The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 11 July 2020 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 Edinburgh with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
183
261
393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh
16.84%
11.03%
12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted
93
138
247
Median daily rate
£425
£400
£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25%
-
+6.67%
10th Percentile
£214
£146
£169
90th Percentile
£650
£575
£550
Scotland median daily rate
£400
£400
£375
% change year-on-year
-
+6.67%
+5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
3
6
Median hourly rate
£17.00
£25.50
£35.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33%
-27.14%
+47.37%
Median hourly rate
£20.00
£25.50
£18.50
% change year-on-year
-21.57%
+37.84%
-18.68%
QA Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
QA Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Edinburgh.
QA Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 11 July 2020.
QA Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Edinburgh.
QA Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh
For the 6 months to 11 July 2020, 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 Edinburgh region with a requirement for QA.
QA Co-occurring IT Skills in Edinburgh 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:
