Software Quality Assurance Contract Job Trends in Essex

Software Quality Assurance
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.68% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £500 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Essex

Software Quality Assurance falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12 10 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 10.08% 11.63% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 9
10th Percentile £279 £299 £226
25th Percentile £383 £317 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £319 £310
Median % change year-on-year +56.74% +2.90% +83.18%
75th Percentile £535 £548 £649
90th Percentile £550 £569 £649
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - -75.00% +280.95%
East of England median hourly rate £18.50 £25.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -26.00% -43.82% +151.13%

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Quality Assurance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Software Quality Assurance job vacancy trend in Essex

Software Quality Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Software Quality Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Software Quality Assurance

Software Quality Assurance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) LabVIEW
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematical Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) MATLAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA