QMS Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Quality Management System (QMS)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring QMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 183 164
Rank change year-on-year -62 -19 +17
Contract jobs citing QMS 8 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.10% 0.025% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.028% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
England median daily rate £475 £613 £540
% change year-on-year -22.45% +13.43% -16.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £30.40
25th Percentile - - £36.63
Median hourly rate - - £49.00
75th Percentile - - £51.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £22.25 - £49.00
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,364 3,546 3,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 83.23% 88.92% 84.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,763 2,282 2,031
10th Percentile £313 £268 £308
25th Percentile £405 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -7.75% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £680
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 523 200 183
10th Percentile £14.70 £13.32 £12.55
25th Percentile £21.04 £17.36 £16.68
Median hourly rate £43.96 £22.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.26% -35.34% +27.27%
75th Percentile £70.00 £37.56 £51.44
90th Percentile £79.75 £72.63 £70.00
England median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.19% -41.51% +1.18%

QMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

QMS job vacancy trend in the North of England

QMS
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing QMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing QMS

QMS
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing QMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing QMS

QMS
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 11 September 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
Yorkshire -33 6 £450 - 12
North West - 2 - - 9
QMS
England

QMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) SMS
2 1 (12.50%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (37.50%) Electronics
3 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (25.00%) French Language
3 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Architect
2 2 (25.00%) QA Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Life Science
3 1 (12.50%) LIMS
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) ERP
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) AI
2 3 (37.50%) PLM
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Document Management
3 2 (25.00%) Ergonomics
3 2 (25.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (25.00%) Human Factors
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Debt
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (12.50%) GAMP
2 1 (12.50%) GMP
2 1 (12.50%) GxP
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft