Quality Assurance (QA)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge 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 | 19 | 31 | 26 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +12 | -5 | +9 |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge | 0.88% | 0.52% | 2.72% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 16.67% | 3.13% | 21.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £456 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £206 | £466 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £213 | £494 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +135.29% | -56.96% | +3.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £219 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £513 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £500 | £213 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | +135.29% | -54.05% | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cambridge
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 Cambridge.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 6 | 32 | 38 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge | 5.26% | 16.49% | 12.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 21 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £401 | - | £171 |
| 25th Percentile | £403 | £363 | £185 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £406 | £410 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.98% | -8.89% | -7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £478 | £415 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £521 | £550 | £585 |
| Cambridgeshire median daily rate | £550 | £410 | £399 |
| % change year-on-year | +34.15% | +2.89% | -6.24% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.19 | - | £16.77 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.29 | - | £16.95 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.53 | £25.00 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.90% | +42.86% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £17.69 | - | £17.67 |
| 90th Percentile | £17.76 | - | £17.72 |
| Cambridgeshire median hourly rate | £17.80 | £14.97 | £13.58 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.90% | +10.24% | +2.49% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Cambridge.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Cambridge.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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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