QA Contracts in Central London

Quality Assurance (QA)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 88 58
Rank change year-on-year +48 -30 -5
Contract jobs citing QA 113 100 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 4.66% 2.64% 4.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 27.10% 20.58% 27.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 75 144
10th Percentile £363 £355 £352
25th Percentile £475 £453 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £546 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.73% +9.20% -3.85%
75th Percentile £625 £681 £625
90th Percentile £689 £750 £750
London median daily rate £539 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - £59.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 - £61.00
75th Percentile £43.75 - £62.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £42.50 £22.49 £32.50
% change year-on-year +89.01% -30.82% +62.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 417 486 688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 17.20% 12.85% 15.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 353 459
10th Percentile £363 £375 £356
25th Percentile £463 £495 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +6.28%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £638
90th Percentile £770 £838 £753
London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 5
10th Percentile £17.96 - £20.00
25th Percentile £20.44 - £25.25
Median hourly rate £23.40 £25.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% -39.76% +186.21%
75th Percentile £25.92 - £61.75
90th Percentile £35.16 - £62.20
London median hourly rate £24.59 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.74% -21.35% +122.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Central London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Central London region over the 6 months to 10 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
City of London +42 107 £550 - 24
Southwark +7 2 £500 +60.77%
Camden 0 2 - - 1
City of Westminster 0 2 £513 - 1
QA
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 18 (15.93%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.54%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (2.65%) Confluence
4 2 (1.77%) CMS
5 1 (0.88%) IIS
5 1 (0.88%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.88%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Endur
2 1 (0.88%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (11.50%) Azure
2 8 (7.08%) GitHub
3 7 (6.19%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (4.42%) AWS
4 5 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.65%) Azure API Management
5 3 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (2.65%) GCP
5 3 (2.65%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.77%) Azure Functions
6 2 (1.77%) BrowserStack
6 2 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.77%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.77%) Miro
6 2 (1.77%) SaaS
6 2 (1.77%) Serverless
6 2 (1.77%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.88%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.88%) Firewall
1 1 (0.88%) Internet
1 1 (0.88%) Skype
1 1 (0.88%) VoIP
1 1 (0.88%) WAN
1 1 (0.88%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.62%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.08%) Relational Database
3 6 (5.31%) Oracle Database
3 6 (5.31%) RDBMS
4 4 (3.54%) DB2
4 4 (3.54%) MySQL
4 4 (3.54%) Siebel EIM
4 4 (3.54%) Sybase ASE
5 3 (2.65%) Power BI
6 2 (1.77%) Big Data
6 2 (1.77%) Metadata
6 2 (1.77%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.88%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.88%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (11.50%) JIRA
2 9 (7.96%) Selenium
3 7 (6.19%) Jenkins
4 6 (5.31%) Cucumber
4 6 (5.31%) Git
4 6 (5.31%) Postman
4 6 (5.31%) SpecFlow
5 4 (3.54%) Appium
5 4 (3.54%) Cypress.io
5 4 (3.54%) GitLab
6 3 (2.65%) Gradle
7 2 (1.77%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.77%) JMeter
7 2 (1.77%) JUnit
7 2 (1.77%) Subversion
7 2 (1.77%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.77%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.88%) AppScan
8 1 (0.88%) Maven
8 1 (0.88%) MSI
General
1 46 (40.71%) Finance
2 34 (30.09%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.73%) Banking
4 6 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.54%) Back Office
6 4 (3.54%) Legal
7 3 (2.65%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.65%) Investment Banking
7 3 (2.65%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.65%) Retail
8 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.88%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.88%) French Language
9 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Marketing
9 1 (0.88%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (25.66%) Analyst
2 24 (21.24%) Business Analyst
3 15 (13.27%) Developer
4 12 (10.62%) Data Business Analyst
