The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 17 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
223
95
223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands
15.52%
15.75%
11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted
150
52
121
10th Percentile
£117
£266
£150
25th Percentile
£198
£312
£285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£375
£355
£388
Median % change year-on-year
+5.63%
-8.39%
-6.91%
75th Percentile
£484
£450
£473
90th Percentile
£575
£519
£538
England median daily rate
£500
£473
£450
% change year-on-year
+5.82%
+5.00%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
13
4
21
10th Percentile
"
£9.16
"
25th Percentile
£9.00
£9.39
£10.58
Median hourly rate
£9.59
£12.02
£11.60
Median % change year-on-year
-20.20%
+3.64%
-20.03%
75th Percentile
£10.55
£19.50
£14.28
90th Percentile
£12.14
£29.40
£16.00
England median hourly rate
£20.19
£22.25
£20.89
% change year-on-year
-9.28%
+6.51%
-0.52%
QA Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
QA Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in the East Midlands.
QA Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 17 October 2021.
QA Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in the East Midlands.
QA Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 October 2021. 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
QA Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the East Midlands
For the 6 months to 17 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing QA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region with a requirement for QA.
QA Co-occurring IT Skills in the East Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
