QA Contracts in Glasgow

Quality Assurance (QA)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 59 76 61
Rank change year-on-year +17 -15 -11
Contract jobs citing QA 20 6 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.51% 0.68% 2.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.54% 5.22% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 12
10th Percentile £318 £254 -
25th Percentile £365 £255 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £331 £438
Median % change year-on-year +28.30% -24.29% +4.79%
75th Percentile £475 £422 £464
90th Percentile £559 £461 £566
Scotland median daily rate £400 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +11.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 114 115 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 14.29% 13.11% 17.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 80 128
10th Percentile £290 £206 £325
25th Percentile £372 £306 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -1.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £541 £500 £575
90th Percentile £600 £589 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £31.05 - -
25th Percentile £39.74 - -
Median hourly rate £54.85 £15.42 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year +255.71% -67.69% +19.35%
75th Percentile £69.34 £15.71 -
90th Percentile £77.66 £15.88 -
Scotland median hourly rate £27.35 £18.27 £47.73
% change year-on-year +49.70% -61.72% +44.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) AWS
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) DB2
1 1 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (55.00%) Finance
2 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (30.00%) Banking
4 4 (20.00%) Investment Banking
5 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (10.00%) Financial Institution
7 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Database Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Java Developer
3 3 (15.00%) Release Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Business Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Coordinator
5 1 (5.00%) Document Controller
5 1 (5.00%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Report Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Test Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Kafka
1 3 (15.00%) Middleware
1 3 (15.00%) REST
1 3 (15.00%) SOAP
1 3 (15.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (10.00%) Spring
3 1 (5.00%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (15.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
1 1 (5.00%) Unix
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Project Management
3 6 (30.00%) SDLC
4 4 (20.00%) BCP
4 4 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 4 (20.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (20.00%) Investment Management
4 4 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 4 (20.00%) Wealth Management
4 4 (20.00%) Workflow
5 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Release Management
5 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) DocuSign
3 1 (5.00%) Pega
3 1 (5.00%) Workday