QA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 80 72
Rank change year-on-year +22 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing QA 513 691 1,524
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.40% 2.75% 3.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.62% 22.53% 25.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 521 1,062
10th Percentile £315 £305 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £588
90th Percentile £713 £696 £672
UK median daily rate £509 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +1.70% -1.96% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 13
10th Percentile £13.48 - £25.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £19.75 £16.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.44% -67.35% +145.00%
75th Percentile £28.99 £20.23 £68.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £21.54 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £15.38 £22.49 £46.00
% change year-on-year -31.60% -51.12% +132.91%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,172 3,067 5,880
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.39% 12.21% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,495 2,245 4,192
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £419 £420 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% +4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 64 118
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.56 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.02 £18.50
Median hourly rate £22.25 £39.80 £42.73
Median % change year-on-year -44.10% -6.85% +112.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.94 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.28 £66.45
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -41.13% +27.27% +30.95%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

QA trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA.

QA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

QA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA.

QA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

QA hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 29 (5.65%) Confluence
2 14 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.34%) CMS
4 5 (0.97%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.78%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.78%) nginx
6 3 (0.58%) WordPress
7 2 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.39%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.19%) Appian
8 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) SAS
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 32 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.73%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Sketch
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.58%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.39%) Primavera
4 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.39%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.39%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.39%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.19%) Magento
5 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.19%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 78 (15.20%) Azure
2 61 (11.89%) AWS
3 39 (7.60%) Dynamics 365
4 34 (6.63%) Power Platform
5 28 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (4.68%) GitHub
7 23 (4.48%) GCP
8 18 (3.51%) SaaS
9 17 (3.31%) Azure Logic Apps
10 16 (3.12%) Azure API Management
11 9 (1.75%) WhatsApp
12 8 (1.56%) Adobe Analytics
12 8 (1.56%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 7 (1.36%) Google Analytics
13 7 (1.36%) OCI
14 6 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (1.17%) Apigee
14 6 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.17%) PaaS
15 5 (0.97%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.73%) WAN
2 13 (2.53%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.34%) VPN
4 10 (1.95%) DNS
5 9 (1.75%) Firewall
5 9 (1.75%) Internet
5 9 (1.75%) LAN
6 7 (1.36%) Ethernet
6 7 (1.36%) IPsec
6 7 (1.36%) MPLS
7 4 (0.78%) ADSL
7 4 (0.78%) BGP
7 4 (0.78%) EIGRP
7 4 (0.78%) FIX Connectivity
7 4 (0.78%) HTTPS
7 4 (0.78%) OSPF
7 4 (0.78%) PPP
7 4 (0.78%) Radio Access Network
7 4 (0.78%) VoIP
8 3 (0.58%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.99%) SQL Server
2 30 (5.85%) Power BI
3 23 (4.48%) MySQL
4 18 (3.51%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.73%) Tableau
6 10 (1.95%) Oracle Database
7 7 (1.36%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.17%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (0.97%) Looker
9 5 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.97%) Siebel EIM
10 4 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.78%) Couchbase
10 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.58%) Oracle Database 10g
11 3 (0.58%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 61 (11.89%) JIRA
2 25 (4.87%) Postman
3 23 (4.48%) Git
4 22 (4.29%) Jenkins
5 18 (3.51%) Selenium
6 17 (3.31%) Cypress.io
6 17 (3.31%) JMeter
7 16 (3.12%) GitLab
8 15 (2.92%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.75%) Appium
9 9 (1.75%) SpecFlow
10 8 (1.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 7 (1.36%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.36%) Maven
11 7 (1.36%) TestRail
11 7 (1.36%) Visual Studio
11 7 (1.36%) webpack
12 6 (1.17%) TeamCity
13 5 (0.97%) TestNG
14 4 (0.78%) SoapUI
General
1 192 (37.43%) Social Skills
2 109 (21.25%) Finance
3 75 (14.62%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (8.19%) Banking
5 35 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.48%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.31%) Marketing
8 15 (2.92%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.92%) Legal
8 15 (2.92%) Retail
9 13 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.36%) Front Office
13 6 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.78%) Prime Brokerage
15 4 (0.78%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 103 (20.08%) Analyst
2 69 (13.45%) Lead
3 62 (12.09%) Developer
4 48 (9.36%) Business Analyst
5 33 (6.43%) Consultant
6 27 (5.26%) Architect
7 26 (5.07%) Project Manager
8 21 (4.09%) Tester
9 20 (3.90%) Data Analyst
9 20 (3.90%) Test Analyst
10 18 (3.51%) Senior
11 17 (3.31%) Test Manager
12 14 (2.73%) .NET Developer
12 14 (2.73%) QA Engineer
12 14 (2.73%) QA Leader
13 11 (2.14%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (2.14%) QA Analyst
13 11 (2.14%) QA Tester
14 10 (1.95%) Administrator
14 10 (1.95%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.43%) React
2 31 (6.04%) .NET
3 30 (5.85%) REST
4 28 (5.46%) XML
5 27 (5.26%) HTML
6 25 (4.87%) CSS
7 19 (3.70%) Node.js
8 16 (3.12%) JSON
8 16 (3.12%) Web Services
9 14 (2.73%) AngularJS
9 14 (2.73%) Vue
10 12 (2.34%) Playwright
11 11 (2.14%) Middleware
11 11 (2.14%) SOAP
11 11 (2.14%) YAML
12 9 (1.75%) Swagger
13 8 (1.56%) .NET Framework
14 7 (1.36%) Gherkin
14 7 (1.36%) Laravel
14 7 (1.36%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.38%) Product Ownership
2 19 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 12 (2.34%) Mobile App
3 12 (2.34%) Public Cloud
4 10 (1.95%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.75%) Derivative
5 9 (1.75%) Equities
5 9 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (1.56%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.36%) Hedge funds
7 7 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.17%) IoT
8 6 (1.17%) NHS
9 5 (0.97%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.78%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.78%) Marketing Technology
11 3 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 37 (7.21%) Windows
2 33 (6.43%) Linux
3 9 (1.75%) Unix
3 9 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.36%) VMS
5 6 (1.17%) Android
5 6 (1.17%) OpenVMS
6 5 (0.97%) CentOS
7 4 (0.78%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.78%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (35.87%) Agile
2 109 (21.25%) Test Automation
3 104 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (15.01%) DevOps
5 69 (13.45%) Project Management
6 67 (13.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 66 (12.87%) Test Strategy
8 59 (11.50%) Migration
9 56 (10.92%) CI/CD
10 53 (10.33%) Scrum
11 49 (9.55%) User Stories
11 49 (9.55%) Validation
12 48 (9.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 48 (9.36%) User Acceptance Testing
13 47 (9.16%) Analytics
14 42 (8.19%) Project Delivery
15 36 (7.02%) Requirements Gathering
16 34 (6.63%) Mentoring
17 32 (6.24%) Business Intelligence
18 30 (5.85%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 81 (15.79%) SQL
2 64 (12.48%) C#
3 60 (11.70%) JavaScript
4 40 (7.80%) Java
4 40 (7.80%) Python
5 21 (4.09%) TypeScript
6 12 (2.34%) PHP
6 12 (2.34%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.75%) F#
8 6 (1.17%) COBOL
8 6 (1.17%) DCL
9 5 (0.97%) R
10 4 (0.78%) Ada
10 4 (0.78%) Bash
10 4 (0.78%) Bicep
10 4 (0.78%) C
11 3 (0.58%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.58%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.58%) VB
12 2 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 65 (12.67%) Security Cleared
2 53 (10.33%) Degree
3 51 (9.94%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.70%) ISTQB
5 14 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.34%) PMI Certification
7 12 (2.34%) PMP
8 11 (2.14%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.36%) BC Cleared
10 5 (0.97%) CCNA
10 5 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.97%) ISEB
10 5 (0.97%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.78%) CCNP
12 3 (0.58%) CCA
12 3 (0.58%) CCDP
12 3 (0.58%) CCIP
12 3 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.68%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.90%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.53%) SLA
4 8 (1.56%) GDPR
5 7 (1.36%) PMO
6 4 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.78%) DO-178B
6 4 (0.78%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.78%) IEC 61508
6 4 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.78%) NIST
7 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.39%) ISO17020
8 2 (0.39%) WCAG
9 1 (0.19%) GAMP
9 1 (0.19%) GxP
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 10 (1.95%) Docker
2 7 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.19%) KVM
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 17 (3.31%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.12%) Terraform
3 15 (2.92%) Ansible
4 7 (1.36%) Grafana
5 5 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.78%) Kibana
6 4 (0.78%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.58%) logstash
7 3 (0.58%) Nagios
7 3 (0.58%) Puppet
7 3 (0.58%) SCCM
8 2 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.39%) Graylog
8 2 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.39%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.39%) TrustSec
9 1 (0.19%) Nessus
9 1 (0.19%) SELinux
9 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.19%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 58 (11.31%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.80%) SAP
3 37 (7.21%) Oracle
4 18 (3.51%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.31%) Google
6 15 (2.92%) Adobe
7 12 (2.34%) Pega
7 12 (2.34%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.14%) Cisco
9 8 (1.56%) Atlassian
9 8 (1.56%) Splunk
10 6 (1.17%) BT
10 6 (1.17%) Databricks
10 6 (1.17%) Optimizely
11 5 (0.97%) Bloomberg
11 5 (0.97%) CA Agile Central
11 5 (0.97%) Monetate
11 5 (0.97%) Siebel
11 5 (0.97%) Tealium
12 4 (0.78%) Ensighten