Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Oxfordshire
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | 30 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | -2 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire | 2.64% | 0.84% | 3.66% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 20.69% | 10.53% | 37.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £459 | £410 | £301 |
| 25th Percentile | £469 | £425 | £310 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £450 | £405 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +11.11% | -7.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £520 | £475 | £460 |
| 90th Percentile | £531 | £490 | £498 |
| South East median daily rate | £488 | £450 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | - | +6.89% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Oxfordshire
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 Oxfordshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 29 | 19 | 27 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire | 12.78% | 8.02% | 9.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 11 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £150 | £360 | £178 |
| 25th Percentile | £294 | £413 | £310 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £450 | £403 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +11.80% | -8.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £503 | £513 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £521 | £525 | £800 |
| South East median daily rate | £475 | £478 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.52% | +0.53% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £22.10 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £22.25 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £25.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +160.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £40.63 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £82.25 | £48.50 | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £27.09 | £24.00 | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.88% | +14.29% | -23.11% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Oxfordshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Oxfordshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | +17 | 6 | £488 | -2.50% | 5 |
| QA South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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: