Quality Assurance Specialist
UK
The median Quality Assurance Specialist daily rate in the UK is £195 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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 28 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 578 | 709 | 851 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +131 | +142 | -172 |
| Contract jobs requiring a QA Specialist | 16 | 7 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.037% | 0.012% | 0.005% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.040% | 0.012% | 0.005% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £367 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £115 | £385 | £423 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £195 | £550 | £445 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -64.55% | +23.60% | -15.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £338 | - | £468 |
| 90th Percentile | £544 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £115 | £550 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -79.09% | - | - |
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 | 40,181 | 56,479 | 84,762 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.61% | 95.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,164 | 39,476 | 59,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £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 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £491 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.87% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,646 | 1,570 | 2,098 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.29 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.49 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.96 | £45.00 | £23.03 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.10% | +95.42% | +0.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.75 | £63.16 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.75 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.18% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Specialist 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 Specialist.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Specialist over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Specialist.
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Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 |
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| England | +126 | 15 | £195 | -64.55% | 12 |
| UK excluding London | +69 | 9 | £115 | -79.09% | 10 |
| London | +111 | 6 | £375 | +5.63% | 1 |
| North of England | +33 | 5 | £115 | -79.09% | 1 |
| North West | - | 5 | £115 | - | |
| South West | - | 4 | - | - | 2 |
| Work from Home | - | 2 | - | - | 4 |
QA Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, QA Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.
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QA Specialist 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: