Head of QA Contracts in London

Head of Quality Assurance
England > London

As of 6 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of Quality Assurance daily rate in London.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 - 604
Rank change year-on-year - - -135
Contract jobs requiring a Head of QA 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.011% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -43.24%
75th Percentile - - £594
90th Percentile - - £628
England median daily rate £600 - £537
% change year-on-year - - -39.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £42.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,617 25,468 37,159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 95.25% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,021 18,449 27,170
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £681
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 290 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.40
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.53 £22.21
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +0.71% +10.62%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.20 £67.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%

Head of QA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Head of QA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of QA in London

Head of QA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of QA in London.

Daily rate trend for Head of QA in London

Head of QA
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of QA within the London region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Central London - 1 - -
Head of QA
England

Head of QA Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Head of QA contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Head of QA in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (50.00%) Node.js
2 1 (50.00%) WebSockets
2 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) ZeroMQ
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Grafana
2 1 (50.00%) Blockchain
2 1 (50.00%) Gatling
2 1 (50.00%) Playwright
2 1 (50.00%) Contentful
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon OpenSearch
2 1 (50.00%) Finsemble
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (50.00%) JMeter
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) CMS
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) FIX Protocol

Head of QA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon OpenSearch
1 1 (50.00%) Contentful
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (50.00%) Gatling
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JMeter
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) WebSockets
1 1 (50.00%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blockchain
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Grafana
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Finsemble