Quality Assurance (QA)
South West > Dorset
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 20 | 26 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | +6 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset | 6.12% | 4.85% | 4.17% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 40.00% | 34.78% | 27.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £488 | £756 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £763 | £431 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.15% | +76.81% | -38.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £656 | £769 | £602 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | - | £638 |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £453 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +21.55% | -7.65% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Dorset
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 Dorset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 15 | 23 | 33 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset | 15.31% | 13.94% | 15.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 15 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £246 | £321 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £338 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £394 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.41% | +10.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £684 | £629 |
| 90th Percentile | £619 | £769 | £638 |
| South West median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +1.94% | +7.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £17.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £62.50 | - | £48.99 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | - | £62.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +0.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | - | £68.56 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £72.98 |
| South West median hourly rate | £65.00 | £45.00 | £64.57 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.44% | -30.31% | -5.84% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Dorset.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Dorset over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Dorset.
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Contract Job Locations in Dorset
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | +2 | 5 | £525 | - | 23 |
| Poole | - | 1 | £700 | - | 6 |
| QA South West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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: