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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 68 86
Rank change year-on-year +19 +18 -19
Contract jobs citing QA 157 173 194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.39% 3.09% 2.72%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.14% 22.79% 20.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 117 150
10th Percentile £323 £350 £263
25th Percentile £425 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £521
90th Percentile £694 £588 £589
England median daily rate £525 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +3.96% +1.00% +5.26%
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 £15.38 £22.49 £48.00
% change year-on-year -31.60% -53.16% +152.63%

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 709 759 957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.32% 13.54% 13.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 471 676
10th Percentile £320 £288 £200
25th Percentile £413 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% +2.27%
75th Percentile £596 £575 £569
90th Percentile £676 £640 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 40 66
10th Percentile - £18.20 £11.36
25th Percentile £10.95 £29.30 £16.01
Median hourly rate £12.84 £39.80 £22.77
Median % change year-on-year -67.74% +74.77% +31.25%
75th Percentile £26.66 £49.08 £52.75
90th Percentile £48.75 £68.30 £75.00
England median hourly rate £22.42 £40.00 £29.12
% change year-on-year -43.95% +37.36% +38.67%

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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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +10 80 £500 +11.11% 133
Yorkshire +25 70 £550 +4.76% 82
North East -2 7 £410 -18.00% 34
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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 13 (8.28%) 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
Cloud Services
1 34 (21.66%) AWS
2 32 (20.38%) Azure
3 18 (11.46%) GitHub
4 17 (10.83%) Power Platform
5 11 (7.01%) Snowflake
6 10 (6.37%) Amazon EC2
6 10 (6.37%) Amazon S3
7 9 (5.73%) Apigee
7 9 (5.73%) GCP
7 9 (5.73%) Kong
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%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.64%) DNS
2 9 (5.73%) Firewall
2 9 (5.73%) HTTP
2 9 (5.73%) TCP/IP
2 9 (5.73%) VPN
3 6 (3.82%) SSL
4 3 (1.91%) BIG-IP
4 3 (1.91%) DHCP
4 3 (1.91%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (1.91%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.83%) Elasticsearch
2 14 (8.92%) SQL Server
3 12 (7.64%) Power BI
4 10 (6.37%) Data Lake
5 8 (5.10%) MySQL
6 6 (3.82%) Ataccama
6 6 (3.82%) Qlik Sense
7 5 (3.18%) Data Mining
7 5 (3.18%) NoSQL
7 5 (3.18%) Relational Database
8 4 (2.55%) EDMS
8 4 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.91%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.27%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.64%) Azkaban
11 1 (0.64%) DB2
11 1 (0.64%) QGIS
11 1 (0.64%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.64%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 24 (15.29%) GitLab
2 20 (12.74%) Jenkins
3 18 (11.46%) Git
3 18 (11.46%) JIRA
4 11 (7.01%) Selenium
5 9 (5.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (5.73%) CircleCI
5 9 (5.73%) Travis CI
6 8 (5.10%) webpack
7 7 (4.46%) Cucumber
7 7 (4.46%) JUnit
8 6 (3.82%) SonarQube
8 6 (3.82%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (3.18%) Postman
10 4 (2.55%) AppScan
10 4 (2.55%) Burp Suite
10 4 (2.55%) Cypress.io
10 4 (2.55%) JMeter
10 4 (2.55%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.91%) Maven
General
1 63 (40.13%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.01%) Finance
3 17 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.19%) Pharmaceutical
5 13 (8.28%) Banking
6 5 (3.18%) 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%) Automotive
10 1 (0.64%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 31 (19.75%) Analyst
2 20 (12.74%) Developer
3 12 (7.64%) Lead
3 12 (7.64%) QA Analyst
4 11 (7.01%) Automation Engineer
4 11 (7.01%) Senior
5 10 (6.37%) Data Analyst
5 10 (6.37%) QA Engineer
6 9 (5.73%) Architect
6 9 (5.73%) Data Quality Analyst
6 9 (5.73%) Quality Analyst
6 9 (5.73%) Test Engineer
7 8 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 8 (5.10%) Security Analyst
7 8 (5.10%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (5.10%) Senior Data Quality Analyst
7 8 (5.10%) Senior QA Analyst
7 8 (5.10%) Senior Quality Analyst
8 6 (3.82%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (3.82%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.55%) React
2 14 (8.92%) Node.js
3 13 (8.28%) Elastic Stack
4 11 (7.01%) Redux
5 10 (6.37%) Gherkin
5 10 (6.37%) XML
6 9 (5.73%) JSON
6 9 (5.73%) YAML
7 8 (5.10%) .NET
7 8 (5.10%) Express.js
7 8 (5.10%) SailPoint
8 5 (3.18%) CSS
8 5 (3.18%) HTML
8 5 (3.18%) REST
8 5 (3.18%) SOAP
9 4 (2.55%) AngularJS
9 4 (2.55%) Jest
9 4 (2.55%) OAuth
9 4 (2.55%) OpenID
9 4 (2.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.37%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.73%) Data Structures
3 6 (3.82%) Life Science
3 6 (3.82%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.82%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.18%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (2.55%) CMDB
5 4 (2.55%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.91%) Data Centre
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%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.64%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.18%) Android
1 5 (3.18%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.55%) Linux
3 3 (1.91%) Windows
3 3 (1.91%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.91%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (35.67%) Agile
2 50 (31.85%) Test Automation
3 39 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (24.20%) CI/CD
5 30 (19.11%) DevOps
6 27 (17.20%) Project Management
6 27 (17.20%) Scrum
7 24 (15.29%) Containerisation
8 21 (13.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (10.83%) API Development
9 17 (10.83%) Test Strategy
10 16 (10.19%) Continuous Integration
11 15 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (9.55%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (8.28%) Collaborative Working
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%) Unit Testing
12 13 (8.28%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.66%) Python
2 23 (14.65%) Java
3 20 (12.74%) PowerShell
4 19 (12.10%) SQL
5 16 (10.19%) Bash
6 15 (9.55%) C#
7 12 (7.64%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.55%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.91%) ActionScript
10 2 (1.27%) Go
10 2 (1.27%) PHP
11 1 (0.64%) ABAP
11 1 (0.64%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.64%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (11.46%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.83%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.28%) Degree
4 5 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.55%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.55%) CCNA
5 4 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (1.91%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.91%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.91%) PMP
6 3 (1.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.64%) CCNP
7 1 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.55%) 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
5 1 (0.64%) HL7
System Software
1 19 (12.10%) Docker
2 11 (7.01%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.55%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.91%) KVM
4 3 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.91%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 26 (16.56%) Kubernetes
2 18 (11.46%) Ansible
3 15 (9.55%) Terraform
4 13 (8.28%) Grafana
4 13 (8.28%) Progress Chef
4 13 (8.28%) Prometheus
4 13 (8.28%) Puppet
5 10 (6.37%) Kibana
6 9 (5.73%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (5.73%) logstash
7 6 (3.82%) HP Fortify
8 4 (2.55%) Graylog
8 4 (2.55%) Nessus
8 4 (2.55%) WebInspect
9 3 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.91%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.55%) Splunk
3 14 (8.92%) SAP
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
7 4 (2.55%) Checkmarx
7 4 (2.55%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.55%) Veracode
7 4 (2.55%) VMware
8 3 (1.91%) F5
8 3 (1.91%) Google
9 2 (1.27%) Ariba
9 2 (1.27%) NEC
9 2 (1.27%) Perfecto Mobile
10 1 (0.64%) Databricks