Quality Manager Contracts

Quality Manager
UK

The median Quality Manager daily rate in the UK is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 675 826
Rank change year-on-year +107 +151 -107
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Manager 16 22 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.040% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.042% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 12
10th Percentile - £378 -
25th Percentile £263 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £575 £483
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +19.17% -0.10%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £559
90th Percentile £750 £630 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £388 £433
% change year-on-year -29.03% -10.40% -8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Quality Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Quality Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Quality Manager in the UK

Quality Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
UK excluding London +37 14 £275 -29.03% 41
England +79 11 £275 -52.17% 46
Wales +24 4 - - 9
North of England +19 4 £275 - 11
Yorkshire - 4 £275 - 1
Midlands - 4 £485 - 4
East Midlands - 2 £269 - 3
West Midlands - 2 £700 - 1
East of England - 2 £600 -
Work from Home +102 1 £600 - 11
London +72 1 £625 +8.70% 15

Quality Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Quality Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Quality Manager in the job title.

1 11 (68.75%) QA
2 5 (31.25%) Data Quality
3 4 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (25.00%) Data Management
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
5 2 (12.50%) People Management
5 2 (12.50%) Conflict Management
5 2 (12.50%) Master Data Management
5 2 (12.50%) Time Management
5 2 (12.50%) Law
5 2 (12.50%) HNC
5 2 (12.50%) HND
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Metadata
5 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 1 (6.25%) Code Quality
6 1 (6.25%) Data Analysis
6 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
6 1 (6.25%) Statistics
6 1 (6.25%) JIRA
6 1 (6.25%) ISO 9001
6 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

Quality Manager Skill Set
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 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Data Management
2 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
2 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 2 (12.50%) Conflict Management
3 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
3 2 (12.50%) Master Data Management
3 2 (12.50%) People Management
3 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (12.50%) Time Management
4 1 (6.25%) Data Analysis
4 1 (6.25%) Data Migration
4 1 (6.25%) Migration
4 1 (6.25%) Process Management
4 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.25%) Statistics
4 1 (6.25%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) HNC
1 2 (12.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (68.75%) QA
2 5 (31.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (6.25%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Atlassian