QA Contracts in Milton Keynes

Quality Assurance (QA)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 55 35
Rank change year-on-year +17 -20 +4
Contract jobs citing QA 13 21 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 3.19% 2.79% 4.88%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.57% 16.03% 37.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 25
10th Percentile £350 £310 £343
25th Percentile £408 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -4.41% +34.21%
75th Percentile £481 £502 £585
90th Percentile £575 £576 £595
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -4.04% +10.00% +18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.51
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - - £14.51

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 74 131 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.18% 17.40% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 95 66
10th Percentile £175 £230 £143
25th Percentile £351 £361 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £478
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -3.66% +15.76%
75th Percentile £593 £507 £575
90th Percentile £600 £607 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £460 £450
% change year-on-year +3.26% +2.22% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £15.93 - £11.39
25th Percentile £18.00 - -
Median hourly rate £24.43 - £12.31
Median % change year-on-year - - -48.71%
75th Percentile £30.00 - £14.51
90th Percentile - - £18.70
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £27.50 - £12.31
% change year-on-year - - -48.71%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Milton Keynes

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) GitHub
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) REST Assured
1 2 (15.38%) WebDriver
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Serenity BDD
2 1 (7.69%) SpecFlow
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Automotive
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) QA Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Business Change Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Business Change Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Change Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Service Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Software Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Software Test Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Test Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
2 2 (15.38%) Business Case
2 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
2 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (7.69%) BDD
3 1 (7.69%) Change Management
3 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
3 1 (7.69%) Data Modelling
3 1 (7.69%) Data Science
3 1 (7.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
3 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
3 1 (7.69%) Project Management
3 1 (7.69%) QA Automation
3 1 (7.69%) SDET
3 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C#
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) NEC