QA Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 15 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +8
Contract jobs citing QA 4 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 4.88% 3.15% 3.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.53% 40.00% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £500 £463 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £435 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -6.05% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.38
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £15.29 £10.82
% change year-on-year +357.82% +41.31% -78.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 17 10 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 20.73% 7.87% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 10
10th Percentile - £156 £468
25th Percentile £350 £259 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £463 £641
90th Percentile £575 - £713
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.38
Median % change year-on-year - - -51.17%
South East median hourly rate £51.25 £24.91 £28.75
% change year-on-year +105.78% -13.37% -41.32%

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Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

QA job vacancy trend in East Sussex

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Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing QA

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Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in East Sussex over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for QA in East Sussex

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Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing QA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing QA

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Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 3 August 2026. 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
Brighton -3 4 £425 -5.56% 5
QA
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
1 4 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) DataOps
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Statistics
1 4 (100.00%) Time Series Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) R
1 4 (100.00%) SQL