Quality Management Contracts

Quality Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Quality Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Quality Management over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 408 568
Rank change year-on-year +55 +160 -19
Contract jobs citing Quality Management 246 307 285
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.53% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.59% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 190 182
10th Percentile £369 £350 £318
25th Percentile £454 £425 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £602 £650 £638
90th Percentile £693 £721 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £518 £450
% change year-on-year -3.38% +15.00% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 9
10th Percentile £15.36 £33.02 £15.29
25th Percentile £16.25 £50.22 £16.24
Median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +92.25% +1.14%
75th Percentile £53.75 - £48.75
90th Percentile £58.75 £73.00 £55.51
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.00 £70.00 £19.99
% change year-on-year -70.00% +250.18% -44.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Quality Management 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

Quality Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Quality Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Management.

Daily rate trend for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Management over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Management.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Quality Management over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Quality Management in the UK

Quality Management
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Management within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 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
England +76 218 £500 -7.41% 356
UK excluding London +46 139 £500 -3.38% 320
Work from Home +70 78 £500 -7.41% 93
London +67 69 £594 +8.05% 71
North of England +73 65 £493 +4.89% 58
North West +49 54 £493 -1.40% 30
South East -12 27 £550 -18.46% 79
Midlands +41 26 £520 +38.67% 59
West Midlands +26 16 £200 -46.67% 38
East Midlands +21 9 £575 -11.54% 21
East of England +10 9 £500 +66.67% 46
North East - 9 £600 - 12
South West -1 7 £490 -5.31% 50
Scotland +32 6 £425 +13.33% 26
Yorkshire +14 4 £600 +36.36% 17

Quality Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.81%) Confluence
1 2 (0.81%) Documentum
2 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (6.50%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (3.66%) MS Visio
5 6 (2.44%) Chatbot
6 5 (2.03%) Simulink
6 5 (2.03%) Stateflow
6 5 (2.03%) TargetLink
7 2 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (9.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (4.88%) SAP QM
3 7 (2.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (2.85%) Siebel CRM
4 3 (1.22%) SAP CO
4 3 (1.22%) SAP EWM
4 3 (1.22%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.22%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (1.22%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.81%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.81%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.81%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.41%) HFM
6 1 (0.41%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.41%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP MII
6 1 (0.41%) SAP PP-PI
Cloud Services
1 22 (8.94%) Azure
2 14 (5.69%) Power Platform
3 9 (3.66%) AWS
3 9 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.85%) GCP
5 4 (1.63%) WhatsApp
6 2 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.81%) Azure Stack
6 2 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (0.81%) OCI
6 2 (0.81%) Veeva
7 1 (0.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.85%) WAN
2 6 (2.44%) Firewall
2 6 (2.44%) LAN
2 6 (2.44%) VLAN
2 6 (2.44%) VoIP
2 6 (2.44%) VPN
2 6 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (1.63%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (1.63%) SAN
4 1 (0.41%) 2G
4 1 (0.41%) 3G
4 1 (0.41%) 4G
4 1 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.41%) Network Security
4 1 (0.41%) RNC
4 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.10%) Metadata
2 14 (5.69%) Power BI
3 13 (5.28%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (4.07%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.85%) MySQL
5 7 (2.85%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.03%) Siebel EIM
7 4 (1.63%) Data Mining
7 4 (1.63%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.81%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.41%) Big Data
9 1 (0.41%) DB2
9 1 (0.41%) Essbase
9 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.41%) Power Query
9 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.85%) ERwin
1 7 (2.85%) Git
1 7 (2.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (2.03%) Bitbucket
2 5 (2.03%) Subversion
3 3 (1.22%) JIRA
4 2 (0.81%) ClearCase
4 2 (0.81%) ClearQuest
5 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.41%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 95 (38.62%) Social Skills
2 52 (21.14%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (16.67%) Finance
4 25 (10.16%) Public Sector
5 18 (7.32%) Manufacturing
6 16 (6.50%) Banking
7 11 (4.47%) Automotive
7 11 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.07%) Legal
9 9 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.44%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.63%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.22%) Local Government
13 3 (1.22%) Publishing
14 2 (0.81%) Dutch Language
14 2 (0.81%) Military
14 2 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (15.04%) Consultant
2 27 (10.98%) Analyst
3 18 (7.32%) Architect
4 17 (6.91%) SAP Consultant
5 16 (6.50%) Project Manager
6 14 (5.69%) Capacity Manager
7 13 (5.28%) Problem Manager
7 13 (5.28%) SAP QM Consultant
8 12 (4.88%) Availability Manager
8 12 (4.88%) Capacity and Availability Manager
8 12 (4.88%) Data Architect
9 11 (4.47%) Senior
10 10 (4.07%) Governance Analyst
10 10 (4.07%) Governance Manager
11 9 (3.66%) Data Analyst
11 9 (3.66%) Portfolio Manager
12 8 (3.25%) Data Manager
12 8 (3.25%) Software Asset Manager
12 8 (3.25%) Software Manager
13 7 (2.85%) Genesys Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.85%) RESTful
2 3 (1.22%) React Native
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.81%) PySpark
3 2 (0.81%) YAML
4 1 (0.41%) BAPI
4 1 (0.41%) CSS
4 1 (0.41%) Flash
4 1 (0.41%) HTML
4 1 (0.41%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.82%) Management Information System
2 30 (12.20%) Virtual Team
3 12 (4.88%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.47%) CMDB
5 6 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.44%) Clustering
5 6 (2.44%) IVR
5 6 (2.44%) Life Science
6 5 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.63%) Digital Media
7 4 (1.63%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.63%) Virtual Reality
8 3 (1.22%) HP Storage
8 3 (1.22%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.81%) FMCG
9 2 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.47%) Linux
2 10 (4.07%) Windows
3 6 (2.44%) Mac OS
3 6 (2.44%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.44%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (1.63%) AIX
4 4 (1.63%) Solaris
5 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (28.86%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (19.92%) Project Management
3 45 (18.29%) Mentoring
3 45 (18.29%) Service Management
4 44 (17.89%) Statistics
5 43 (17.48%) Agile
6 32 (13.01%) Root Cause Analysis
7 30 (12.20%) Data Governance
8 28 (11.38%) Data Management
8 28 (11.38%) ITIL
8 28 (11.38%) Problem Management
9 27 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (10.98%) Virtual Team Management
10 24 (9.76%) Project Delivery
11 23 (9.35%) Data Modelling
11 23 (9.35%) QMS
12 21 (8.54%) Migration
13 20 (8.13%) ETL
13 20 (8.13%) Time Management
14 18 (7.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.69%) SQL
2 11 (4.47%) C
3 9 (3.66%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.44%) C++
4 6 (2.44%) Python
5 5 (2.03%) MATLAB
6 2 (0.81%) ABAP
7 1 (0.41%) Bash
7 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.41%) Java
7 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 86 (34.96%) Security Cleared
2 78 (31.71%) SC Cleared
3 39 (15.85%) Degree
4 11 (4.47%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.85%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.22%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.22%) PMP
7 2 (0.81%) APMP
7 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.81%) CISM
7 2 (0.81%) CISSP
7 2 (0.81%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.81%) PhD
7 2 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (0.81%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.41%) CCNA
8 1 (0.41%) CCNP
8 1 (0.41%) HNC
8 1 (0.41%) HND
8 1 (0.41%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (25.20%) Data Quality
2 21 (8.54%) GDPR
3 19 (7.72%) QA
4 15 (6.10%) PMO
5 8 (3.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (2.03%) AUTOSAR
6 5 (2.03%) ISO 26262
6 5 (2.03%) ISO 9001
6 5 (2.03%) MISRA
6 5 (2.03%) MISRA C
7 4 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 4 (1.63%) ISO17020
8 3 (1.22%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.41%) GxP
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 6 (2.44%) Active Directory
1 6 (2.44%) Hyper-V
1 6 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.41%) Firmware
2 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (2.44%) Autotask
1 6 (2.44%) Failover Clustering
1 6 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
1 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (2.44%) SCCM
2 4 (1.63%) EMC NetWorker
3 3 (1.22%) HP Data Protector
3 3 (1.22%) NetBackup
3 3 (1.22%) Terraform
4 2 (0.81%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 37 (15.04%) SAP
2 20 (8.13%) Microsoft
3 16 (6.50%) Oracle
4 8 (3.25%) Informatica
5 7 (2.85%) Genesys
5 7 (2.85%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.85%) Siebel
5 7 (2.85%) VMware
6 6 (2.44%) Apple
6 6 (2.44%) Datto
6 6 (2.44%) HP
7 5 (2.03%) Ariba
7 5 (2.03%) Cisco
8 4 (1.63%) Brocade
8 4 (1.63%) EMC
8 4 (1.63%) Facebook
8 4 (1.63%) Instagram
8 4 (1.63%) Liquidlogic
9 3 (1.22%) Databricks
9 3 (1.22%) Symantec