Quality Management Contracts

Quality Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 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 355 340 413
Rank change year-on-year -15 +73 +178
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 171 253 323
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.58% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.67% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 149 202
10th Percentile £329 £348 £351
25th Percentile £494 £450 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% +6.93%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £669
90th Percentile £670 £697 £721
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £497 £540
% change year-on-year +10.78% -8.06% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 5
10th Percentile £24.66 £15.36 £30.90
25th Percentile £48.00 £16.25 £43.63
Median hourly rate £67.50 £21.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +221.43% -70.00% +137.65%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 -
90th Percentile £72.61 £58.75 £73.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £21.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +233.33% -70.00% +300.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Quality Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 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 -8 150 £550 +10.00% 403
UK excluding London +9 88 £550 +10.78% 322
London +26 59 £550 -7.45% 128
Work from Home 0 42 £570 +14.00% 136
North of England -10 35 £575 +16.63% 78
North West -8 29 £580 +17.65% 45
South West +66 27 £575 +19.04% 49
South East +34 16 £425 -22.73% 88
East of England +27 6 £615 +23.00% 36
Yorkshire +8 4 £370 -38.33% 26
Scotland +8 3 £363 -19.71% 16
West Midlands 0 3 £550 +175.00% 30
Midlands -2 3 £550 +5.77% 65
North East -7 2 £575 -4.17% 8

Quality Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.92%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (2.92%) SAS
2 4 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.75%) Confluence
4 2 (1.17%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.17%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.17%) Documentum
5 1 (0.58%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (4.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 58 (33.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (12.28%) SAP PP
3 11 (6.43%) SAP QM
4 7 (4.09%) SAP LE
4 7 (4.09%) SAP PM
4 7 (4.09%) SAP VC
5 6 (3.51%) SAP MII
6 5 (2.92%) SAP MM
7 4 (2.34%) SAP SD
8 3 (1.75%) SAP IBP
9 2 (1.17%) Actimize
9 2 (1.17%) SAP SCM
9 2 (1.17%) SAP SRM
10 1 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
10 1 (0.58%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.58%) SAP GTS
10 1 (0.58%) Teamcenter
10 1 (0.58%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.60%) Azure
1 13 (7.60%) Power Platform
2 9 (5.26%) Snowflake
3 6 (3.51%) AWS
4 4 (2.34%) dbt
4 4 (2.34%) GitHub
5 3 (1.75%) Alation
5 3 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (1.75%) Collibra
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (0.58%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.58%) GCP
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.58%) SaaS
6 1 (0.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (0.58%) Firewall
1 1 (0.58%) Network Security
1 1 (0.58%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.60%) Power BI
2 9 (5.26%) Metadata
3 8 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (3.51%) Tableau
5 4 (2.34%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.34%) Data Mining
5 4 (2.34%) Data Vault
5 4 (2.34%) QlikView
5 4 (2.34%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.17%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.17%) DTS
7 2 (1.17%) GIS
7 2 (1.17%) MSDE
7 2 (1.17%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.17%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.58%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.51%) JIRA
2 4 (2.34%) Terragrunt
3 3 (1.75%) Git
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
4 1 (0.58%) Katalon Studio
4 1 (0.58%) LSMW
General
1 60 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 49 (28.65%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (27.49%) Manufacturing
4 30 (17.54%) Finance
5 17 (9.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (9.36%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (8.19%) Banking
7 14 (8.19%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (5.85%) Aerospace
8 10 (5.85%) Retail
9 9 (5.26%) Automotive
10 8 (4.68%) Public Sector
11 7 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (3.51%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.92%) Legal
14 4 (2.34%) Investment Banking
14 4 (2.34%) Law
15 2 (1.17%) Marketing
15 2 (1.17%) Military
16 1 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 36 (21.05%) Consultant
2 31 (18.13%) SAP Consultant
3 21 (12.28%) Senior
4 14 (8.19%) Analyst
5 13 (7.60%) Lead
5 13 (7.60%) SAP PP Consultant
6 12 (7.02%) Capacity Manager
7 11 (6.43%) Availability Manager
7 11 (6.43%) Capacity and Availability Manager
7 11 (6.43%) IT Manager
8 10 (5.85%) Data Analyst
8 10 (5.85%) Project Manager
8 10 (5.85%) SAP QM Consultant
8 10 (5.85%) Service Manager
9 9 (5.26%) Data Engineer
10 8 (4.68%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 7 (4.09%) Supply Chain Consultant
12 6 (3.51%) SAP PM Consultant
12 6 (3.51%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
12 6 (3.51%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.75%) PySpark
2 2 (1.17%) .NET
2 2 (1.17%) ADO
2 2 (1.17%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.17%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.17%) SAP PI
2 2 (1.17%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.58%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.58%) Kafka
3 1 (0.58%) MIDP
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.58%) Pandas
3 1 (0.58%) Polars
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.53%) Life Science
2 10 (5.85%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.68%) LIMS
4 7 (4.09%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (4.09%) Digital Media
4 7 (4.09%) Industry 4.0
4 7 (4.09%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 7 (4.09%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.51%) PACS
5 6 (3.51%) Reference Data
6 5 (2.92%) Private Cloud
7 4 (2.34%) FMCG
7 4 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.75%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.75%) IoT
8 3 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.75%) Taxonomies
9 2 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.34%) Windows
2 2 (1.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (32.75%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (14.62%) ITIL
3 24 (14.04%) Agile
3 24 (14.04%) Validation
4 23 (13.45%) Analytics
4 23 (13.45%) Data Analysis
4 23 (13.45%) Decision-Making
5 22 (12.87%) Service Management
5 22 (12.87%) Statistics
6 21 (12.28%) Data Modelling
6 21 (12.28%) Mentoring
6 21 (12.28%) Problem Management
7 20 (11.70%) Data Governance
7 20 (11.70%) Project Management
8 18 (10.53%) QMS
9 17 (9.94%) Capacity Planning
10 16 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (9.36%) Logistics
11 15 (8.77%) Data Management
12 14 (8.19%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.11%) SQL
2 18 (10.53%) Python
3 2 (1.17%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.58%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.58%) Bash
4 1 (0.58%) C++
4 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.58%) R
Qualifications
1 58 (33.92%) Security Cleared
2 43 (25.15%) SC Cleared
3 20 (11.70%) Degree
3 20 (11.70%) ITIL Certification
4 14 (8.19%) Master's Degree
5 13 (7.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.92%) EnCE
8 4 (2.34%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.75%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (1.75%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.75%) PMP
10 2 (1.17%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.58%) CISM
11 1 (0.58%) CISSP
11 1 (0.58%) HNC
11 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.58%) MBA
11 1 (0.58%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (18.13%) Data Quality
2 27 (15.79%) QA
3 13 (7.60%) PMO
4 9 (5.26%) SLA
5 7 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 6 (3.51%) GDPR
6 6 (3.51%) ISO 9001
7 4 (2.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (1.75%) GxP
8 3 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.75%) P3O
9 2 (1.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (1.17%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.17%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.58%) NIST
10 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.58%) Docker
2 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (4.09%) MOM
2 5 (2.92%) EnCase
2 5 (2.92%) FTK
2 5 (2.92%) Terraform
3 1 (0.58%) Ansible
3 1 (0.58%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.58%) Grafana
3 1 (0.58%) Kibana
3 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.58%) logstash
3 1 (0.58%) Perfmon
3 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.58%) SCOM
3 1 (0.58%) VxRail
Vendors
1 75 (43.86%) SAP
2 9 (5.26%) Ariba
3 8 (4.68%) Siemens
4 7 (4.09%) Rockwell
5 6 (3.51%) Microsoft
6 5 (2.92%) Cellebrite
6 5 (2.92%) Nuix
7 4 (2.34%) MicroStrategy
8 3 (1.75%) Ab Initio
8 3 (1.75%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.75%) IBM
8 3 (1.75%) Informatica
8 3 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.75%) Splunk
9 2 (1.17%) Databricks
9 2 (1.17%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.17%) OpenText
9 2 (1.17%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.58%) Cisco
10 1 (0.58%) Oracle