APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center) UK> Work from Home
The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring APQC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited APQC over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
APQC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
1,795
1,781
2,905
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option
17.59%
13.53%
12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,216
1,242
2,104
10th Percentile
£313
£297
£350
25th Percentile
£400
£400
£420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£506
£525
Median % change year-on-year
-1.09%
-3.71%
-
75th Percentile
£600
£619
£638
90th Percentile
£700
£750
£750
UK median daily rate
£500
£505
£525
% change year-on-year
-0.99%
-3.81%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
44
49
79
10th Percentile
£14.78
£12.75
£17.50
25th Percentile
£19.82
£14.88
£20.94
Median hourly rate
£34.24
£25.00
£35.00
Median % change year-on-year
+36.96%
-28.57%
+24.49%
75th Percentile
£67.50
£57.50
£53.75
90th Percentile
£71.06
£67.75
£66.30
UK median hourly rate
£26.93
£25.68
£39.51
% change year-on-year
+4.84%
-35.00%
+58.04%
APQC Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with remote working options citing APQC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
APQC Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing APQC.
APQC Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing APQC also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for APQC.
APQC Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:
