Quality Assurance Manager
UK
The median Quality Assurance Manager daily rate in the UK is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 577 | 681 | 828 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +104 | +147 | -143 |
| Contract jobs requiring a QA Manager | 13 | 22 | 32 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.030% | 0.037% | 0.036% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.032% | 0.039% | 0.038% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 17 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £298 | £458 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £508 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | £533 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.02% | +6.60% | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £438 | £588 | £647 |
| 90th Percentile | £468 | £612 | £714 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £325 | £604 | £456 |
| % change year-on-year | -46.15% | +32.28% | +10.61% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 40,241 | 56,070 | 84,738 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.64% | 95.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,194 | 39,189 | 59,507 |
| 10th Percentile | £277 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,676 | 1,567 | 2,091 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.28 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.16 | £15.52 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +91.49% | +4.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.26 | £65.75 | £48.76 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £39.55 | £42.37 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.64% | +117.03% | +2.74% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Manager.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Manager over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Manager.
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Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +60 | 11 | £325 | -46.15% | 42 |
| England | +112 | 8 | £425 | -19.66% | 49 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | £325 | - | 1 |
| North of England | +30 | 3 | £425 | - | 9 |
| South East | +18 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| North West | - | 2 | £425 | - | 6 |
| London | +82 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +20 | 1 | £275 | - | 2 |
| South West | +18 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, QA Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring QA Manager in the job title.
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QA Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: