Senior QA Tester Contracts in Central London

Senior Quality Assurance Tester
London > Central London

The median Senior Quality Assurance Tester daily rate in Central London is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 - 200
Rank change year-on-year - - -44
Contract jobs requiring a Senior QA Tester 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.082% - 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% - 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £253 - -
25th Percentile £294 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £550
75th Percentile £444 - -
90th Percentile £478 - -
London median daily rate £380 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -33.91% +4.55% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,332 3,682 4,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.22% 95.39% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,656 2,526 3,260
10th Percentile £343 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +4.46% +6.67%
75th Percentile £683 £725 £675
90th Percentile £789 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 26 51
10th Percentile £19.23 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +108.60%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £48.30 £86.65 £62.50
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% - +11.13%

Senior QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Senior QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior QA Tester in Central London

Senior QA Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior QA Tester in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Senior QA Tester in Central London

Senior QA Tester
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior QA Tester in Central London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior QA Tester in Central London

Senior QA Tester
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior QA Tester within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
City of London - 2 £375 -
Southwark - 1 £500 -
Senior QA Tester
London

Senior QA Tester Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Senior QA Tester 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 across the Central London region featuring Senior QA Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) ERP

Senior QA Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA