Quality Assurance (QA)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim 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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 23 | - | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -7 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing QA | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim | 6.14% | - | 2.53% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 23.73% | - | 14.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £243 | - | £337 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | - | £355 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £408 | - | £395 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -16.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | - | £469 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | - | £507 |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | £408 | - | £395 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -16.84% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £27.52 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £27.54 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £27.57 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Northern Ireland median hourly rate | £27.54 | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
County Antrim
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 County Antrim.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 59 | 15 | 28 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim | 25.88% | 10.49% | 17.72% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 31 | 5 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | - | £203 |
| 25th Percentile | £361 | £167 | £260 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £185 | £395 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +177.03% | -53.16% | -20.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £603 | £213 | £510 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £439 | £587 |
| Northern Ireland median daily rate | £513 | £193 | £395 |
| % change year-on-year | +166.23% | -51.27% | -20.16% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 6 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.31 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £12.63 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £14.33 | £24.18 | £18.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.76% | +34.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £15.33 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £24.50 | - | - |
| Northern Ireland median hourly rate | £14.33 | £24.18 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.76% | +34.33% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.
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Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing QA.
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Daily Rate Histogram in County Antrim
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in County Antrim over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing QA.
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DemandTrendContract 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 within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 26 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast | - | 13 | £479 | - | 37 |
| QA Northern Ireland |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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: