QA Leader Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Quality Assurance Lead
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

As of 31 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Lead daily rate in County Antrim.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Leader 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 0.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 184 137 141
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.04% 92.57% 95.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 70 87
10th Percentile £333 £143 £204
25th Percentile £400 £216 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £328 £450
Median % change year-on-year +45.04% -27.22% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £600
90th Percentile £638 £603 £650
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £325 £450
% change year-on-year +46.15% -27.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 16 8
10th Percentile £13.32 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £15.50 - £14.77
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +50.00% +10.47%
75th Percentile £53.75 £45.89 £16.59
90th Percentile - £70.48 £18.23
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £15.82
% change year-on-year -0.74% +52.89% +8.38%

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Leader' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

QA Leader job vacancy trend in County Antrim

QA Leader
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Leader within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 31 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
Belfast - 1 - - 2
QA Leader
Northern Ireland

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, QA Leader 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 County Antrim region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

QA Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft