Quality Manager Contracts in England

Quality Manager
UK > England

The median Quality Manager daily rate in England is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 538 623
Rank change year-on-year +72 +85 +126
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Manager 13 8 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.022% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.024% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 7
10th Percentile £341 £266 £430
25th Percentile £350 £269 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -35.42% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £503 £694 £589
90th Percentile £511 £750 £657
UK median daily rate £388 £563 £575
% change year-on-year -31.11% -2.17% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,424 33,720 45,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.73% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,926 22,354 32,457
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 908 2,424 1,347
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +95.65%
75th Percentile £63.38 £61.30 £65.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.20
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.79% -18.89% +87.50%

Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Quality Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Manager in England

Quality Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Quality Manager in England

Quality Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Manager in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Manager in England

Quality Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Quality Manager in England

Quality Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 +34 8 £425 -32.00% 12
North of England +19 2 - - 13
Yorkshire +15 2 - - 5
Midlands +12 2 - - 5
West Midlands +10 1 - -
East Midlands +8 1 - - 4
South East - 1 £320 - 4
Quality Manager
UK

Quality Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Quality Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Quality Manager in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) Quality Management
1 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (30.77%) Problem Management
2 4 (30.77%) Change Management
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (23.08%) Service Management
3 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (23.08%) Capacity Management
3 3 (23.08%) IT Audit
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) QA
4 2 (15.38%) Banking
4 2 (15.38%) SAP
4 2 (15.38%) ISO 9001
5 1 (7.69%) JD Edwards
5 1 (7.69%) Six Sigma
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.69%) Degree
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (7.69%) Data Management
5 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
5 1 (7.69%) CAPA
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.69%) Smart Meter
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.69%) Data Governance

Quality Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (38.46%) Quality Management
2 4 (30.77%) Change Management
2 4 (30.77%) Problem Management
2 4 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) Capacity Management
3 3 (23.08%) IT Audit
3 3 (23.08%) Service Management
3 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) CAPA
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (7.69%) Data Governance
5 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.69%) Proactive Management
5 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Six Sigma
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO 9001
1 2 (15.38%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) JD Edwards
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow