Quality Assurance (QA)
Lancashire > Preston
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 23 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 23 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +4 | - |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston | - | 1.28% | 0.98% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 4.00% | 5.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £637 | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £600 | £637 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +34.20% | +5.56% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Preston
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 Preston with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 9 | 25 | 19 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 16.36% | 32.05% | 18.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £552 | £328 | £208 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £350 | £251 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £593 | £433 | £349 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.08% | +23.93% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £988 | £527 | £464 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £593 | £503 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £596 | £490 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.72% | +8.89% | +12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 17 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £29.06 | £16.95 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £29.30 | £19.68 |
| Median hourly rate | £11.77 | £42.50 | £26.71 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -72.31% | +59.15% | +195.90% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £47.00 | £35.86 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £49.52 | £46.13 |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £11.77 | £42.50 | £20.77 |
| % change year-on-year | -72.31% | +104.67% | +48.19% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Preston.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Preston.