Quality Assurance Tester
UK
The median Quality Assurance Tester daily rate in the UK is £465 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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 21 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 534 | 574 | 758 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +40 | +184 | -112 |
| Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester | 37 | 122 | 105 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.087% | 0.22% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.094% | 0.23% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30 | 105 | 79 |
| 10th Percentile | £311 | £340 | £285 |
| 25th Percentile | £357 | £413 | £329 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £575 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.13% | +43.75% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £537 | £666 | £476 |
| 90th Percentile | £576 | £810 | £555 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £380 | £425 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.59% | +21.43% | -8.14% |
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 | 39,413 | 53,669 | 84,232 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.81% | 94.62% | 95.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,677 | 37,466 | 59,216 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.31% | +3.43% | +8.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,675 | 1,499 | 2,051 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.82 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +87.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.74 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
QA Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Tester.
QA Tester
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Tester over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.
QA Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Tester.
QA Tester
Top 12 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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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| England | +23 | 35 | £465 | -19.13% | 11 |
| London | +46 | 25 | £468 | -25.50% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +89 | 13 | £438 | +2.22% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | +16 | 9 | £380 | -10.59% | 8 |
| South West | +10 | 3 | £533 | +42.00% | |
| Midlands | +21 | 2 | £285 | -32.94% | 4 |
| North of England | +10 | 2 | £363 | -5.23% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +3 | 2 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | +20 | 1 | £325 | -35.00% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +18 | 1 | £380 | +16.92% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 1 | £190 | -58.92% | 3 |
| North West | +11 | 1 | £400 | +17.65% | 1 |
QA Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, QA Tester 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 Tester in the job title.
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QA Tester 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:
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