Quality Assurance (QA)
West Midlands > Shropshire
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 28 | 25 | 43 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | +18 | -8 |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 1 | 40 | 58 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire | 0.75% | 23.39% | 9.08% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 16.67% | 83.33% | 54.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 27 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £334 | £270 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £416 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £525 | £405 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +29.63% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £546 | £433 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £595 | £494 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £525 | £422 | £430 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.41% | -1.86% | +7.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £14.59 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £16.36 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £18.12 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £15.90 | £13.00 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +22.31% | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Shropshire
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 Shropshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 6 | 48 | 106 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire | 4.48% | 28.07% | 16.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 33 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £279 | £249 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £410 | £385 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £117 | £428 | £433 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -72.66% | -1.15% | +17.82% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £540 | £561 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £595 | £664 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £459 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.93% | +8.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £14.59 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £16.36 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £18.12 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £14.00 | £16.10 | £17.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.04% | -5.29% | -5.56% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Shropshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Shropshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrewsbury | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| QA West Midlands |
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