QA Contracts in the City of London

Quality Assurance (QA)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 37 87
Rank change year-on-year -25 +50 -32
Contract jobs citing QA 60 106 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.41% 4.82% 2.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.91% 28.04% 20.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 82 73
10th Percentile £400 £379 £353
25th Percentile £472 £481 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £734 £625 £688
90th Percentile £880 £699 £782
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £542
% change year-on-year - +1.52% +8.35%

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 287 378 462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 16.33% 17.21% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 273 337
10th Percentile £375 £363 £400
25th Percentile £462 £463 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £703 £663 £725
90th Percentile £809 £770 £838
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.61 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.77% - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £23.40 £23.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.43% -45.98%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for QA in the City of London

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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 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QA in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for QA in the City of London

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Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
London Bridge -1 2 £425 -15.00%
Moorgate - 1 £300 -
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Central London

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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.67%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.67%) Apache
2 1 (1.67%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.67%) CMS
2 1 (1.67%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.33%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.67%) EViews
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.00%) ION Anvil
2 1 (1.67%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.67%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.00%) Azure
2 7 (11.67%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (8.33%) AWS
3 5 (8.33%) GitHub
3 5 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.33%) GCP
6 2 (3.33%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (1.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.67%) Asana
7 1 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.67%) Datadog
7 1 (1.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.67%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (1.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (1.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) Firewall
1 1 (1.67%) HTTP
1 1 (1.67%) LAN
1 1 (1.67%) VPN
1 1 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.33%) Power BI
2 4 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.33%) Data Hub
3 2 (3.33%) Tableau
4 1 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.67%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.67%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.67%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.67%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.67%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.67%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.67%) GIS
4 1 (1.67%) Looker
4 1 (1.67%) Power Query
4 1 (1.67%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (13.33%) Selenium
2 7 (11.67%) Jenkins
3 6 (10.00%) JIRA
4 4 (6.67%) GitLab
4 4 (6.67%) Postman
5 3 (5.00%) Cypress.io
5 3 (5.00%) JMeter
6 2 (3.33%) Bitbucket
6 2 (3.33%) Cucumber
6 2 (3.33%) LoadRunner
6 2 (3.33%) REST Assured
7 1 (1.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (1.67%) eggPlant
7 1 (1.67%) Gatling
7 1 (1.67%) Git
7 1 (1.67%) Maven
7 1 (1.67%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (1.67%) SonarQube
7 1 (1.67%) SpecFlow
7 1 (1.67%) Terragrunt
General
1 21 (35.00%) Finance
2 19 (31.67%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (13.33%) Banking
5 6 (10.00%) Front Office
5 6 (10.00%) Investment Banking
6 4 (6.67%) Financial Institution
6 4 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.33%) Back Office
7 2 (3.33%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (3.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.67%) Billing
8 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.67%) Marketing
8 1 (1.67%) Military
8 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.67%) Retail
8 1 (1.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (18.33%) Analyst
2 10 (16.67%) Senior
3 9 (15.00%) QA Engineer
4 8 (13.33%) Business Analyst
5 7 (11.67%) Developer
6 5 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (6.67%) C# Developer
8 3 (5.00%) Data Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) Product Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (5.00%) Test Manager
8 3 (5.00%) Tester
9 2 (3.33%) C# WPF Developer
9 2 (3.33%) GCP Engineer
9 2 (3.33%) Lead
9 2 (3.33%) Programme Manager
9 2 (3.33%) Senior Manager
9 2 (3.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.67%) .NET
2 3 (5.00%) REST
2 3 (5.00%) WPF
3 2 (3.33%) CSS
3 2 (3.33%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (3.33%) FpML
3 2 (3.33%) HTML
3 2 (3.33%) JSON
3 2 (3.33%) Kafka
3 2 (3.33%) Playwright
4 1 (1.67%) Apache Beam
4 1 (1.67%) Jest
4 1 (1.67%) Pandas
4 1 (1.67%) PySpark
4 1 (1.67%) pytest
4 1 (1.67%) RAML
4 1 (1.67%) Web Services
4 1 (1.67%) WinForms
4 1 (1.67%) WireMock
4 1 (1.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.67%) Fixed Income
2 4 (6.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (5.00%) Digital Media
3 3 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.33%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.67%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.67%) Derivative
5 1 (1.67%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.67%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.67%) Sports Betting
5 1 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.67%) Linux
2 3 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.67%) Test Automation
2 19 (31.67%) Agile
3 18 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 13 (21.67%) DevOps
5 11 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (18.33%) Test Strategy
5 11 (18.33%) Validation
6 10 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
7 9 (15.00%) Software Testing
7 9 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (13.33%) Scrum
8 8 (13.33%) Test Scripting
9 7 (11.67%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (11.67%) Data Analysis
9 7 (11.67%) SDLC
10 6 (10.00%) Migration
10 6 (10.00%) Project Management
11 5 (8.33%) Service Delivery
11 5 (8.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 13 (21.67%) Python
1 13 (21.67%) SQL
2 11 (18.33%) C#
3 5 (8.33%) Java
3 5 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.00%) Bash
5 1 (1.67%) ABAP
5 1 (1.67%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.67%) PHP
5 1 (1.67%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (15.00%) Degree
2 4 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.33%) EnCE
3 2 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (3.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (1.67%) CEH
4 1 (1.67%) CFA
4 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.67%) GIAC
4 1 (1.67%) GPEN
4 1 (1.67%) GXPN
4 1 (1.67%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.67%) OSCP
4 1 (1.67%) PgMP
4 1 (1.67%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 2 (3.33%) SLA
3 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.67%) GDPR
3 1 (1.67%) GxP
3 1 (1.67%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.67%) MiFID
3 1 (1.67%) SOC 2
3 1 (1.67%) UCITS
System Software
1 5 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (8.33%) Ansible
1 5 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 5 (8.33%) Terraform
2 2 (3.33%) EnCase
2 2 (3.33%) FTK
3 1 (1.67%) Argo
3 1 (1.67%) CloudHub
3 1 (1.67%) Grafana
3 1 (1.67%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.00%) ION Trading
2 3 (5.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (5.00%) Workday
3 2 (3.33%) Cellebrite
3 2 (3.33%) Nuix
3 2 (3.33%) Oracle
3 2 (3.33%) SAP
4 1 (1.67%) Advent
4 1 (1.67%) Bloomberg
4 1 (1.67%) Cisco
4 1 (1.67%) Databricks
4 1 (1.67%) ESRI
4 1 (1.67%) Google
4 1 (1.67%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.67%) Informatica
4 1 (1.67%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.67%) SimCorp
4 1 (1.67%) Splunk
4 1 (1.67%) Talend