QA Contracts in Birmingham

Quality Assurance (QA)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 54 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 -7 -7
Contract jobs citing QA 22 24 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.91% 2.71% 3.47%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.56% 21.82% 23.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 29
10th Percentile £361 £263 £308
25th Percentile £413 £288 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -26.32% +12.76%
75th Percentile £575 £369 £613
90th Percentile £750 £510 £638
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £425 £430
% change year-on-year +23.53% -1.16% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £13.50 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £13.88 £13.50 -
90th Percentile £13.95 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.95 £13.00 -
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 107 110 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 14.15% 12.44% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 61 129
10th Percentile £259 £263 £250
25th Percentile £275 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £594
90th Percentile £733 £650 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £461
% change year-on-year - +8.52% +8.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 3
10th Percentile £11.06 £10.99 £17.20
25th Percentile £12.00 £12.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £13.50 £16.10 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.15% -19.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £14.00 £28.35 -
90th Percentile £22.20 £30.51 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.00 £22.41 £17.14
% change year-on-year -37.53% +30.75% -4.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for QA in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Birmingham over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) NetSuite
2 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.55%) Boomi
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) WAN
2 4 (18.18%) Internet
2 4 (18.18%) LAN
3 3 (13.64%) ADSL
3 3 (13.64%) Ethernet
3 3 (13.64%) MPLS
3 3 (13.64%) PSTN
4 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 2 (9.09%) VPN
5 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Cypress.io
2 1 (4.55%) Postman
2 1 (4.55%) Selenium
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) German Language
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Coordinator
2 3 (13.64%) Lead
2 3 (13.64%) Project Coordinator
2 3 (13.64%) Technical Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Test Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Service Transition Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Test Assurance Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Tester
4 1 (4.55%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) CSS
1 2 (9.09%) HTML
1 2 (9.09%) JSON
1 2 (9.09%) Middleware
1 2 (9.09%) Web Services
1 2 (9.09%) XML
2 1 (4.55%) Playwright
2 1 (4.55%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.55%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Agile
2 5 (22.73%) Change Control
2 5 (22.73%) Change Management
2 5 (22.73%) Data Strategy
2 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (22.73%) Test Strategy
2 5 (22.73%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (18.18%) CRM
3 4 (18.18%) ITIL
3 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 4 (18.18%) Scrum
3 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
4 3 (13.64%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (13.64%) Data Entry
4 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Project Management
4 3 (13.64%) Test Scripting
4 3 (13.64%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) BC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) CCNA
2 1 (4.55%) CCNP
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.55%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 3 (13.64%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) BT
1 3 (13.64%) Cisco
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
1 3 (13.64%) Openreach
2 2 (9.09%) Databricks
3 1 (4.55%) Dell
3 1 (4.55%) HP
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow