Quality Management Contracts in the North West

Quality Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 81 133
Rank change year-on-year -15 +52 +36
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 29 54 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.47% 1.98% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 2.30% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 45 17
10th Percentile £316 £414 £373
25th Percentile £488 £455 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -1.40% +7.53%
75th Percentile £585 £500 £540
90th Percentile £597 £533 -
England median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £11.79 -
Median % change year-on-year +493.72% - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £21.00 £56.82
% change year-on-year +221.43% -63.04% +56.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,774 2,349 2,873
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.14% 86.30% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,146 1,497 2,042
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £662 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 246 140
10th Percentile £16.02 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.72 £13.36 £21.91
Median hourly rate £32.25 £21.56 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.62% -39.28% +71.13%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.66 £49.43
90th Percentile £84.70 £57.50 £65.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Quality Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Management in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Management in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Quality Management in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Management in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Management in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Management in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Management in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Cheshire +8 13 £450 -14.29% 7
Manchester +14 7 £500 +38.89% 19
Quality Management
England

Quality Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.90%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 24 (82.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (24.14%) SAP PP
3 5 (17.24%) SAP LE
4 2 (6.90%) SAP MM
5 1 (3.45%) SAP PM
5 1 (3.45%) SAP QM
5 1 (3.45%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (10.34%) Power Platform
2 3 (10.34%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (10.34%) Data Lake
1 3 (10.34%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (10.34%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Delta Lake
2 2 (6.90%) GIS
2 2 (6.90%) Metadata
2 2 (6.90%) MSDE
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.45%) DTS
3 1 (3.45%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.45%) SAP HANA
3 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Git
General
1 22 (75.86%) Manufacturing
2 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Aerospace
3 6 (20.69%) Automotive
4 4 (13.79%) Finance
5 2 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Consultant
2 10 (34.48%) SAP Consultant
3 6 (20.69%) Senior
4 4 (13.79%) SAP PP Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) SAP QM Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) SAP WM Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) Senior SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) Senior SAP WM Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Supply Chain Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) Supply Chain Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Data Analytics Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) DBA
5 2 (6.90%) Management Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.90%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) .NET
1 2 (6.90%) ADO
1 2 (6.90%) ASP.NET
1 2 (6.90%) PySpark
1 2 (6.90%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.45%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.45%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Life Science
2 6 (20.69%) Industry 4.0
2 6 (20.69%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 6 (20.69%) Virtual Team
3 2 (6.90%) Clustering
3 2 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Replication
4 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
1 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Analytics
1 9 (31.03%) Data Modelling
1 9 (31.03%) Logistics
2 8 (27.59%) Agile
2 8 (27.59%) Inventory Management
2 8 (27.59%) Mentoring
2 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (27.59%) Roadmaps
2 8 (27.59%) Technical Leadership
3 7 (24.14%) ERP
4 6 (20.69%) Agile Project Management
4 6 (20.69%) API Integration
4 6 (20.69%) Computer Science
4 6 (20.69%) Lean Manufacturing
4 6 (20.69%) Operations Management
4 6 (20.69%) PLM
4 6 (20.69%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (20.69%) Project Management
4 6 (20.69%) Supply Chain Management
4 6 (20.69%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) SQL
2 2 (6.90%) Python
2 2 (6.90%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (44.83%) Security Cleared
2 10 (34.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (31.03%) Degree
3 9 (31.03%) Master's Degree
3 9 (31.03%) SC Cleared
4 6 (20.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (6.90%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) QA
2 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) MOM
2 1 (3.45%) Perfmon
2 1 (3.45%) SCOM
2 1 (3.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 25 (86.21%) SAP
2 6 (20.69%) Rockwell
2 6 (20.69%) Siemens
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.90%) Ariba
4 2 (6.90%) Databricks
4 2 (6.90%) MuleSoft
5 1 (3.45%) VMware