QA Contracts in Coventry

Quality Assurance (QA)
West Midlands > Coventry

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Coventry 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 31 32
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 -9
Contract jobs citing QA 3 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 2.14% 3.26% 2.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.00% 20.00% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile £370 £390 -
25th Percentile £400 £431 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £484
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £425 £430
% change year-on-year +23.53% -1.16% +7.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Coventry

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 Coventry with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 25 45 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 17.86% 16.30% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 29 12
10th Percentile £353 £198 £275
25th Percentile £450 £363 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £547
90th Percentile £728 £545 £832
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £10.50
Median hourly rate - £23.22 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year - +111.09% -26.67%
75th Percentile - - £11.50
90th Percentile - - -
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 Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Coventry

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Coventry

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Coventry

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Appium
1 2 (66.67%) UI Automator
1 2 (66.67%) XCUITest
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Test Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Test Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
1 2 (66.67%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Grafana
1 1 (33.33%) Kibana