QA Contracts in Leicester

Quality Assurance (QA)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 23 20
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 -6
Contract jobs citing QA 3 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 2.70% 4.55% 3.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 50.00% 50.00% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £290 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £350
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -23.08%
75th Percentile £357 £423 £395
90th Percentile £361 £432 £481
Leicestershire median daily rate £350 £325 £350
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.51
25th Percentile - - £13.96
Median hourly rate - - £15.35
75th Percentile - - £17.36
90th Percentile - - £18.20
Leicestershire median hourly rate - - £15.35

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6 10 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 5.41% 9.09% 12.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 21
10th Percentile £302 £243 £345
25th Percentile - £290 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -31.58% +2.15%
75th Percentile £364 £438 £538
90th Percentile £483 £480 £575
Leicestershire median daily rate £350 £360 £350
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -19.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.51
25th Percentile - - £13.96
Median hourly rate - - £15.35
75th Percentile - - £17.36
90th Percentile - - £18.20
Leicestershire median hourly rate - - £15.35

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Leicester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Leicester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Leicester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) JMeter
1 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
1 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Traceability Matrix
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared