Quality Management Contract Job Trends in the North West

Quality Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Quality Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 97 120
Rank change year-on-year -43 +23 +41
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 6 25 15
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.24% 1.22% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 1.39% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 7
10th Percentile £481 £307 £453
25th Percentile £519 £399 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - +68.00%
75th Percentile £594 £584 £588
90th Percentile £600 £594 £600
England median daily rate £513 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.42% -6.19%

All Process & 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 2,176 1,797 2,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.64% 87.83% 87.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,411 1,020 1,600
10th Percentile £213 £275 £306
25th Percentile £358 £390 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.42%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £665 £683
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 90 157
10th Percentile £16.32 £16.00 £14.02
25th Percentile £21.60 £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £41.77 £30.95 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.95% -22.63% +12.68%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.80 £46.91
90th Percentile £69.61 £73.68 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Quality Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Quality Management job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Quality Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Quality Management

Quality Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Management in the North West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Management in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Quality Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Quality Management

Quality Management
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 13 January 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
Cheshire -28 4 £538 +67.97% 5
Manchester -12 1 £600 +26.32% 5
Merseyside - 1 £600 - 1
Quality Management
England

Quality Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) JSON
1 3 (50.00%) REST
1 3 (50.00%) SOAP
1 3 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) IVR
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) WFM
1 3 (50.00%) Workforce Optimisation
2 1 (16.67%) Business Case
2 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Critical Success Factor
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Test Assurance
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CCNP
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) QA