QML Contracts

QML
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring QML skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QML over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 - 717
Rank change year-on-year - - +136
Contract jobs citing QML 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - 0.002%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.030% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

QML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,644 8,946 13,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.70% 20.54% 23.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,558 6,207 10,141
10th Percentile £363 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £780 £771 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 233 153
10th Percentile £27.14 £21.25 £31.60
25th Percentile £48.25 £40.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.87 £74.89 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%

QML
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing QML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for QML in the UK

QML
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QML.

Daily rate trend for QML in the UK

QML
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QML.

Hourly rate trend for QML in the UK

QML
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QML within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England - 2 - - 10
UK excluding London - 1 - - 9
London - 1 - - 2
South East - 1 - - 8

QML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens NX
1 1 (50.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Qt Creator
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Qt Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Qt
2 1 (50.00%) DirectX
2 1 (50.00%) ONNX
2 1 (50.00%) OpenGL
2 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (50.00%) Qt Quick
2 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (50.00%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Rendering
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Vision
1 1 (50.00%) Cross-Platform Development
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (50.00%) Predictive Maintenance
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared