QA Specialist Contracts in England

Quality Assurance Specialist
UK > England

The median Quality Assurance Specialist daily rate in England is £195 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 653 763
Rank change year-on-year +123 +110 -150
Contract jobs requiring a QA Specialist 15 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.012% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.013% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 1
10th Percentile - £414 -
25th Percentile £115 £501 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 £550 £445
Median % change year-on-year -64.55% +23.60% -15.24%
75th Percentile £338 - £468
90th Percentile £544 - -
UK median daily rate £195 £550 £445
% change year-on-year -64.55% +23.60% -15.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

QA Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured QA Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for QA Specialist in England

QA Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for QA Specialist in England

QA Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Specialist in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA Specialist in England

QA Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for QA Specialist in England

QA Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
London +115 6 £375 +5.63%
North of England +28 5 £115 -79.09%
North West - 5 £115 -
South West - 4 - - 2
QA Specialist
UK

QA Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, QA Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring QA Specialist in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) QA
2 9 (60.00%) Life Science
2 9 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (33.33%) GMP
4 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 5 (33.33%) Adobe
4 5 (33.33%) Project Management
4 5 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (33.33%) Change Control
5 4 (26.67%) QMS
5 4 (26.67%) Degree
5 4 (26.67%) TrackWise
5 4 (26.67%) Document Management
5 4 (26.67%) EDMS
5 4 (26.67%) Workflow
5 4 (26.67%) Software Quality Assurance
5 4 (26.67%) Records Management
5 4 (26.67%) Code Quality
6 3 (20.00%) Performance Testing
6 3 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
7 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
7 2 (13.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (13.33%) WCAG
7 2 (13.33%) Use Case
7 2 (13.33%) Migration

QA Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (13.33%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (26.67%) TrackWise
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) EDMS
2 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (6.67%) Cypress.io
General
1 9 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Life Science
2 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (6.67%) Solar Panel
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Change Control
1 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 5 (33.33%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) Code Quality
2 4 (26.67%) Document Management
2 4 (26.67%) QMS
2 4 (26.67%) Records Management
2 4 (26.67%) Workflow
3 3 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Black-Box Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Functional Testing
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Use Case
4 2 (13.33%) User Experience
4 2 (13.33%) User Stories
4 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) QA
2 5 (33.33%) GMP
3 4 (26.67%) Software Quality Assurance
4 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
4 2 (13.33%) WCAG
5 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Adobe
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft