Senior QA Analyst Contract Job Trends in Central London

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
London > Central London

The median Senior Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in Central London is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior QA Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.049% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £488 £350 -
% change year-on-year +39.29% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 1,940 1,982 2,466
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 92.75% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,334 1,249 1,769
10th Percentile £350 £359 £338
25th Percentile £435 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £551
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.45% -4.26%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £684
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 33
10th Percentile £19.24 £17.28 £17.39
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.70 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% +9.06%
75th Percentile £41.94 - £38.00
90th Percentile £50.30 £55.80 £62.05
London median hourly rate £33.46 £35.00 £29.61
% change year-on-year -4.40% +18.20% -14.17%

Senior QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior QA Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Senior QA Analyst job vacancy trend in Central London

Senior QA Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior QA Analyst job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior QA Analyst job vacancies in Central London

Senior QA Analyst
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 Senior QA Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 January 2026. 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 - 1 £488 -
Senior QA Analyst
London

Senior QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 29 January 2026, Senior QA Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Senior QA Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Senior QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow