QA Analyst Contracts in the City of London

Quality Assurance Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in the City of London is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 172 184
Rank change year-on-year +43 +12 -35
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 2 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.090% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.11% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £375 £300
25th Percentile - £469 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £365
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +78.08% -33.64%
75th Percentile - £688 £523
90th Percentile - £695 £629
Central London median daily rate £700 £650 £365
% change year-on-year +7.69% +78.08% -33.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,111 3,519 4,037
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 95.24% 94.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 2,375 3,064
10th Percentile £350 £350 £365
25th Percentile £450 £469 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.19% +7.62%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £789 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 28 50
10th Percentile £16.46 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.49 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -6.04% +77.47%
75th Percentile £27.50 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £44.10 £85.99 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £35.00 £37.25
% change year-on-year -24.11% -6.04% +77.47%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for QA Analyst in the City of London

QA Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for QA Analyst in the City of London

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Test Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) DTCC
2 1 (50.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) MiFID
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) XML

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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) DTCC
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) MiFID