Quality Manager Contracts

Quality Manager
UK

The median Quality Manager daily rate in the UK is £354, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 572 697
Rank change year-on-year +69 +125 +138
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Manager 17 10 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.023% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.025% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 8
10th Percentile £347 £268 £376
25th Percentile £350 £269 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £354 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -32.57% -8.70% +13.30%
75th Percentile £500 £638 £601
90th Percentile £511 £750 £644
UK excluding London median daily rate £320 £438 £456
% change year-on-year -26.86% -4.11% +5.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Quality Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 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 +64 16 £354 -25.47% 29
London +47 11 £358 -26.56% 10
Work from Home +46 7 £350 -26.32% 8
UK excluding London +61 5 £320 -26.86% 22
Midlands +20 2 - - 5
North of England +20 2 - - 9
Yorkshire +9 2 - - 1
West Midlands +13 1 - - 1
East Midlands +9 1 - - 4
South East - 1 £320 - 4

Quality Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Quality Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Quality Manager in the job title.

1 5 (29.41%) Quality Management
1 5 (29.41%) Problem Management
2 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (23.53%) Change Management
3 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
3 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
3 3 (17.65%) ISO 9001
3 3 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (17.65%) Service Management
3 3 (17.65%) QA
3 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (17.65%) Capacity Management
3 3 (17.65%) IT Audit
4 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) CAPA
4 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
4 2 (11.76%) Smart Meter
4 2 (11.76%) Banking
4 2 (11.76%) SAP
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Data Management
5 1 (5.88%) JD Edwards
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.88%) Data Governance

Quality Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 3 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Smart Meter
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Problem Management
1 5 (29.41%) Quality Management
2 4 (23.53%) Change Management
2 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (17.65%) Capacity Management
3 3 (17.65%) IT Audit
3 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
3 3 (17.65%) Service Management
3 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (11.76%) CAPA
4 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
4 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Data Governance
5 1 (5.88%) Data Management
5 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.88%) Proactive Management
5 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.88%) QMS
5 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) ISO 9001
1 3 (17.65%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) JD Edwards
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow