Software Quality Assurance Contracts in the North West

Software Quality Assurance
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Software Quality Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Quality Assurance 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 - 152 178
Rank change year-on-year - +26 -39
Contract jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 0 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West - 0.065% 0.025%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.45% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £200 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -57.89% -
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £408 £413 £475
% change year-on-year -1.21% -13.16% -5.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

Software Quality Assurance 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 West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 459 446 561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 17.28% 14.52% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 285 403
10th Percentile £325 £300 £213
25th Percentile £425 £391 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.15% +3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £694 £650 £669
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 32 45
10th Percentile - £28.76 £11.36
25th Percentile £10.95 £30.54 £12.02
Median hourly rate £12.84 £41.05 £32.37
Median % change year-on-year -68.72% +26.81% +115.80%
75th Percentile £26.66 £48.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £43.75 £78.70 £77.50
England median hourly rate £22.42 £40.00 £29.12
% change year-on-year -43.95% +37.36% +38.67%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Quality Assurance in the North West

Software Quality Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Software Quality Assurance in the North West

Software Quality Assurance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Software Quality Assurance in the North West