Quality Assurance (QA)
Cheshire > Chester
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 22 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -15 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | - | 2.00% | 18.06% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 7.69% | 72.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £525 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +29.41% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £575 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £475 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £475 | £550 | £438 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.64% | +25.71% | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £21.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £23.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £24.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | - | - | £23.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +84.00% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Chester
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 Chester with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 13 | 26 | 18 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 23.21% | 26.00% | 25.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 13 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £278 | £194 |
| 25th Percentile | £320 | £288 | £378 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £431 | £325 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.46% | -23.53% | +41.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £448 | £438 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £450 | £500 | £539 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £488 | £450 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +5.88% | -5.13% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £41.25 | £30.54 | £21.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £42.50 | £32.77 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +29.69% | +42.48% | +84.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.75 | £35.00 | £24.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £26.66 | £30.54 | £27.89 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.70% | +9.52% | +31.22% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Chester.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Chester.