QA Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Quality Assurance (QA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 42 50
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 +10
Contract jobs citing QA 31 25 23
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 4.19% 4.03% 2.85%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 19.75% 19.23% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 10
10th Percentile £215 £112 £149
25th Percentile £247 £256 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £380
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +18.42% -15.56%
75th Percentile £420 £469 £428
90th Percentile - £581 £593
Scotland median daily rate £400 £450 £435
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £15.42
25th Percentile - £18.54 £16.04
Median hourly rate - £19.37 £17.09
Median % change year-on-year - +13.35% -
75th Percentile - £20.19 £18.13
90th Percentile - - £18.75
Scotland median hourly rate £36.75 £15.79 £14.98
% change year-on-year +132.78% +5.39% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 157 130 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.24% 20.93% 20.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 64 95
10th Percentile £194 £233 £178
25th Percentile £330 £413 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £455 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +1.11% -3.23%
75th Percentile £535 £500 £565
90th Percentile £621 £561 £619
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile - £24.27 £16.50
25th Percentile - £32.50 £18.07
Median hourly rate £75.00 £48.75 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% +166.83% -69.55%
75th Percentile - £60.94 £18.95
90th Percentile - £66.88 £47.09
Scotland median hourly rate £14.65 £35.00 £14.98
% change year-on-year -58.16% +133.64% -31.13%

QA
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

QA job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

QA
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing QA

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 5 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Edinburgh

QA
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing QA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.45%) Confluence
2 1 (3.23%) CMS
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Primavera
2 1 (3.23%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Functions
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.23%) GCP
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (22.58%) Firewall
1 7 (22.58%) IPsec
1 7 (22.58%) LAN
1 7 (22.58%) Network Security
1 7 (22.58%) SD-WAN
1 7 (22.58%) Unified Communications
1 7 (22.58%) VPN
1 7 (22.58%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (16.13%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (12.90%) Internet
4 3 (9.68%) WAN
5 2 (6.45%) DNS
6 1 (3.23%) HTTP
6 1 (3.23%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (19.35%) Power BI
2 5 (16.13%) Power Query
3 1 (3.23%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.23%) Db2
3 1 (3.23%) Metadata
3 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
2 2 (6.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.23%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.23%) Git
3 1 (3.23%) GitLab
3 1 (3.23%) REST Assured
3 1 (3.23%) Selenium
3 1 (3.23%) webpack
3 1 (3.23%) Zephyr
General
1 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
3 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Automotive
4 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Network Engineer
2 6 (19.35%) Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Developer
4 4 (12.90%) Business Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Technical Business Analyst
5 3 (9.68%) Automation Developer
5 3 (9.68%) Consultant
5 3 (9.68%) Telephony Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Development Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Applications Specialist
7 1 (3.23%) Applications Support
7 1 (3.23%) Applications Support Specialist
7 1 (3.23%) Data Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) QA Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) QA Tester
7 1 (3.23%) Report Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Support Specialist
7 1 (3.23%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) CSS
2 1 (3.23%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) OAuth
2 1 (3.23%) OAuth2
2 1 (3.23%) OpenID
2 1 (3.23%) Quarkus
2 1 (3.23%) React
2 1 (3.23%) RESTful
2 1 (3.23%) Spring
2 1 (3.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.90%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.23%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (3.23%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (22.58%) Linux
1 7 (22.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Roadmaps
2 7 (22.58%) Digital Innovation
2 7 (22.58%) High Availability
2 7 (22.58%) Load Balancing
2 7 (22.58%) Migration
2 7 (22.58%) Network Management
2 7 (22.58%) Programme Delivery
3 6 (19.35%) AI
3 6 (19.35%) Analytics
3 6 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (16.13%) Agile
4 5 (16.13%) Data Protection
4 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
4 5 (16.13%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (16.13%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (16.13%) Visualisation
5 4 (12.90%) Dashboard Development
5 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
5 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) Java
3 1 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
2 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) CCNP
4 3 (9.68%) CCNA
4 3 (9.68%) Degree
5 2 (6.45%) CBAP
6 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.81%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Cisco
1 7 (22.58%) F5
1 7 (22.58%) Palo Alto
2 4 (12.90%) UiPath
3 2 (6.45%) Motorola
3 2 (6.45%) Panasonic
3 2 (6.45%) Samsung
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle
4 1 (3.23%) Pega
4 1 (3.23%) SAP