QA Contracts in Exeter

Quality Assurance (QA)
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Exeter requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 25 28
Rank change year-on-year +17 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing QA 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Exeter 12.50% 0.68% 0.88%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 83.33% 5.26% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £465 - -
25th Percentile £488 £544 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £562 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile - £581 -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £500 £268 -
% change year-on-year +86.44% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
Devon median hourly rate - £11.30 £18.00
% change year-on-year - -37.22% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Exeter

QA 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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6 19 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 15.00% 12.84% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 2
10th Percentile £368 - £368
25th Percentile £450 £158 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £389 £400
Median % change year-on-year +28.62% -2.81% +92.77%
75th Percentile - £555 £425
90th Percentile - £618 £433
Devon median daily rate £500 £175 £138
% change year-on-year +185.71% +27.27% -33.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
Devon median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +122.22% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Exeter

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Exeter

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Exeter

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Pipelines
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Geospatial Data
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Scientific Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum Master
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Python Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Data Science
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Pair Programming
4 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft