Quality Management Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Quality Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Quality Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 112 136
Rank change year-on-year 0 +24 +28
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 1 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.065% 0.24% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.26% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £337 £448
25th Percentile £282 £345 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £307 £370 £452
Median % change year-on-year -17.16% -18.05% +20.40%
75th Percentile £331 £425 £454
90th Percentile - £470 £455
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £538
% change year-on-year - -7.06% -5.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,342 1,511 2,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.48% 89.67% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 772 894 1,334
10th Percentile £238 £230 £250
25th Percentile £398 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 44 55
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.90 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £54.38 £32.66 £69.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Quality Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Quality Management
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Quality Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Quality Management

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Quality Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Quality Management

Quality Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
South Ayrshire - 1 £307 -
Quality Management
UK

Quality Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft