Quality Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Quality Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Quality Management over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 250 294
Rank change year-on-year -5 +44 +103
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 83 141 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.65% 0.68% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.81% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 92 106
10th Percentile £312 £391 £319
25th Percentile £413 £446 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £493 £524
Median % change year-on-year +11.56% -5.87% +16.39%
75th Percentile £591 £563 £679
90th Percentile £606 £623 £721
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 19 5
10th Percentile £43.80 £15.36 £30.90
25th Percentile £58.75 £16.25 £43.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £21.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -70.00% +250.18%
75th Percentile - £53.75 -
90th Percentile £73.48 £58.75 £73.60
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £21.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +221.43% -70.00% +92.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,581 17,478 21,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.43% 84.68% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,255 10,443 14,838
10th Percentile £235 £250 £256
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 839 2,054 1,309
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.31 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.34 £15.24 £15.63
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.96 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.35% -0.11% +44.00%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Quality Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Management in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Quality Management in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Management in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Management in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Quality Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Quality Management in the UK excluding London

Quality Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
North of England -17 30 £575 +16.63% 85
South West +55 27 £575 +19.04% 43
North West -14 24 £580 +17.65% 46
South East +20 16 £425 -22.73% 79
East of England +30 6 £615 +23.00% 35
Yorkshire +15 4 £370 -38.33% 31
Scotland +11 3 £363 -19.71% 22
West Midlands +5 3 £550 +175.00% 31
Midlands -1 3 £550 +5.77% 61
North East -10 2 £575 -4.17% 9
Quality Management
UK

Quality Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.41%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.41%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.20%) Apache
3 1 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 29 (34.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (13.25%) SAP PP
3 5 (6.02%) SAP LE
4 2 (2.41%) SAP IBP
4 2 (2.41%) SAP MM
4 2 (2.41%) SAP PM
4 2 (2.41%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.20%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.64%) Azure
2 4 (4.82%) Snowflake
3 3 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (3.61%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.41%) AWS
5 1 (1.20%) Amazon EMR
5 1 (1.20%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.20%) GCP
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (1.20%) Firewall
1 1 (1.20%) Network Security
1 1 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (1.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (3.61%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.61%) Metadata
2 3 (3.61%) Power BI
3 2 (2.41%) Delta Lake
3 2 (2.41%) GIS
3 2 (2.41%) MSDE
3 2 (2.41%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.20%) Big Data
4 1 (1.20%) DTS
4 1 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.20%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.20%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) GitLab
2 1 (1.20%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Katalon Studio
General
1 30 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 28 (33.73%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (26.51%) Manufacturing
4 14 (16.87%) Finance
5 12 (14.46%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (13.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (9.64%) Retail
8 7 (8.43%) Aerospace
9 6 (7.23%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (7.23%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.41%) Automotive
10 2 (2.41%) Banking
10 2 (2.41%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.20%) Electronics
11 1 (1.20%) Japanese Language
11 1 (1.20%) Law
11 1 (1.20%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (20.48%) Consultant
2 14 (16.87%) SAP Consultant
3 12 (14.46%) Capacity Manager
4 11 (13.25%) Availability Manager
4 11 (13.25%) Capacity and Availability Manager
5 10 (12.05%) Senior
6 9 (10.84%) Service Manager
7 7 (8.43%) IT Manager
7 7 (8.43%) SAP PP Consultant
8 6 (7.23%) Lead
8 6 (7.23%) SAP QM Consultant
9 5 (6.02%) IT Operations Manager
9 5 (6.02%) Operations Manager
9 5 (6.02%) Performance Manager
10 4 (4.82%) Analyst
10 4 (4.82%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
10 4 (4.82%) SAP WM Consultant
10 4 (4.82%) Senior SAP Consultant
10 4 (4.82%) Senior SAP Supply Chain Consultant
10 4 (4.82%) Senior Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) PySpark
2 2 (2.41%) .NET
2 2 (2.41%) ADO
2 2 (2.41%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.41%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.20%) Kafka
3 1 (1.20%) MIDP
3 1 (1.20%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.20%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.25%) Life Science
2 9 (10.84%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.23%) Virtual Team
4 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.41%) Clustering
5 2 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.41%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.41%) Replication
6 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.20%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.20%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Windows
2 2 (2.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.51%) ITIL
1 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (25.30%) Service Management
2 21 (25.30%) Statistics
3 18 (21.69%) Problem Management
4 15 (18.07%) Capacity Planning
5 13 (15.66%) Mentoring
6 11 (13.25%) Analytics
6 11 (13.25%) Availability Management
6 11 (13.25%) Capacity Management
6 11 (13.25%) Planning and Forecasting
6 11 (13.25%) Time Management
7 10 (12.05%) Data Analysis
7 10 (12.05%) Decision-Making
7 10 (12.05%) Logistics
8 9 (10.84%) Performance Improvement
8 9 (10.84%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (9.64%) Agile
9 8 (9.64%) Migration
9 8 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.23%) Python
1 6 (7.23%) SQL
2 2 (2.41%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.20%) Bash
3 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.20%) R
Qualifications
1 39 (46.99%) Security Cleared
2 29 (34.94%) SC Cleared
3 19 (22.89%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (9.64%) Degree
5 7 (8.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (4.82%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.82%) Master's Degree
7 3 (3.61%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.20%) CREST Certified
9 1 (1.20%) HNC
9 1 (1.20%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (1.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.66%) QA
2 9 (10.84%) Data Quality
2 9 (10.84%) PMO
3 8 (9.64%) SLA
4 3 (3.61%) ISO 9001
4 3 (3.61%) P3O
5 2 (2.41%) GDPR
5 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.20%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Docker
2 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) Ansible
1 1 (1.20%) Functional Safety
1 1 (1.20%) Grafana
1 1 (1.20%) Kibana
1 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.20%) logstash
1 1 (1.20%) MOM
1 1 (1.20%) Perfmon
1 1 (1.20%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.20%) SCOM
1 1 (1.20%) Terraform
1 1 (1.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 32 (38.55%) SAP
2 3 (3.61%) Dynatrace
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.61%) Splunk
3 2 (2.41%) Ariba
3 2 (2.41%) Databricks
3 2 (2.41%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.20%) Cisco
4 1 (1.20%) Nexthink
4 1 (1.20%) Rockwell
4 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.20%) Siemens
4 1 (1.20%) Talend
4 1 (1.20%) Veeam
4 1 (1.20%) VMware