Software Quality Assurance
South West > Devon
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 24 | 32 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +8 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Software Quality Assurance | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon | 0.63% | 0.44% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 4.55% | 4.76% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £501 | - |
| South West median daily rate | £425 | £501 | £588 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.20% | -14.69% | -2.08% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Devon
Software Quality Assurance 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 Devon.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 22 | 21 | 25 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon | 13.75% | 9.29% | 13.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 14 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £323 | £122 | £131 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £150 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £475 | £465 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.63% | +2.15% | +132.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £528 | £528 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £538 | £594 | £538 |
| South West median daily rate | £520 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -9.09% | +7.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.53 | £25.86 | £15.11 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.31 | £34.92 | £18.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £53.75 | £50.00 | £26.51 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.50% | +88.59% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £69.31 | £57.50 | £33.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.38 | £62.00 | £36.70 |
| South West median hourly rate | £33.50 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -52.14% | +7.69% | +20.37% |
Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon
Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Devon.
Software Quality Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Devon
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Software Quality Assurance.
Software Quality Assurance
Contract Job Locations in Devon
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Quality Assurance within the Devon region over the 6 months to 21 September 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter | +8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Software Quality Assurance South West |
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Software Quality Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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:
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