QA Contracts in Worcestershire

Quality Assurance (QA)
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QA 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 5.26% - 1.83%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.53% - 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - £334
25th Percentile £513 - £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £391
75th Percentile £547 - £430
90th Percentile £564 - £441
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £425 £430
% change year-on-year +23.53% -1.16% +7.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 17 20 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 22.37% 16.95% 15.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 16
10th Percentile £230 - £316
25th Percentile £406 £450 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £454
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +10.19% -13.57%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £650
90th Percentile - - £756
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £459
% change year-on-year - +8.93% +8.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Worcestershire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Worcestershire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Worcestershire

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Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Malvern - 3 £525 - 1
Worcester - 1 £550 - 3
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West Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Workflow
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared