QA Contracts in the East Midlands

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 43 46 63
Rank change year-on-year +3 +17 -14
Contract jobs citing QA 23 38 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 3.00% 3.64% 2.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.71% 34.55% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 28
10th Percentile £200 - £313
25th Percentile £241 £231 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £303 £308 £423
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -27.22% +0.60%
75th Percentile £383 £447 £500
90th Percentile £495 £578 -
England median daily rate £517 £513 £510
% change year-on-year +0.88% +0.49% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £14.00 - £13.51
25th Percentile £21.88 - £13.96
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £15.35
75th Percentile - - £17.36
90th Percentile - - £18.20
England median hourly rate £15.57 £22.49 £47.50
% change year-on-year -30.78% -52.66% +146.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 83 110 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 10.84% 10.54% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 83 124
10th Percentile £200 £194 £128
25th Percentile £255 £280 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £393 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.57% -1.88% +2.17%
75th Percentile £603 £538 £501
90th Percentile £623 £631 £575
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 9
10th Percentile £9.95 £25.00 £9.49
25th Percentile £12.75 £32.50 £13.20
Median hourly rate £23.75 £50.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -52.51% +192.31% +55.25%
75th Percentile £26.15 £60.00 £24.50
90th Percentile £34.48 £63.00 £27.19
England median hourly rate £22.04 £40.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -45.25% +46.36% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for QA in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for QA in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for QA in the East Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for QA in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the East Midlands 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
Derbyshire +10 10 £200 -60.20% 16
Northamptonshire +5 7 £425 +78.95% 7
Leicestershire +7 4 £350 +7.69% 20
Lincolnshire +12 1 £775 - 10
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) AutoCAD
2 1 (4.35%) Autodesk Inventor
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) SAP EWM
1 1 (4.35%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
1 1 (4.35%) OLAP
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Cucumber
1 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.35%) Postman
1 1 (4.35%) Selenium
1 1 (4.35%) SoapUI
General
1 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Automotive
3 2 (8.70%) Banking
3 2 (8.70%) Electronics
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Production Manager
1 5 (21.74%) Quality Inspector
2 2 (8.70%) Programmer
2 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
2 2 (8.70%) Test Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Automation Test Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Automation Tester
3 1 (4.35%) CAD Designer
3 1 (4.35%) Configuration Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Designer
3 1 (4.35%) Developer
3 1 (4.35%) QA Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) QA Tester
3 1 (4.35%) Supply Chain Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Technical Architect
3 1 (4.35%) Test Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Test Leader
3 1 (4.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Apollo GraphQL
1 1 (4.35%) GraphQL
1 1 (4.35%) Jest
1 1 (4.35%) NestJS
1 1 (4.35%) Next.js
1 1 (4.35%) Node.js
1 1 (4.35%) React
1 1 (4.35%) Redux
1 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.35%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Conflict Management
1 10 (43.48%) Time Management
2 9 (39.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (26.09%) Decision-Making
5 5 (21.74%) Asset Management
5 5 (21.74%) Critical Thinking
5 5 (21.74%) People Management
6 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
7 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (13.04%) Scenario Testing
7 3 (13.04%) Test Strategy
7 3 (13.04%) Traceability Matrix
8 2 (8.70%) DevSecOps
8 2 (8.70%) ERP
8 2 (8.70%) Risk Management
8 2 (8.70%) System Integration Testing
8 2 (8.70%) Test Scripting
8 2 (8.70%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (8.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) HNC
2 5 (21.74%) HND
2 5 (21.74%) NVQ Level 3
3 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.35%) ISEB
4 1 (4.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Cisco
2 1 (4.35%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow