QA Contracts in the Thames Valley

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 89 47
Rank change year-on-year +40 -42 +30
Contract jobs citing QA 105 58 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.97% 2.04% 4.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.92% 13.88% 27.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 40 110
10th Percentile £325 £358 £349
25th Percentile £456 £405 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +14.71% +4.29%
75th Percentile £575 £539 £500
90th Percentile - £595 £585
South East median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +6.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £19.08 £24.18 £16.71
25th Percentile £19.94 £32.69 £20.01
Median hourly rate £21.75 £47.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.97% +81.73% +22.35%
75th Percentile £23.44 £61.69 £47.37
90th Percentile £24.23 £70.13 £59.90
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
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 439 418 525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.60% 14.72% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 250 333
10th Percentile £185 £252 £220
25th Percentile £318 £401 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +8.06% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £485 £475
% change year-on-year -2.06% +2.11% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 14
10th Percentile £18.20 £17.88 £11.23
25th Percentile £22.50 £19.25 £12.73
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.76% -0.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £34.50 £21.39
90th Percentile £69.11 £63.67 £25.60
South East median hourly rate £27.09 £24.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +12.88% +14.29% -23.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for QA in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for QA in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire +33 87 £513 +12.33% 31
Buckinghamshire +15 12 £475 -4.04% 23
Oxfordshire +10 6 £488 +8.33% 27
QA
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (1.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.95%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (7.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (5.71%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.95%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.95%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (0.95%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.29%) Azure
2 11 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (4.76%) GitHub
4 3 (2.86%) AWS
4 3 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.90%) Amazon S3
5 2 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.90%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.95%) GCP
6 1 (0.95%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.81%) Radio Access Network
1 4 (3.81%) VPN
2 3 (2.86%) Firewall
2 3 (2.86%) MPLS
2 3 (2.86%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.90%) 2G
3 2 (1.90%) 3G
3 2 (1.90%) 4G
3 2 (1.90%) BGP
3 2 (1.90%) DSL
3 2 (1.90%) EIGRP
3 2 (1.90%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.90%) Internet
3 2 (1.90%) OSPF
3 2 (1.90%) PPP
3 2 (1.90%) RIP
3 2 (1.90%) WAN
4 1 (0.95%) Network Security
4 1 (0.95%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.95%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.81%) MySQL
2 4 (3.81%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.86%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.90%) Metadata
5 1 (0.95%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.95%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.95%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (10.48%) JIRA
2 3 (2.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.90%) Selenium
3 2 (1.90%) SpecFlow
3 2 (1.90%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.95%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.95%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.95%) Git
4 1 (0.95%) Postman
4 1 (0.95%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.95%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (0.95%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.95%) TestRail
4 1 (0.95%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.95%) Xcode
General
1 54 (51.43%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.71%) Telecoms
3 17 (16.19%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (11.43%) Finance
5 7 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.86%) Automotive
6 3 (2.86%) Billing
6 3 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.90%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.90%) Legal
7 2 (1.90%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.90%) Publishing
8 1 (0.95%) Aviation
8 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Local Government
8 1 (0.95%) Marketing
8 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (20.00%) Build Engineer
2 20 (19.05%) Windows Build Engineer
2 20 (19.05%) Windows Engineer
3 13 (12.38%) Analyst
4 11 (10.48%) Project Manager
5 10 (9.52%) Developer
5 10 (9.52%) QA Analyst
5 10 (9.52%) Test Analyst
6 8 (7.62%) QA Test Analyst
7 7 (6.67%) Architect
7 7 (6.67%) Lead
7 7 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.76%) Telecoms Manager
8 5 (4.76%) Tester
9 4 (3.81%) Quality Engineer
9 4 (3.81%) Site Engineer
10 3 (2.86%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (2.86%) Senior Manager
10 3 (2.86%) Senior Project Manager
10 3 (2.86%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.67%) HTML
2 4 (3.81%) .NET
2 4 (3.81%) CSS
2 4 (3.81%) Node.js
2 4 (3.81%) React
3 3 (2.86%) React Native
4 2 (1.90%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.90%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.90%) jQuery
4 2 (1.90%) Playwright
4 2 (1.90%) XML
5 1 (0.95%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.95%) ADO
5 1 (0.95%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.95%) Django
5 1 (0.95%) JSON
5 1 (0.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (3.81%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.86%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.90%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.90%) SCADA
5 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.95%) CCTV
5 1 (0.95%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.95%) IoT
5 1 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.95%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 26 (24.76%) Windows
2 24 (22.86%) Windows Server
3 21 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 20 (19.05%) Windows 10
4 20 (19.05%) Windows NT
4 20 (19.05%) Windows Server 2012
4 20 (19.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (2.86%) Linux
6 2 (1.90%) Android
7 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.95%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 25 (23.81%) ITIL
3 22 (20.95%) Agile
4 21 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 21 (20.00%) Release Management
4 21 (20.00%) Service Management
5 20 (19.05%) Deployment Automation
6 18 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (14.29%) DevOps
7 15 (14.29%) Project Management
8 14 (13.33%) Project Delivery
9 13 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (12.38%) Test Automation
10 10 (9.52%) Change Management
10 10 (9.52%) Mentoring
10 10 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (8.57%) Scrum
12 8 (7.62%) Coaching
12 8 (7.62%) Procure-to-Pay
12 8 (7.62%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.62%) SQL
2 7 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 6 (5.71%) C#
4 4 (3.81%) Java
4 4 (3.81%) Python
5 3 (2.86%) F#
6 2 (1.90%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.95%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 21 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 12 (11.43%) Degree
4 5 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.90%) BC Cleared
6 2 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.95%) CCDP
7 1 (0.95%) CCIP
7 1 (0.95%) CCNA
7 1 (0.95%) CCNP
7 1 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.95%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.95%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.95%) MBCS
7 1 (0.95%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.95%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.90%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.90%) ISO 14001
1 2 (1.90%) ISO 9001
1 2 (1.90%) PMO
1 2 (1.90%) SLA
2 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 20 (19.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (19.05%) SCCM
1 20 (19.05%) Sysprep
1 20 (19.05%) WSUS
2 2 (1.90%) Ansible
2 2 (1.90%) Grafana
2 2 (1.90%) Graylog
2 2 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.90%) Nagios
2 2 (1.90%) Prometheus
2 2 (1.90%) Terraform
3 1 (0.95%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (24.76%) Microsoft
2 17 (16.19%) Oracle
3 3 (2.86%) BT
3 3 (2.86%) Splunk
4 2 (1.90%) Adobe
4 2 (1.90%) ADVA
4 2 (1.90%) Cisco
4 2 (1.90%) Juniper
4 2 (1.90%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.95%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (0.95%) Citrix
5 1 (0.95%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.95%) Ericsson
5 1 (0.95%) Mavenir
5 1 (0.95%) NEC
5 1 (0.95%) Nokia
5 1 (0.95%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (0.95%) Remedy
5 1 (0.95%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.95%) Tellabs