QA Leader Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Quality Assurance Lead
South London > Croydon

The median Quality Assurance Lead daily rate in Croydon is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Leader 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
South London median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 81 111 161
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.43% 97.37% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 75 113
10th Percentile £291 £380 £231
25th Percentile £463 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -2.18% -1.43%
75th Percentile £562 £600 £638
90th Percentile £635 £650 £675
South London median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate - £19.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.02% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £66.00 £19.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +238.46% -44.29% -20.65%

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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 Croydon.

QA Leader job vacancy trend in Croydon

QA Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Leader job vacancies in Croydon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Leader job vacancies in Croydon

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 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 Croydon region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Hugging Face
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) XGBoost

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Hugging Face
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (100.00%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) QA