Hybrid/Remote Quality Manager Contract Job Trends

Quality Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Quality Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £494, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 311 356
Rank change year-on-year -2 +45 +196
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Manager 6 9 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.059% 0.078% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.083% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 5
10th Percentile £467 - £378
25th Percentile £473 - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £350 £447
Median % change year-on-year +41.07% -21.61% -10.70%
75th Percentile £511 £356 £525
90th Percentile £516 £412 £615
UK median daily rate £475 £455 £465
% change year-on-year +4.40% -2.15% -2.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,552 10,780 15,669
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 93.09% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,218 6,810 10,720
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 196 362
10th Percentile £15.33 £18.75 £17.19
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £27.91
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.14 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.40% -29.92% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.38
UK median hourly rate £25.20 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.64% -26.67% +45.77%

Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Quality Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Quality Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Quality Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Quality Manager job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Quality Manager job vacancies

Quality Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, Quality Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Quality Manager in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Data Management
2 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (33.33%) GxP
2 2 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Ariba
3 1 (16.67%) Business Development
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Collibra
3 1 (16.67%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Culture Change
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Databricks
3 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce

Quality Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Collibra
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) French Language
4 1 (16.67%) Greek Language
4 1 (16.67%) Italian Language
4 1 (16.67%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) FMCG
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Data Management
2 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Metadata Management
3 1 (16.67%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (16.67%) Semantic Search
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 2 (33.33%) GxP
1 2 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) GMP
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Ariba
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) Informatica
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) OpenAI
2 1 (16.67%) Talend