QMS Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Quality Management System (QMS)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring QMS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QMS 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.17% - 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% - 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £300
25th Percentile £163 - £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - £389
75th Percentile £188 - £419
90th Percentile - - £428
South East median daily rate £500 £900 £413
% change year-on-year -44.44% +118.18% -26.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

QMS 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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 502 262 526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 86.25% 91.93% 82.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 188 384
10th Percentile £204 £203 £203
25th Percentile £361 £311 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.70% -11.90%
75th Percentile £563 £544 £575
90th Percentile £650 £595 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 21 64
10th Percentile £18.75 £13.50 £11.71
25th Percentile £50.00 £24.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £28.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% -6.67% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.99 £62.50 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £54.50 £24.00 £47.78
% change year-on-year +127.08% -49.77% -4.44%

QMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QMS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

QMS job vacancy trend in Surrey

QMS
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing QMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing QMS

QMS
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing QMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing QMS

QMS
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QMS within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 8 July 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
Chertsey - 1 £175 - 1
QMS
South East

QMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Active Listening
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO