Quality Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Quality Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 358 404
Rank change year-on-year -28 +46 +104
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Manager 5 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.029% 0.061% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.066% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £360 - £448
25th Percentile £368 £263 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £275 £465
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% -40.86% -2.11%
75th Percentile £400 £371 £574
90th Percentile £403 £422 £635
UK median daily rate £405 £455 £470
% change year-on-year -10.99% -3.19% -3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £27.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,583 15,113 19,511
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.79% 92.28% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,651 8,651 12,895
10th Percentile £206 £219 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £590 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,540 1,034 1,273
10th Percentile £13.75 £15.05 £14.37
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +87.50%
75th Percentile £53.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.30% -19.82% +60.06%

Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Quality Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Quality Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quality Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quality Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Quality Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Quality Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Quality Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Quality Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 November 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
West Midlands - 3 £405 - 3
Midlands - 3 £405 - 3
North of England -36 2 £388 +40.91% 2
Yorkshire -37 2 £388 +40.91% 1
South East - 1 - - 10
Quality Manager
UK

Quality Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 November 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 UK excluding London region featuring Quality Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis

Quality Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) French Language
2 1 (20.00%) Greek Language
2 1 (20.00%) Italian Language
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Spanish Language
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Trend Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft