QA Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Quality Assurance Manager
UK > England

The median Quality Assurance Manager daily rate in England is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 501 549
Rank change year-on-year -35 +48 +172
Contract jobs requiring a QA Manager 8 10 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.026% 0.034% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.037% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 11
10th Percentile £485 £475 £320
25th Percentile £499 £513 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £688
90th Percentile - £675 £700
UK median daily rate £520 £575 £613
% change year-on-year -9.57% -6.12% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 28,372 27,015 35,117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.91% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,130 16,817 24,123
10th Percentile £290 £300 £290
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,748 878 1,358
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.70 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

QA Manager job vacancy trend in England

QA Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in England

QA Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Manager job vacancies in England

QA Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
South West -5 3 £525 +16.67% 4
West Midlands -31 2 - - 4
Midlands -40 2 - - 6
London -21 1 £500 -28.57% 4
North West - 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 - - 7
North of England - 1 - - 5
QA Manager
UK

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, QA Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring QA Manager in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Line Management
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) AWS
5 1 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
5 1 (12.50%) Data Validation
5 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (12.50%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) GCP
5 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Postman
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
5 1 (12.50%) REST Assured
5 1 (12.50%) SAP
5 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared

QA Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
1 1 (12.50%) Postman
1 1 (12.50%) REST Assured
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 3 (37.50%) Retail
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (12.50%) SAP