QMS Contract Job Trends in Kent

Quality Management System (QMS)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring QMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QMS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.45% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £563 £182 £413
% change year-on-year +209.07% -55.88% -26.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 168 97 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 75.68% 90.65% 66.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 72 93
10th Percentile £180 £163 £205
25th Percentile £192 £206 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £333 £423
Median % change year-on-year +32.33% -21.30% +20.71%
75th Percentile £575 £535 £540
90th Percentile £648 £681 £656
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 13
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.68 £11.47
25th Percentile £25.15 £17.52 £15.00
Median hourly rate £36.71 £21.43 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.30% -39.63% -37.84%
75th Percentile £41.83 £22.61 £46.87
90th Percentile £77.20 £51.55 £62.96
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +87.50% -41.05% -5.00%

QMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

QMS job vacancy trend in Kent

QMS
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing QMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing QMS

QMS
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing QMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing QMS

QMS
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QMS within the Kent region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Dartford - 1 £625 - 1
QMS
South East

QMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC