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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 67 89
Rank change year-on-year +17 +22 -5
Contract jobs citing QA 26 36 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.12% 3.00% 2.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.40% 12.20% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 27 25
10th Percentile £243 £213 £333
25th Percentile £282 £344 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £750 £563 £545
90th Percentile - £638 £595
Scotland median daily rate £450 £500 £458
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.29% +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.17 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £14.98 - £54.00
% change year-on-year - - +44.00%

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 194 295 420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 23.26% 24.60% 22.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 253 325
10th Percentile £213 £209 £230
25th Percentile £309 £405 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £554 £545 £548
90th Percentile £650 £599 £596
Scotland median daily rate £440 £478 £438
% change year-on-year -7.85% +9.14% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile £17.42 - £30.55
25th Percentile £18.27 - £32.13
Median hourly rate £19.17 - £36.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.04%
75th Percentile £60.75 - £39.13
90th Percentile - - £39.65
Scotland median hourly rate £18.14 £18.13 £37.43
% change year-on-year +0.06% -51.58% +87.15%

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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 25 May 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 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) LAN
1 2 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
2 2 (7.69%) ER Studio
2 2 (7.69%) ERwin
3 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Public Sector
3 4 (15.38%) Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Lead
3 4 (15.38%) Management Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) Security Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Service Management Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Azure Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Technical Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Coordinator
5 1 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) QA Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) QA Leader
5 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) SailPoint
2 2 (7.69%) Middleware
3 1 (3.85%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) iPad
2 2 (7.69%) Data Structures
2 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Linux
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Agile
1 7 (26.92%) Coaching
2 6 (23.08%) ITIL
2 6 (23.08%) ITSM
2 6 (23.08%) Process Management
2 6 (23.08%) Service Management
3 5 (19.23%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (19.23%) Service Delivery
4 4 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (15.38%) Data Strategy
4 4 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
4 4 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
5 3 (11.54%) Business Strategy
5 3 (11.54%) Contextual Inquiry
5 3 (11.54%) Inclusive Design
5 3 (11.54%) Migration
5 3 (11.54%) Project Delivery
5 3 (11.54%) User Research
5 3 (11.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) C++
2 1 (3.85%) Java
2 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) SLA
2 3 (11.54%) Accessibility
2 3 (11.54%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (11.54%) WCAG
3 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
1 6 (23.08%) ServiceNow
2 4 (15.38%) CyberArk
3 2 (7.69%) Databricks
3 2 (7.69%) IDERA
3 2 (7.69%) Informatica