QA Contracts in Edinburgh

Quality Assurance (QA)
Scotland > Edinburgh

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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 72 80
Rank change year-on-year +34 +8 -8
Contract jobs citing QA 33 41 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.08% 3.18% 2.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.71% 13.02% 10.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 32 28
10th Percentile £258 £257 £313
25th Percentile £297 £423 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% -1.43% +23.53%
75th Percentile £750 £589 £546
90th Percentile - £673 £603
Scotland median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.17 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £21.64 - £22.00
% change year-on-year - - -41.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Edinburgh

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 210 315 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 25.96% 24.42% 22.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 279 315
10th Percentile £219 £223 £230
25th Percentile £345 £405 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +12.94% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £540
90th Percentile £660 £603 £600
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 4
10th Percentile £17.72 - £32.65
25th Percentile £18.14 £51.25 £37.38
Median hourly rate £19.17 £52.50 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -63.49% +13.51% -10.09%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.27 £47.73 £33.00
% change year-on-year -61.72% +44.64% +15.79%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for QA in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) Azure
2 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (6.06%) OCI
3 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) LAN
1 3 (9.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Data Mining
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (6.06%) Power BI
1 2 (6.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
2 2 (6.06%) ER Studio
2 2 (6.06%) ERwin
3 1 (3.03%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.03%) Selenium
General
1 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Finance
2 10 (30.30%) Public Sector
3 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Marketing
6 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Consultant
2 5 (15.15%) Lead
3 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Data Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Management Consultant
3 4 (12.12%) Security Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Service Management Consultant
4 3 (9.09%) Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Technical Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Azure Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Asset Management Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Asset Management Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Automation Developer
6 1 (3.03%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) SailPoint
2 3 (9.09%) Middleware
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (3.03%) Jest
4 1 (3.03%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Public Cloud
2 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.06%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.06%) iPad
2 2 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Linux
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Agile
2 7 (21.21%) Coaching
3 6 (18.18%) ITIL
3 6 (18.18%) ITSM
3 6 (18.18%) Process Management
3 6 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (18.18%) Service Management
4 5 (15.15%) Service Delivery
5 4 (12.12%) Analytics
5 4 (12.12%) Business Strategy
5 4 (12.12%) Change Management
5 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis
5 4 (12.12%) Data Modelling
5 4 (12.12%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
5 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
5 4 (12.12%) Project Management
5 4 (12.12%) Remediation Plan
5 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) Java
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) C++
2 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.03%) Degree
1 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) SLA
2 5 (15.15%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 3 (9.09%) WCAG
4 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.03%) PMO
4 1 (3.03%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 4 (12.12%) CyberArk
4 3 (9.09%) Oracle
5 2 (6.06%) Databricks
5 2 (6.06%) IDERA
5 2 (6.06%) Informatica