Software Quality Assurance Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Software Quality Assurance
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Quality Assurance 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Exeter 1.27% 0.91% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.11% 10.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £501 -
Devon median daily rate - £501 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9 10 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 11.39% 9.09% 12.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 12
10th Percentile £444 £403 £351
25th Percentile £473 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £501 £465
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% +7.78% +132.50%
75th Percentile - £581 £500
90th Percentile - £600 £503
Devon median daily rate £488 £475 £465
% change year-on-year +2.63% +2.15% +132.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
Devon median hourly rate £53.75 £50.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +7.50% +177.78% -

Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Job vacancy trend for Software Quality Assurance in Exeter

Software Quality Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

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

Software Quality Assurance
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 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Scientific Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OpenMP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Fortran
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA