QA Contracts in Cheshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 32 35
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -17
Contract jobs citing QA 19 30 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.79% 5.57% 3.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.67% 35.29% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 20 15
10th Percentile £453 £200 -
25th Percentile £463 £359 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £444 £438
Median % change year-on-year +7.04% +1.43% +15.13%
75th Percentile £500 £563 £463
90th Percentile - £680 £540
North West median daily rate £500 £425 £438
% change year-on-year +17.65% -2.86% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £11.50 -
North West median hourly rate £20.46 £12.75 £62.50
% change year-on-year +60.47% -79.60% +7.25%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 114 85 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 22.75% 15.77% 18.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 51 46
10th Percentile £297 £213 £231
25th Percentile £413 £288 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £521
90th Percentile £580 £640 £575
North West median daily rate £513 £475 £464
% change year-on-year +7.89% +2.43% +3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 3
10th Percentile £16.79 £24.60 £36.22
25th Percentile £17.72 £30.54 £41.39
Median hourly rate £26.66 £32.77 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -34.46% +45.45%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 -
90th Percentile - £44.60 -
North West median hourly rate £12.84 £37.50 £18.25
% change year-on-year -65.76% +105.48% +17.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Macclesfield -11 10 £500 +12.68% 3
Warrington +3 5 £475 +137.50% 8
Runcorn - 1 £475 - 2
Northwich - 1 - - 1
Wilmslow - 1 £400 -
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North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 6 (31.58%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Power Platform
1 9 (47.37%) Snowflake
2 6 (31.58%) Collibra
2 6 (31.58%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.26%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) Power BI
2 7 (36.84%) Data Lake
3 6 (31.58%) Ataccama
3 6 (31.58%) Qlik Sense
3 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
4 5 (26.32%) Data Mining
5 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (5.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 10 (52.63%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) Data Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) Data Quality Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) QA Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) Quality Analyst
2 8 (42.11%) Senior
2 8 (42.11%) Senior Analyst
2 8 (42.11%) Senior Data Quality Analyst
2 8 (42.11%) Senior QA Analyst
2 8 (42.11%) Senior Quality Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Forensic Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Transition Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Integration Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Integration Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Digital Media
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Life Science
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Data Management
2 9 (47.37%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (47.37%) Data Analysis
3 8 (42.11%) Data Governance
4 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (31.58%) Data Architecture
6 5 (26.32%) Data Cleansing
6 5 (26.32%) Visualisation
7 3 (15.79%) Agile
7 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.79%) Project Management
8 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) Data Collection
8 2 (10.53%) Digital Forensics
8 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) Quality Management
8 2 (10.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 2 (10.53%) Validation
9 1 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) SQL
2 6 (31.58%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 2 (10.53%) ISO17020
3 1 (5.26%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (5.26%) GAMP
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) SAP
2 6 (31.58%) Alteryx
2 6 (31.58%) Dataiku
2 6 (31.58%) Trillium
3 2 (10.53%) Salesforce