QA Analyst Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Quality Assurance Analyst
Central London > City of London

As of 17 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in the City of London.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 125 156
Rank change year-on-year +5 +31 +44
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.057% 0.19% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.20% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £492 -
25th Percentile - £497 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £519 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +15.33% +23.29%
75th Percentile - £553 £475
90th Percentile - £566 -
Central London median daily rate - £519 £450
% change year-on-year - +15.33% +23.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,653 1,960 2,849
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 94.28% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,239 1,966
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £424 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 12
10th Percentile £17.35 £16.49 £16.65
25th Percentile £23.98 £21.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -23.94% -14.97%
75th Percentile £53.50 £85.63 £44.87
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £67.13
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.57% - -15.66%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured QA Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in the City of London

QA Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

QA Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in the City of London

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, QA Analyst contract job roles required 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 City of London region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) eggPlant
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) eggPlant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco