QA Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Quality Assurance (QA)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 59 38
Rank change year-on-year +12 -21 +34
Contract jobs citing QA 93 62 108
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.00% 3.72% 5.01%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.93% 21.02% 29.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 41 83
10th Percentile £363 £400 £365
25th Percentile £475 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £668 £713 £625
90th Percentile £795 £920 £698
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +0.73%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 424 295 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 18.24% 17.71% 17.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 194 268
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £425 £462 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £561 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +2.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £653 £713 £650
90th Percentile £750 £824 £750
Central London median daily rate £528 £568 £550
% change year-on-year -7.05% +3.18% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £19.23 - £16.78
25th Percentile £22.24 - £17.96
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.77% -
75th Percentile £52.25 - £22.65
90th Percentile £66.95 - £23.46
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £22.50 £23.40
% change year-on-year +16.04% -3.85% -6.40%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

QA job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing QA

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for QA in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing QA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.38%) Confluence
2 1 (1.08%) Apache
2 1 (1.08%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (4.30%) Workday HCM
2 1 (1.08%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.08%) Magento
2 1 (1.08%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (1.08%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.08%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.08%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.20%) Azure
2 9 (9.68%) Power Platform
3 8 (8.60%) AWS
3 8 (8.60%) GitHub
4 4 (4.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 4 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (4.30%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (4.30%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (3.23%) Amazon Kinesis
5 3 (3.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 3 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (3.23%) GCP
5 3 (3.23%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (3.23%) Snowflake
6 2 (2.15%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.15%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.15%) Serverless
7 1 (1.08%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.68%) WAN
1 9 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (8.60%) LAN
3 2 (2.15%) Firewall
4 1 (1.08%) DHCP
4 1 (1.08%) DNS
4 1 (1.08%) Internet
4 1 (1.08%) MPLS
4 1 (1.08%) Multicast
4 1 (1.08%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (1.08%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.08%) VPN
4 1 (1.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.53%) Power BI
1 7 (7.53%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.45%) NoSQL
3 4 (4.30%) DynamoDB
4 3 (3.23%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (3.23%) Metadata
4 3 (3.23%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.23%) Redis
4 3 (3.23%) Tableau
5 2 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.15%) Hazelcast
5 2 (2.15%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.08%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.08%) Big Data
6 1 (1.08%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.08%) GIS
6 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (18.28%) JIRA
2 9 (9.68%) Git
3 8 (8.60%) Jenkins
4 7 (7.53%) Selenium
5 6 (6.45%) GitLab
6 4 (4.30%) Cypress.io
6 4 (4.30%) Maven
7 3 (3.23%) Gatling
7 3 (3.23%) Gradle
7 3 (3.23%) REST Assured
8 2 (2.15%) Postman
8 2 (2.15%) TeamCity
8 2 (2.15%) Zephyr
9 1 (1.08%) Artifactory
9 1 (1.08%) Cucumber
9 1 (1.08%) PHPUnit
9 1 (1.08%) Robot Framework
9 1 (1.08%) SpecFlow
9 1 (1.08%) webpack
9 1 (1.08%) WinAutomation
General
1 33 (35.48%) Finance
2 24 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 17 (18.28%) Banking
4 10 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.75%) Military
5 9 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.38%) Front Office
7 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.30%) Publishing
8 3 (3.23%) Investment Banking
8 3 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.23%) Retail
9 2 (2.15%) Back Office
9 2 (2.15%) Law
10 1 (1.08%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (1.08%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.08%) Legal
10 1 (1.08%) Marketing
10 1 (1.08%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (21.51%) Analyst
2 15 (16.13%) Developer
3 13 (13.98%) Senior
4 10 (10.75%) Architect
4 10 (10.75%) Lead
5 7 (7.53%) Java Developer
5 7 (7.53%) Network Architect
6 6 (6.45%) Data Analyst
7 5 (5.38%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
7 5 (5.38%) Lead Developer
7 5 (5.38%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
7 5 (5.38%) QA Engineer
8 4 (4.30%) Report Analyst
8 4 (4.30%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.30%) Senior Java Developer
8 4 (4.30%) Tester
8 4 (4.30%) Workday Analyst
9 3 (3.23%) CRM Manager
9 3 (3.23%) QA Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.45%) Kafka
1 6 (6.45%) Playwright
2 5 (5.38%) OpenTelemetry
2 5 (5.38%) REST
2 5 (5.38%) Spring
2 5 (5.38%) Spring Boot
3 3 (3.23%) .NET
3 3 (3.23%) Gherkin
3 3 (3.23%) Middleware
3 3 (3.23%) RESTful
4 2 (2.15%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.15%) Apache Avro
4 2 (2.15%) CSS
4 2 (2.15%) Django
4 2 (2.15%) HTML
4 2 (2.15%) JSON
4 2 (2.15%) Node.js
4 2 (2.15%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.15%) OpenID
4 2 (2.15%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.45%) Cloud Native
1 6 (6.45%) Onboarding
1 6 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (3.23%) Data Structures
3 3 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.23%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.15%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.15%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.15%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (2.15%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.15%) Replication
5 1 (1.08%) Derivative
5 1 (1.08%) DTCC
5 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.08%) Equities
5 1 (1.08%) IoT
5 1 (1.08%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.08%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.30%) Windows
2 3 (3.23%) Linux
2 3 (3.23%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (20.43%) Validation
3 18 (19.35%) Test Automation
4 16 (17.20%) Agile
4 16 (17.20%) CI/CD
5 14 (15.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (13.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (12.90%) DevOps
8 10 (10.75%) Analytics
8 10 (10.75%) Data Analysis
8 10 (10.75%) Migration
8 10 (10.75%) Scrum
9 9 (9.68%) Containerisation
9 9 (9.68%) Decision-Making
9 9 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (9.68%) Risk Management
9 9 (9.68%) Roadmaps
10 8 (8.60%) Data Modelling
10 8 (8.60%) Performance Tuning
10 8 (8.60%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.35%) SQL
2 14 (15.05%) Python
3 10 (10.75%) Java
4 5 (5.38%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.23%) C#
5 3 (3.23%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.15%) Kotlin
6 2 (2.15%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.15%) Scala
6 2 (2.15%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.08%) Bash
7 1 (1.08%) PHP
7 1 (1.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (20.43%) Security Cleared
2 16 (17.20%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.38%) Degree
4 3 (3.23%) PMP
5 2 (2.15%) APMP
5 2 (2.15%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.15%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.08%) CBAP
6 1 (1.08%) CCIE
6 1 (1.08%) CCNP
6 1 (1.08%) CFA
6 1 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.08%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.08%) RIBA
6 1 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.98%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.38%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.15%) GDPR
3 2 (2.15%) ISO 20022
3 2 (2.15%) ISO 8583
3 2 (2.15%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.15%) PSD2
3 2 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.15%) SEPA
3 2 (2.15%) WCAG
4 1 (1.08%) Basel III
4 1 (1.08%) EMIR
4 1 (1.08%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.08%) MiFID
4 1 (1.08%) PMO
4 1 (1.08%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (1.08%) Solvency II
System Software
1 9 (9.68%) Docker
2 3 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.08%) GridGain
3 1 (1.08%) Varnish
3 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (8.60%) Kubernetes
2 6 (6.45%) Grafana
2 6 (6.45%) Prometheus
3 5 (5.38%) Terraform
4 3 (3.23%) Ansible
5 2 (2.15%) Argo
6 1 (1.08%) HP ALM
6 1 (1.08%) Puppet
6 1 (1.08%) Salt
Vendors
1 11 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.60%) Oracle
3 6 (6.45%) SAP
3 6 (6.45%) Workday
4 4 (4.30%) Databricks
5 2 (2.15%) Bloomberg
5 2 (2.15%) Cisco
5 2 (2.15%) Citrix
5 2 (2.15%) Confluent
5 2 (2.15%) Fortinet
5 2 (2.15%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.15%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.08%) Adobe
6 1 (1.08%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.08%) HP
6 1 (1.08%) Informatica
6 1 (1.08%) Murex
6 1 (1.08%) Reuters
6 1 (1.08%) Sybase
6 1 (1.08%) Talend