QA Contracts in the North East

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 30 34 42
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 -10
Contract jobs citing QA 8 24 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 2.37% 5.66% 2.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.67% 42.86% 23.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 11
10th Percentile £346 £404 £475
25th Percentile £388 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £537 £500
Median % change year-on-year -22.65% +7.30% +12.68%
75th Percentile £471 £586 £538
90th Percentile £544 £588 £545
England median daily rate £517 £513 £510
% change year-on-year +0.88% +0.49% +7.37%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North East

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 the North East with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 48 56 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 14.20% 13.21% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 42 44
10th Percentile £379 £232 £204
25th Percentile £425 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £588 £586 £603
90th Percentile £610 £600 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £14.63 - -
25th Percentile £19.44 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 - £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
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 the North East

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in the North East.

Daily rate trend for QA in the North East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

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

Daily rate histogram for QA in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for QA in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North East 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
Tyne and Wear +8 7 £410 -26.46% 20
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
1 1 (12.50%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) GitLab
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) JUnit
1 1 (12.50%) REST Assured
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Automotive
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Test Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Functional Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Functional Test Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Telephony Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Automation Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Governance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Payroll Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) QA Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Gherkin
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) Jest
1 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) BBC
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
1 1 (12.50%) Private Cloud
1 1 (12.50%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (50.00%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Functional Testing
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) API Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
3 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe
1 1 (12.50%) Ariba
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) SAP