Quality Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Quality Manager
England > South East

The median Quality Manager daily rate in the South East is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Manager 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.091% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £425 - -
25th Percentile £439 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile £568 - -
England median daily rate £460 £358 £456
% change year-on-year +28.49% -21.45% -6.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,980 3,432 4,648
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 92.86% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,585 2,153 3,017
10th Percentile £219 £235 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £606
90th Percentile £675 £675 £682
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 127 235
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.73 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -22.73% +46.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.62 £66.34
90th Percentile £82.70 £71.51 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.57% -22.58% +39.02%

Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Quality Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Quality Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Quality Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quality Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quality Manager job vacancies in the South East

Quality Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Manager in the South East

Quality Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Quality Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Quality Manager job vacancies in the South East

Quality Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 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
Hampshire - 2 £575 - 2
West Sussex - 2 £445 -
Quality Manager
England

Quality Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Quality Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Quality Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Collibra
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) Databricks
2 2 (50.00%) Informatica
2 2 (50.00%) Metadata
2 2 (50.00%) Metadata Management
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Talend
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Enablement
3 1 (25.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Culture Change
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) QA

Quality Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Collibra
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) French Language
3 1 (25.00%) Greek Language
3 1 (25.00%) Italian Language
3 1 (25.00%) Portuguese Language
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) Metadata Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Enablement
3 1 (25.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Culture Change
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Trend Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Databricks
1 2 (50.00%) Informatica
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Talend