QMS Contracts in the North West

Quality Management System (QMS)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for QMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QMS over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 - 171
Rank change year-on-year - - -32
Contract jobs citing QMS 10 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% - 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile - - £458
25th Percentile - - £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £115 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.66%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile £316 - £588
England median daily rate £431 £612 £569
% change year-on-year -29.53% +7.60% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £11.79 - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 - £33.62
% change year-on-year - - +3.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

QMS is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,404 2,934 3,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.35% 91.06% 88.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,552 2,091 2,592
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £406 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 151 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.27 £20.74 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £45.00 £48.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £55.75 £65.00 £59.38
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for QMS 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 QMS in the North West.

Daily rate trend for QMS in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QMS in the North West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QMS 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 QMS in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for QMS 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 QMS within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Merseyside - 4 £115 - 1
Cheshire - 3 - - 7
Manchester - 2 - - 7
Cumbria - 1 £450 - 2
QMS
England

QMS
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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) EDMS
General
1 6 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) QA Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Assistant
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Quality Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Life Science
2 2 (20.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 2 (20.00%) IoT
2 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (20.00%) Robotics
2 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Records Management
2 4 (40.00%) Document Management
2 4 (40.00%) Workflow
3 3 (30.00%) Quality Management
4 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (20.00%) Edge Computing
4 2 (20.00%) Internal Audit
4 2 (20.00%) Logistics
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) Architectural Design
5 1 (10.00%) Business Case
5 1 (10.00%) CAPA
5 1 (10.00%) Change Control
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Information Management
5 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
5 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (10.00%) Value Proposition
5 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (10.00%) IRCA
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 14001
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft