QA Contracts in Leicestershire

Quality Assurance (QA)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 31 27
Rank change year-on-year +9 -4 -4
Contract jobs citing QA 4 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 2.52% 3.33% 2.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 44.44% 30.00% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile £276 - £246
25th Percentile £308 £290 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £350
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -21.35%
75th Percentile £356 £423 £385
90th Percentile £368 £432 £466
East Midlands median daily rate £303 £290 £438
% change year-on-year +4.31% -33.71% +10.76%
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
East Midlands median hourly rate £35.00 - £15.35
% change year-on-year - - -65.89%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9 20 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 5.66% 11.11% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 27
10th Percentile £264 £274 £94
25th Percentile £298 £301 £96
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £360 £350
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -19.54%
75th Percentile £469 £430 £504
90th Percentile £593 £449 £560
East Midlands median daily rate £434 £393 £400
% change year-on-year +10.57% -1.88% +3.09%
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
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.75 £50.00 £17.11
% change year-on-year -52.51% +192.31% +55.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Leicestershire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Leicestershire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Leicestershire

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Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Leicester +4 2 £350 +7.69% 13
Loughborough +5 1 £350 - 3
Melton Mowbray - 1 £255 -
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East Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Production Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) Traceability Matrix
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Conflict Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) People Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) HNC
1 1 (25.00%) HND
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco