TQM Contract Job Trends

Total Quality Managment (TQM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring TQM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 - 587
Rank change year-on-year - - +151
Contract jobs citing TQM 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% - 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £300 - £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £301 - £390
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.33%
75th Percentile £301 - £395
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £301 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

TQM 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 37,756 26,715 38,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.98% 90.47% 86.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 17,208 24,897
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £740 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.33% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,227 936 2,327
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% - -7.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.52 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.35 £71.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £31.76 £31.50
% change year-on-year -10.26% +0.83% -12.01%

TQM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TQM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

TQM job vacancy trend in the UK

TQM
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TQM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TQM

TQM
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TQM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TQM

TQM
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TQM within the UK over the 6 months to 22 March 2026. 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
North West - 1 £301 - 1
England - 1 £301 - 2
Work from Home - 1 £301 - 1
UK excluding London - 1 £301 - 2
North of England - 1 £301 - 1

TQM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (100.00%) MS Visio
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) BPR
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Story Mapping