4 12 (10.62%) Data Migration Analyst
4 12 (10.62%) Data Migration Business Analyst
4 12 (10.62%) Migration Analyst
5 9 (7.96%) Lead
5 9 (7.96%) SharePoint Analyst
5 9 (7.96%) SharePoint Business Analyst
6 8 (7.08%) QA Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Finance Business Analyst
7 6 (5.31%) Financial Analyst
8 5 (4.42%) Financial Business Analyst
8 5 (4.42%) Financial Services Business Analyst
8 5 (4.42%) Senior
8 5 (4.42%) Service Analyst
8 5 (4.42%) Tester
9 4 (3.54%) Applications Specialist
9 4 (3.54%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.19%) .NET
2 6 (5.31%) REST
2 6 (5.31%) Web Services
3 5 (4.42%) XML
4 3 (2.65%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.65%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.77%) Behat
5 2 (1.77%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (1.77%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.77%) JSON
5 2 (1.77%) Kafka
5 2 (1.77%) Middleware
5 2 (1.77%) RAML
5 2 (1.77%) React Native
5 2 (1.77%) SailPoint
5 2 (1.77%) Spring
5 2 (1.77%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (0.88%) CSS
6 1 (0.88%) EDI
6 1 (0.88%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.73%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.54%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (3.54%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.54%) Replication
3 3 (2.65%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.65%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.65%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.77%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.77%) Hedge funds
4 2 (1.77%) Legacy Code
4 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.77%) Web 2.0
5 1 (0.88%) Derivative
5 1 (0.88%) DTCC
5 1 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.88%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.88%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.62%) Windows
2 11 (9.73%) Linux
3 9 (7.96%) Unix
4 4 (3.54%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.88%) Android
5 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (24.78%) Agile
2 27 (23.89%) Migration
3 26 (23.01%) Test Automation
4 23 (20.35%) User Acceptance Testing
5 21 (18.58%) Root Cause Analysis
5 21 (18.58%) User Stories
5 21 (18.58%) Validation
6 18 (15.93%) Data Migration
7 17 (15.04%) Data Management
7 17 (15.04%) Requirements Gathering
8 16 (14.16%) CI/CD
8 16 (14.16%) GAP Analysis
9 15 (13.27%) DevOps
10 14 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (11.50%) Test Strategy
12 12 (10.62%) Test Scripting
13 11 (9.73%) API Testing
14 10 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (8.85%) Continuous Integration
15 9 (7.96%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (25.66%) SQL
2 15 (13.27%) C#
3 13 (11.50%) Java
3 13 (11.50%) Python
4 8 (7.08%) JavaScript
5 6 (5.31%) Perl
5 6 (5.31%) T-SQL
6 4 (3.54%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.65%) PHP
8 2 (1.77%) Bash
8 2 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.77%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.77%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.77%) Ruby
8 2 (1.77%) VBA
9 1 (0.88%) C++
9 1 (0.88%) Go
Qualifications
1 12 (10.62%) Degree
2 11 (9.73%) SC Cleared
2 11 (9.73%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.31%) ISTQB
4 4 (3.54%) ISEB
5 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.77%) PMP
7 1 (0.88%) CISM
7 1 (0.88%) CISSP
7 1 (0.88%) CRISC
7 1 (0.88%) SANS
7 1 (0.88%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (16.81%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.65%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.88%) GxP
3 1 (0.88%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.88%) MiFID
3 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.88%) PMO
3 1 (0.88%) SLA
3 1 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.54%) Docker
1 4 (3.54%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 2 (1.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.65%) Terraform
3 2 (1.77%) Ansible
3 2 (1.77%) Grafana
3 2 (1.77%) Graylog
3 2 (1.77%) Nagios
3 2 (1.77%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.77%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.77%) Puppet
3 2 (1.77%) SCCM
4 1 (0.88%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.88%) Nessus
4 1 (0.88%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.88%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 14 (12.39%) Oracle
2 12 (10.62%) Microsoft
3 8 (7.08%) SAP
4 7 (6.19%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.42%) Citrix
6 4 (3.54%) CA Agile Central
6 4 (3.54%) IBM
6 4 (3.54%) Siebel
6 4 (3.54%) Sun
6 4 (3.54%) Sybase
6 4 (3.54%) Veritas
7 3 (2.65%) Splunk
8 2 (1.77%) Adobe
8 2 (1.77%) Google
8 2 (1.77%) OpenLink
8 2 (1.77%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.88%) Omniture
9 1 (0.88%) Reuters
9 1 (0.88%) Terracotta