AQAP Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Allied Quality Assurance Publications (AQAP)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring AQAP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AQAP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.076% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £45.00 - £47.50
% change year-on-year - - +18.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

AQAP 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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 226 152 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.25% 10.08% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 67 130
10th Percentile £215 £261 £273
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £495
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -14.14% +16.47%
75th Percentile £594 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £605 £738
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 20 28
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.28 £13.20
25th Percentile £16.45 £15.92 £13.82
Median hourly rate £31.49 £28.06 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% -36.94% +154.29%
75th Percentile £88.00 £63.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £91.50 £68.08 £65.63
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.93 £38.46
% change year-on-year -4.21% -11.78% +72.23%

AQAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing AQAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for AQAP in the East of England

AQAP
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing AQAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing AQAP

AQAP
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AQAP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
AQAP
England