake
3 5 (3.33%) AWS
4 4 (2.67%) dbt
4 4 (2.67%) GitHub
5 3 (2.00%) Alation
5 3 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (2.00%) Collibra
6 1 (0.67%) GCP
6 1 (0.67%) SaaS
6 1 (0.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (0.67%) Firewall
1 1 (0.67%) Network Security
1 1 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.67%) Power BI
2 9 (6.00%) Metadata
3 7 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.00%) Tableau
5 4 (2.67%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.67%) Data Mining
5 4 (2.67%) Data Vault
5 4 (2.67%) QlikView
5 4 (2.67%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.33%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.33%) DTS
7 2 (1.33%) GIS
7 2 (1.33%) MSDE
7 2 (1.33%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.33%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.67%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.33%) JIRA
2 4 (2.67%) Terragrunt
3 3 (2.00%) Git
4 1 (0.67%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.67%) LSMW
General
1 47 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 42 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (26.00%) Manufacturing
4 28 (18.67%) Finance
5 16 (10.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (8.67%) Banking
7 12 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (6.00%) Aerospace
9 9 (6.00%) Retail
10 8 (5.33%) Public Sector
11 7 (4.67%) Automotive
12 6 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (3.33%) Legal
13 5 (3.33%) Telecoms
14 4 (2.67%) Investment Banking
14 4 (2.67%) Law
15 2 (1.33%) Marketing
15 2 (1.33%) Military
16 1 (0.67%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 29 (19.33%) Consultant
2 24 (16.00%) SAP Consultant
3 19 (12.67%) Senior
4 13 (8.67%) Analyst
5 12 (8.00%) Capacity Manager
6 11 (7.33%) Availability Manager
6 11 (7.33%) Capacity and Availability Manager
7 10 (6.67%) IT Manager
8 9 (6.00%) Data Analyst
8 9 (6.00%) Lead
8 9 (6.00%) SAP PP Consultant
8 9 (6.00%) Service Manager
9 8 (5.33%) Data Engineer
10 7 (4.67%) Project Manager
10 7 (4.67%) SAP QM Consultant
11 6 (4.00%) Senior Data Engineer
11 6 (4.00%) Supply Chain Consultant
12 5 (3.33%) Performance Manager
12 5 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
12 5 (3.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.33%) .NET
1 2 (1.33%) ADO
1 2 (1.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (1.33%) PySpark
1 2 (1.33%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (1.33%) SAP PI
1 2 (1.33%) SAPUI5
2 1 (0.67%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.67%) Kafka
2 1 (0.67%) MIDP
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.67%) Pandas
2 1 (0.67%) Polars
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.67%) Life Science
2 10 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.67%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (4.67%) Digital Media
3 7 (4.67%) Virtual Team
4 6 (4.00%) Industry 4.0
4 6 (4.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 6 (4.00%) Reference Data
5 5 (3.33%) LIMS
6 4 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.00%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.00%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.00%) IoT
7 3 (2.00%) PACS
7 3 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.00%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.33%) Clustering
8 2 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.00%) Windows
2 2 (1.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (28.67%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (14.67%) Data Analysis
2 22 (14.67%) ITIL
3 21 (14.00%) Analytics
3 21 (14.00%) Service Management
3 21 (14.00%) Statistics
4 20 (13.33%) Agile
4 20 (13.33%) Data Modelling
4 20 (13.33%) Problem Management
4 20 (13.33%) Validation
5 19 (12.67%) Decision-Making
5 19 (12.67%) Mentoring
6 18 (12.00%) Data Governance
7 17 (11.33%) Capacity Planning
7 17 (11.33%) QMS
8 15 (10.00%) Project Management
9 14 (9.33%) Logistics
10 12 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (8.00%) Data Management
10 12 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.00%) SQL
2 16 (10.67%) Python
3 2 (1.33%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.67%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.67%) Bash
4 1 (0.67%) C++
4 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.67%) R
Qualifications
1 50 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 38 (25.33%) SC Cleared
3 19 (12.67%) ITIL Certification
4 16 (10.67%) Degree
5 12 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (6.67%) Master's Degree
7 7 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.33%) EnCE
9 4 (2.67%) DV Cleared
10 3 (2.00%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.67%) CISM
12 1 (0.67%) CISSP
12 1 (0.67%) CREST Certified
12 1 (0.67%) HNC
12 1 (0.67%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.67%) PMP
12 1 (0.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (18.00%) Data Quality
2 24 (16.00%) QA
3 12 (8.00%) PMO
4 8 (5.33%) SLA
5 7 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 6 (4.00%) GDPR
6 6 (4.00%) ISO 9001
7 4 (2.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (2.00%) P3O
9 2 (1.33%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.67%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.67%) NIST
10 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.67%) Docker
2 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (4.00%) MOM
2 5 (3.33%) EnCase
2 5 (3.33%) FTK
2 5 (3.33%) Terraform
3 1 (0.67%) Ansible
3 1 (0.67%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.67%) Grafana
3 1 (0.67%) Kibana
3 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.67%) logstash
3 1 (0.67%) Perfmon
3 1 (0.67%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.67%) SCOM
3 1 (0.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 63 (42.00%) SAP
2 7 (4.67%) Siemens
3 6 (4.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.00%) Rockwell
4 5 (3.33%) Cellebrite
4 5 (3.33%) Nuix
5 4 (2.67%) Ariba
5 4 (2.67%) MicroStrategy
6 3 (2.00%) Ab Initio
6 3 (2.00%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.00%) IBM
6 3 (2.00%) Informatica
6 3 (2.00%) Splunk
7 2 (1.33%) Databricks
7 2 (1.33%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.67%) Conga
8 1 (0.67%) NEC
8 1 (0.67%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.67%) Talend