QA Contract Job Trends in the Home Counties

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Home Counties

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Home Counties requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QA 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Home Counties - - 14.29%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £450 £469 £488
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +2.63%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Home Counties

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the Home Counties.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties 14.29% 14.29% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £519 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +3.80% +5.26% -4.04%

QA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.

QA job vacancy trend in the Home Counties

QA
Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing QA