The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
31
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing QA
4
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness
QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Barrow-in-Furness.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
20
37
5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness
13.16%
22.29%
20.83%
Number of daily rates quoted
4
26
2
10th Percentile
-
£487
£350
25th Percentile
£438
£500
£373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£449
£582
£413
Median % change year-on-year
-22.94%
+40.92%
-16.57%
75th Percentile
£463
£666
£451
90th Percentile
-
£670
£472
Cumbria median daily rate
£449
£582
£509
% change year-on-year
-22.94%
+14.29%
+9.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted
2
5
2
10th Percentile
£58.07
-
-
25th Percentile
£62.29
-
-
Median hourly rate
£69.33
£10.95
£83.40
Median % change year-on-year
+533.15%
-86.87%
+65.15%
75th Percentile
£76.37
£38.43
-
90th Percentile
£80.59
-
-
Cumbria median hourly rate
£55.25
£10.95
£83.40
% change year-on-year
+404.57%
-86.87%
+47.51%
QA Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.
QA Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Barrow-in-Furness.
QA Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Barrow-in-Furness.
QA Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing QA also mentioned 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 across the Barrow-in-Furness region with a requirement for QA.
QA Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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:
