Quality Manager
UK
The median Quality Manager daily rate in the UK is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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 21 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 509 | 569 | 671 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +60 | +102 | +170 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Quality Manager | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.045% | 0.024% | 0.040% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.048% | 0.025% | 0.042% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £341 | £263 | £378 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £269 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £388 | £525 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.19% | -8.70% | +23.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £503 | £638 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £511 | £750 | £630 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £320 | £275 | £388 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.36% | -29.03% | -10.40% |
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 | 26,931 | 39,471 | 54,175 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.35% | 92.79% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,496 | 25,718 | 37,826 |
| 10th Percentile | £293 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £543 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -3.23% | +3.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £489 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -2.20% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,058 | 2,674 | 1,504 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.83 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.13 | £16.30 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.97 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.38% | -18.89% | +88.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.90 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £26.31 | £40.00 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.23% | -5.88% | +112.50% |
Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Quality Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Manager.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Manager over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Manager.
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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 21 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 | +47 | 13 | £388 | -11.43% | 45 |
| London | +46 | 8 | £425 | -32.00% | 14 |
| UK excluding London | +52 | 5 | £320 | +16.36% | 41 |
| Work from Home | +44 | 4 | £350 | -41.67% | 35 |
| North of England | +21 | 2 | - | - | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +14 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Midlands | +14 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| East Midlands | +10 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| West Midlands | +9 | 1 | - | - | |
| South East | - | 1 | £320 | - | 6 |
Quality Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 21 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.
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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: