QMS Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Quality Management System (QMS)
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 - 126
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing QMS 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.030% - 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% - 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £900 £395
% change year-on-year -44.44% +127.85% -30.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,660 1,529 1,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.68% 92.16% 84.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,688 915 1,119
10th Percentile £318 £300 £263
25th Percentile £415 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -0.97%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 109 112
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.12 £22.50
Median hourly rate £75.90 £24.00 £55.04
Median % change year-on-year +216.25% -56.39% +10.08%
75th Percentile £87.36 £46.30 £65.25
90th Percentile £104.00 £80.00 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.41 £57.35
% change year-on-year +156.89% -62.67% +14.70%

QMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

QMS job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

QMS
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing QMS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing QMS

QMS
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing QMS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing QMS

QMS
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QMS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 August 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
Berkshire - 1 £500 -
QMS
South East

QMS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (100.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior UAT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) UAT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) UAT Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing