QA Contracts in Surrey

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 35 55
Rank change year-on-year -5 +20 +3
Contract jobs citing QA 16 34 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 2.73% 5.01% 3.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.51% 19.54% 16.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 21
10th Percentile £150 - £256
25th Percentile £281 £225 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £275 £575
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -52.17% +58.62%
75th Percentile £623 £419 £613
90th Percentile £703 £523 £638
South East median daily rate £488 £444 £450
% change year-on-year +9.86% -1.39% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 - £47.50
75th Percentile £39.69 - £48.75
90th Percentile £50.38 - -
South East median hourly rate £11.13 £47.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -76.44% -0.53% +143.59%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 78 174 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 13.29% 25.66% 19.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 131 112
10th Percentile £246 £161 £185
25th Percentile £304 £216 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £405 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +1.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £775
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £9.82
25th Percentile £19.25 £29.50 £11.06
Median hourly rate £26.50 £31.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.52% +1.64% +38.64%
75th Percentile £39.69 £32.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £50.38 - -
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £21.03
% change year-on-year -11.29% +47.44% -17.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Surrey

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for QA in Surrey

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Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Surrey over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Surrey

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Surrey

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in Surrey over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for QA in Surrey

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Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Sunbury-on-Thames +17 3 £705 +76.25%
Staines -2 2 - -
Redhill -7 2 £325 -60.61% 2
Camberley - 2 £150 - 1
Chertsey - 2 £375 - 1
Guildford -7 1 £700 +69.70% 3
Leatherhead - 1 - - 2
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 4 (25.00%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) IDMS
1 1 (6.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
2 2 (12.50%) TestRail
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Automotive
2 2 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (12.50%) German Language
2 2 (12.50%) Spanish Language
3 1 (6.25%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing
3 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
1 3 (18.75%) Test Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Digital Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Digital Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Systems Test Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Data Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) JIRA Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Product Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Software Tester
3 1 (6.25%) Tester
3 1 (6.25%) Unix Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Unix Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
1 2 (12.50%) HTML5
2 1 (6.25%) .NET
2 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
2 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET
2 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (6.25%) CSS
2 1 (6.25%) Entity Framework
2 1 (6.25%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Media
3 1 (6.25%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
2 3 (18.75%) Unix
3 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Functional Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Project Planning
2 5 (31.25%) SDLC
3 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (18.75%) Change Control
4 3 (18.75%) Data Security
4 3 (18.75%) Defect Management
4 3 (18.75%) ERP
4 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Project Governance
4 3 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (18.75%) Scrum
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Identification
4 3 (18.75%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (18.75%) User Experience
5 2 (12.50%) Exploratory Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Swim Lanes
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
2 2 (12.50%) Shell Script
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) ISTQB
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (18.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (12.50%) HNC
4 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (6.25%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe