QA Contracts in London

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 56 71 69
Rank change year-on-year +15 -2 +5
Contract jobs citing QA 651 914 1,433
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.68% 3.38% 3.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.32% 25.87% 28.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 690 1,031
10th Percentile £359 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £668 £688 £638
90th Percentile £800 £798 £738
England median daily rate £517 £513 £510
% change year-on-year +0.88% +0.49% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 17
10th Percentile £17.68 - £24.35
25th Percentile £21.88 £21.24 £26.25
Median hourly rate £25.37 £22.49 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.83% -36.66% +77.50%
75th Percentile £47.19 £51.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £61.81 £55.00 £85.45
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
London

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 London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,473 3,533 5,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.96% 13.05% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,750 2,550 3,500
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £650
90th Percentile £788 £788 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 36 83
10th Percentile £12.90 £20.25 £21.00
25th Percentile £17.94 £21.24 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% -30.90% +122.50%
75th Percentile £46.25 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £56.75 £81.25 £68.50
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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for QA in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for QA in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for QA in London

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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 QA within the London 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
Central London +38 114 £550 +0.36% 31
West London +20 15 £375 -26.83% 27
South London +5 5 £380 -45.13% 10
East London -13 5 £540 +40.26% 13
North London - 3 £375 - 4
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England

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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 30 (4.61%) Confluence
2 26 (3.99%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.53%) CMS
4 11 (1.69%) IIS
5 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.61%) Apache
6 4 (0.61%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.61%) Drupal
6 4 (0.61%) WordPress
7 3 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.31%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.15%) Appian
9 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 52 (7.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (2.92%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.46%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.31%) Mingle
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.08%) Endur
3 6 (0.92%) ION MarketView
3 6 (0.92%) SAP QM
4 5 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.77%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.61%) IntelliMatch
6 3 (0.46%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.31%) WebTrends
8 1 (0.15%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.15%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.15%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (16.90%) Azure
2 83 (12.75%) AWS
3 45 (6.91%) GCP
4 34 (5.22%) Power Platform
5 32 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (4.92%) Dynamics 365
6 30 (4.61%) GitHub
7 27 (4.15%) SaaS
8 24 (3.69%) Serverless
9 17 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
10 16 (2.46%) Azure API Management
11 14 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (1.84%) Google Analytics
13 11 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.54%) Adobe Analytics
15 9 (1.38%) PaaS
16 8 (1.23%) PowerApps
17 7 (1.08%) BrowserStack
17 7 (1.08%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.92%) Internet
2 11 (1.69%) FIX Connectivity
3 9 (1.38%) Firewall
4 8 (1.23%) WAN
5 7 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.92%) 5G
6 6 (0.92%) VPN
7 5 (0.77%) HTTP
7 5 (0.77%) SSH
8 4 (0.61%) DNS
8 4 (0.61%) LAN
8 4 (0.61%) VoIP
9 3 (0.46%) Intranet
9 3 (0.46%) MPLS
9 3 (0.46%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.46%) SNMP
10 2 (0.31%) BGP
10 2 (0.31%) EIGRP
10 2 (0.31%) OSPF
10 2 (0.31%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (8.14%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.07%) Oracle Database
3 28 (4.30%) Power BI
4 18 (2.76%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.54%) MySQL
5 10 (1.54%) Tableau
6 9 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.23%) BigQuery
7 8 (1.23%) RDBMS
8 7 (1.08%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.92%) Amazon QuickSight
9 6 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.92%) Looker
10 5 (0.77%) Big Data
10 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.77%) Siebel EIM
11 4 (0.61%) DB2
11 4 (0.61%) GIS
11 4 (0.61%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 88 (13.52%) JIRA
2 42 (6.45%) Cucumber
2 42 (6.45%) Selenium
3 40 (6.14%) Jenkins
4 38 (5.84%) Git
5 29 (4.45%) Postman
6 22 (3.38%) JMeter
7 19 (2.92%) Cypress.io
8 18 (2.76%) JUnit
8 18 (2.76%) SpecFlow
9 15 (2.30%) TeamCity
10 14 (2.15%) Appium
11 13 (2.00%) GitLab
12 9 (1.38%) LoadRunner
13 8 (1.23%) WebDriver
14 7 (1.08%) FitNesse
14 7 (1.08%) Gatling
14 7 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
14 7 (1.08%) TestRail
14 7 (1.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 201 (30.88%) Finance
2 178 (27.34%) Social Skills
3 78 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (9.98%) Banking
5 53 (8.14%) Public Sector
6 45 (6.91%) Front Office
7 28 (4.30%) Investment Banking
8 25 (3.84%) Marketing
9 20 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
10 19 (2.92%) Retail
11 15 (2.30%) Back Office
11 15 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (2.15%) Legal
13 12 (1.84%) Publishing
14 9 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.23%) Manufacturing
16 7 (1.08%) Law
16 7 (1.08%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 97 (14.90%) Developer
2 93 (14.29%) Analyst
3 89 (13.67%) Lead
4 66 (10.14%) Business Analyst
5 55 (8.45%) QA Engineer
6 44 (6.76%) .NET Developer
7 41 (6.30%) Architect
8 40 (6.14%) Tester
9 33 (5.07%) Senior
10 32 (4.92%) Consultant
11 29 (4.45%) Software Engineer
12 27 (4.15%) .NET Software Developer
12 27 (4.15%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 27 (4.15%) Finance Manager
12 27 (4.15%) QA Leader
12 27 (4.15%) Software Manager
12 27 (4.15%) Test Manager
13 26 (3.99%) .NET Software Engineer
13 26 (3.99%) C# Developer
13 26 (3.99%) Software Asset Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (10.91%) .NET
2 51 (7.83%) XML
3 43 (6.61%) React
4 39 (5.99%) REST
5 28 (4.30%) .NET Framework
5 28 (4.30%) JSON
6 27 (4.15%) Redux
7 25 (3.84%) Web Services
8 23 (3.53%) HTML
9 21 (3.23%) AngularJS
9 21 (3.23%) CSS
10 19 (2.92%) .NET Core
10 19 (2.92%) Node.js
11 17 (2.61%) Spring
12 15 (2.30%) FIX Protocol
13 14 (2.15%) Vue
14 13 (2.00%) ASP.NET
15 11 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
15 11 (1.69%) Playwright
16 10 (1.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.37%) Derivative
2 43 (6.61%) Product Ownership
3 42 (6.45%) Fixed Income
4 40 (6.14%) Equities
5 35 (5.38%) Hedge funds
6 34 (5.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 26 (3.99%) Data Protection Act
8 18 (2.76%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.84%) Mobile App
9 12 (1.84%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.38%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
13 5 (0.77%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.77%) Replication
14 4 (0.61%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.61%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.45%) Windows
2 32 (4.92%) Unix
3 28 (4.30%) Linux
4 13 (2.00%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.69%) Android
6 8 (1.23%) VMS
6 8 (1.23%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.61%) OpenVMS
8 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.31%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (29.49%) Agile
2 130 (19.97%) Test Automation
3 107 (16.44%) DevOps
4 94 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (12.44%) Test Strategy
6 78 (11.98%) Migration
7 74 (11.37%) Project Management
8 72 (11.06%) User Acceptance Testing
9 69 (10.60%) CI/CD
10 64 (9.83%) Scrum
11 56 (8.60%) Software Engineering
11 56 (8.60%) TDD
12 52 (7.99%) Data Analysis
13 50 (7.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (7.53%) Analytics
14 49 (7.53%) User Stories
15 48 (7.37%) Stakeholder Management
16 47 (7.22%) Continuous Integration
16 47 (7.22%) Validation
17 46 (7.07%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 131 (20.12%) SQL
2 102 (15.67%) C#
3 85 (13.06%) Python
4 78 (11.98%) JavaScript
5 72 (11.06%) Java
6 48 (7.37%) TypeScript
7 30 (4.61%) T-SQL
8 26 (3.99%) PL/SQL
9 23 (3.53%) VBA
10 21 (3.23%) VB
11 13 (2.00%) Perl
11 13 (2.00%) PowerShell
11 13 (2.00%) VB.NET
12 12 (1.84%) Swift
13 9 (1.38%) Bash
14 7 (1.08%) C++
15 6 (0.92%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.77%) PHP
17 4 (0.61%) C
17 4 (0.61%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 87 (13.36%) Degree
2 62 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 54 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.76%) ISTQB
6 13 (2.00%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.23%) ISEB
8 8 (1.23%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (0.92%) CISSP
11 5 (0.77%) PMP
12 4 (0.61%) CISM
12 4 (0.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.46%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.31%) CCA
14 2 (0.31%) CCIP
14 2 (0.31%) CCNP
14 2 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.07%) Data Quality
2 22 (3.38%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.23%) MiFID
3 8 (1.23%) Software Quality Assurance
4 7 (1.08%) Dodd-Frank
4 7 (1.08%) EMIR
5 6 (0.92%) GDPR
5 6 (0.92%) PMO
5 6 (0.92%) SLA
6 4 (0.61%) WCAG
7 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.31%) HL7
8 2 (0.31%) IFRS
8 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.31%) NIST
8 2 (0.31%) P3O
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 14 (2.15%) Docker
2 11 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.61%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 4 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 15 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.54%) Terraform
3 5 (0.77%) Ansible
4 4 (0.61%) Grafana
5 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.46%) Opsgenie
5 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.31%) Graylog
6 2 (0.31%) Nagios
6 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.31%) Puppet
6 2 (0.31%) SCCM
6 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.31%) TrustSec
7 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) logstash
7 1 (0.15%) Nessus
7 1 (0.15%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 73 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 66 (10.14%) Oracle
3 35 (5.38%) SAP
4 30 (4.61%) Citrix
5 24 (3.69%) Google
6 23 (3.53%) Adobe
7 22 (3.38%) ServiceNow
8 20 (3.07%) Bloomberg
9 14 (2.15%) ION Trading
10 11 (1.69%) CA Agile Central
10 11 (1.69%) MarketAxess
10 11 (1.69%) Optimizely
10 11 (1.69%) Splunk
10 11 (1.69%) Tradeweb
11 7 (1.08%) IBM
11 7 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.08%) Tealium
11 7 (1.08%) Workday
12 6 (0.92%) Omniture
12 6 (0.92%) Red Hat