QMS Contracts in the North of England

Quality Management System (QMS)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for QMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QMS over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 202 241
Rank change year-on-year +31 +39 -49
Contract jobs citing QMS 10 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.21% 0.036% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.040% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile - - £458
25th Percentile - - £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £115 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year -67.14% -30.00% +4.66%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - £588
England median daily rate £431 £614 £588
% change year-on-year -29.71% +4.43% +33.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £11.79 £41.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -71.24% - -
75th Percentile £31.40 - -
90th Percentile £43.16 - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £41.00 -
% change year-on-year +40.24% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

QMS is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,015 4,967 6,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.69% 90.15% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,426 3,410 4,610
10th Percentile £300 £300 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 385 207 254
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.55 £15.74 £13.66
Median hourly rate £20.74 £27.20 £19.05
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% +42.82% +7.18%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.75 £34.04
90th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

QMS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing QMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for QMS in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QMS in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for QMS in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QMS in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for QMS in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QMS in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for QMS in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QMS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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 +29 10 £115 -67.14% 26
QMS
England

QMS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) MQTT
2 1 (10.00%) Link 16
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) Mercurial
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Avionics
3 1 (10.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) QA Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Assistant
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Life Science
2 2 (20.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 2 (20.00%) IoT
2 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (20.00%) Robotics
2 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Document Management
1 4 (40.00%) Records Management
1 4 (40.00%) Workflow
2 3 (30.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) Edge Computing
3 2 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 2 (20.00%) Logistics
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (10.00%) Business Case
4 1 (10.00%) CAPA
4 1 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Value Proposition
4 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft