QA Contracts in the North of England

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 70 83
Rank change year-on-year +20 +13 -18
Contract jobs citing QA 157 179 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.35% 3.14% 2.69%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.63% 22.92% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 123 151
10th Percentile £320 £340 £275
25th Percentile £423 £401 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +8.89% +4.53%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £523
90th Percentile £694 £588 £606
England median daily rate £520 £505 £508
% change year-on-year +2.97% -0.49% +6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile - - £32.21
25th Percentile £10.86 £21.25 £48.28
Median hourly rate £12.75 £22.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.33% -62.50% +140.00%
75th Percentile £18.11 £23.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £30.87 - -
England median hourly rate £15.57 £22.49 £46.00
% change year-on-year -30.78% -51.12% +142.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 of England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 726 781 939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.47% 13.68% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 485 671
10th Percentile £319 £288 £200
25th Percentile £413 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £592 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 39 54
10th Percentile - £17.50 £11.36
25th Percentile £10.95 £29.30 £12.02
Median hourly rate £12.84 £39.60 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -67.58% +111.76% +8.88%
75th Percentile £26.66 £49.19 £28.31
90th Percentile £48.75 £69.60 £51.46
England median hourly rate £22.04 £37.50 £27.25
% change year-on-year -41.24% +37.61% +29.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for QA in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for QA in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West +11 83 £500 +15.94% 127
Yorkshire +33 66 £550 +4.76% 99
North East +1 8 £415 -18.87% 32
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 10 (6.37%) Confluence
2 9 (5.73%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.82%) SAS
4 2 (1.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.64%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.64%) GeoServer
Applications
1 14 (8.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.55%) TrackWise
2 2 (1.27%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.64%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.64%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 31 (19.75%) AWS
2 29 (18.47%) Azure
3 18 (11.46%) Power Platform
4 15 (9.55%) GitHub
5 11 (7.01%) Snowflake
6 10 (6.37%) Amazon EC2
6 10 (6.37%) Amazon S3
7 9 (5.73%) Apigee
8 8 (5.10%) Amazon ECR
8 8 (5.10%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (5.10%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (5.10%) Entra ID
8 8 (5.10%) Route 53
8 8 (5.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 7 (4.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (3.82%) Collibra
10 6 (3.82%) GCP
10 6 (3.82%) Kong
10 6 (3.82%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.37%) DNS
2 6 (3.82%) Firewall
2 6 (3.82%) HTTP
2 6 (3.82%) TCP/IP
2 6 (3.82%) VPN
3 4 (2.55%) DHCP
3 4 (2.55%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (2.55%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.91%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.92%) Elasticsearch
2 13 (8.28%) Power BI
2 13 (8.28%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.37%) Data Lake
4 8 (5.10%) MySQL
5 6 (3.82%) Ataccama
5 6 (3.82%) Qlik Sense
6 5 (3.18%) Data Mining
6 5 (3.18%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.55%) EDMS
7 4 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.55%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.91%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.27%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.64%) Azkaban
10 1 (0.64%) GIS
10 1 (0.64%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.64%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (13.38%) GitLab
2 17 (10.83%) Jenkins
3 15 (9.55%) Git
3 15 (9.55%) JIRA
4 11 (7.01%) Selenium
5 8 (5.10%) webpack
6 7 (4.46%) Cucumber
7 6 (3.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (3.82%) CircleCI
7 6 (3.82%) JUnit
7 6 (3.82%) SonarQube
7 6 (3.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (3.82%) Travis CI
8 5 (3.18%) Postman
9 4 (2.55%) AppScan
9 4 (2.55%) Burp Suite
9 4 (2.55%) Cypress.io
9 4 (2.55%) JMeter
9 4 (2.55%) TeamCity
10 3 (1.91%) gulp
General
1 60 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.01%) Finance
3 16 (10.19%) Pharmaceutical
4 15 (9.55%) Banking
5 14 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.82%) Retail
7 4 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.91%) Law
8 3 (1.91%) Legal
8 3 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.91%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.27%) Marketing
9 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.64%) Aviation
10 1 (0.64%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.64%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (21.02%) Analyst
2 20 (12.74%) Developer
3 13 (8.28%) Lead
4 12 (7.64%) QA Analyst
4 12 (7.64%) Senior
5 11 (7.01%) Data Analyst
6 10 (6.37%) Architect
6 10 (6.37%) QA Engineer
7 9 (5.73%) Automation Engineer
7 9 (5.73%) Data Quality Analyst
7 9 (5.73%) Quality Analyst
8 8 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 8 (5.10%) Security Analyst
8 8 (5.10%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (5.10%) Senior Data Quality Analyst
8 8 (5.10%) Senior QA Analyst
8 8 (5.10%) Senior Quality Analyst
8 8 (5.10%) Test Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) Business Analyst
10 6 (3.82%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.55%) React
2 14 (8.92%) Node.js
3 11 (7.01%) Redux
4 10 (6.37%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (5.73%) Gherkin
6 8 (5.10%) Express.js
6 8 (5.10%) SailPoint
7 7 (4.46%) .NET
7 7 (4.46%) XML
8 6 (3.82%) HTML
8 6 (3.82%) JSON
8 6 (3.82%) YAML
9 5 (3.18%) CSS
9 5 (3.18%) REST
9 5 (3.18%) SOAP
10 4 (2.55%) AngularJS
10 4 (2.55%) Jest
10 4 (2.55%) OAuth
10 4 (2.55%) OpenID
10 4 (2.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.73%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.46%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.82%) Data Structures
3 6 (3.82%) Life Science
3 6 (3.82%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (3.18%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.55%) CMDB
5 4 (2.55%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.55%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.91%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.27%) IoT
7 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.64%) BBC
8 1 (0.64%) CCTV
8 1 (0.64%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.64%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.18%) Android
1 5 (3.18%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.55%) Linux
2 4 (2.55%) Windows
2 4 (2.55%) Windows 10
2 4 (2.55%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (33.12%) Agile
2 49 (31.21%) Test Automation
3 36 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (22.29%) CI/CD
5 27 (17.20%) DevOps
6 24 (15.29%) Project Management
7 23 (14.65%) Scrum
8 21 (13.38%) Containerisation
9 18 (11.46%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (10.83%) API Development
11 16 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (10.19%) Test Strategy
12 13 (8.28%) Analytics
12 13 (8.28%) Computer Science
12 13 (8.28%) Continuous Integration
12 13 (8.28%) End-to-End Testing
12 13 (8.28%) Full Stack Development
12 13 (8.28%) QA Automation
12 13 (8.28%) User Stories
13 12 (7.64%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (20.38%) Python
2 22 (14.01%) Java
3 20 (12.74%) SQL
4 17 (10.83%) PowerShell
5 14 (8.92%) C#
6 13 (8.28%) Bash
6 13 (8.28%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.55%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.27%) Go
8 2 (1.27%) PHP
8 2 (1.27%) R
9 1 (0.64%) ABAP
9 1 (0.64%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.64%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 18 (11.46%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.83%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.55%) Degree
4 6 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.18%) A+ Certification
5 5 (3.18%) CCNA
5 5 (3.18%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (2.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.91%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.91%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.91%) PMP
8 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.64%) CCNP
8 1 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.19%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.55%) GDPR
3 3 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 3 (1.91%) ISO17020
3 3 (1.91%) SLA
4 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.27%) ISO 22301
4 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.64%) COREP
5 1 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.64%) FINREP
5 1 (0.64%) GAMP
5 1 (0.64%) GMP
5 1 (0.64%) GRC
System Software
1 16 (10.19%) Docker
2 12 (7.64%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.18%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.55%) KVM
4 4 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.55%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 23 (14.65%) Kubernetes
2 15 (9.55%) Ansible
3 12 (7.64%) Terraform
4 10 (6.37%) Grafana
4 10 (6.37%) Progress Chef
4 10 (6.37%) Prometheus
4 10 (6.37%) Puppet
5 7 (4.46%) Kibana
6 6 (3.82%) Docker Swarm
6 6 (3.82%) HP Fortify
6 6 (3.82%) logstash
7 4 (2.55%) Graylog
7 4 (2.55%) Nessus
7 4 (2.55%) vCenter Server
7 4 (2.55%) WebInspect
8 3 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (15.92%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.92%) SAP
3 12 (7.64%) Splunk
4 8 (5.10%) CyberArk
5 6 (3.82%) Alteryx
5 6 (3.82%) Dataiku
5 6 (3.82%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.82%) Trillium
6 5 (3.18%) Oracle
6 5 (3.18%) Pega
6 5 (3.18%) VMware
7 4 (2.55%) Checkmarx
7 4 (2.55%) Google
7 4 (2.55%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.55%) Veracode
8 2 (1.27%) Adobe
8 2 (1.27%) Ariba
8 2 (1.27%) NEC
8 2 (1.27%) Perfecto Mobile
9 1 (0.64%) Sparx