QA Contract Job Trends in Derby

Quality Assurance (QA)
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 12 18
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing QA 3 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 2.13% 5.13% 6.04%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.79% 23.53% 69.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - - £197
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £168 £200
Median % change year-on-year +197.62% -16.00% -55.80%
75th Percentile - - £254
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £500 £168 £200
% change year-on-year +197.62% -16.00% -61.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.33 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 - -
75th Percentile £24.29 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £22.81 - £12.50

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 19 17 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 13.48% 21.79% 8.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 12
10th Percentile £431 - -
25th Percentile £462 £168 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £172 £200
Median % change year-on-year +184.26% -14.25% -58.33%
75th Percentile £531 £214 £254
90th Percentile £598 £281 -
Derbyshire median daily rate £488 £172 £200
% change year-on-year +184.26% -14.25% -61.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £22.30 - -
25th Percentile £23.75 - -
Median hourly rate £26.91 £23.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.98% - -
75th Percentile £29.32 - -
90th Percentile £30.33 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £26.91 £23.00 £25.77
% change year-on-year +16.98% -10.73% -23.01%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby.

QA job vacancy trend in Derby

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Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing QA

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Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing QA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Device Driver
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
1 1 (33.33%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) Change Control
1 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) HP