Quality Assurance (QA)
North East > Durham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 14 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham | - | - | 1.45% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 12.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £413 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £419 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North East median daily rate | £460 | £410 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.20% | -16.33% | -2.00% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Durham
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 Durham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham | 5.41% | 1.49% | 11.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £329 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £447 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £485 |
| North East median daily rate | £463 | £500 | £470 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.50% | +6.38% | -6.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Durham
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Durham.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Durham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Durham.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Durham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Durham.