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 30 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 59 68
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -24
Contract jobs citing QA 26 10 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 3.25% 1.40% 1.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.21% 10.20% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 8 9
10th Percentile £303 £369 £412
25th Percentile £407 £421 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £436 £428
Median % change year-on-year +7.80% +1.87% -14.40%
75th Percentile £566 £464 £488
90th Percentile £575 £475 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £436 £500
% change year-on-year +3.21% -12.80% +5.26%

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 112 98 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 13.98% 13.73% 17.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 74 119
10th Percentile £285 £260 £320
25th Percentile £400 £311 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £430 £463
Median % change year-on-year +8.72% -7.03% +2.78%
75th Percentile £550 £494 £550
90th Percentile £578 £596 £650
Scotland median daily rate £455 £436 £474
% change year-on-year +4.48% -8.12% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £15.18 £21.05 £13.43
25th Percentile £15.32 £24.89 £13.83
Median hourly rate £15.55 £31.52 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.68% +117.38% -61.26%
75th Percentile £15.77 £37.91 £31.12
90th Percentile £15.91 £41.59 £41.08
Scotland median hourly rate £18.51 £14.98 £21.75
% change year-on-year +23.56% -31.13% -41.89%

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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 30 July 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 (3.85%) Confluence
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (3.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) AWS
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (7.69%) MongoDB
2 2 (7.69%) MySQL
2 2 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.85%) DB2
3 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
2 2 (7.69%) Git
2 2 (7.69%) GitLab
2 2 (7.69%) Gradle
2 2 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 2 (7.69%) JUnit
2 2 (7.69%) Maven
2 2 (7.69%) Mockito
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Finance
4 5 (19.23%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Banking
5 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Release Manager
2 5 (19.23%) Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Business Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Java Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Software Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Software Release Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Support Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Applications Support
4 2 (7.69%) Applications Support Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (7.69%) Lead
4 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Kafka
1 3 (11.54%) RESTful
1 3 (11.54%) Spring
1 3 (11.54%) Spring Boot
2 2 (7.69%) AngularJS
2 2 (7.69%) Hibernate
2 2 (7.69%) JPA
2 2 (7.69%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (7.69%) React
2 2 (7.69%) Spring MVC
3 1 (3.85%) J2EE
3 1 (3.85%) REST
3 1 (3.85%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Structures
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.85%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Agile
1 11 (42.31%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (26.92%) Change Management
2 7 (26.92%) SDLC
3 6 (23.08%) CI/CD
3 6 (23.08%) DevOps
3 6 (23.08%) Release Management
3 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (19.23%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (19.23%) Scrum
5 4 (15.38%) Business Analysis
5 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 4 (15.38%) Continuous Delivery
5 4 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
5 4 (15.38%) Data Modelling
5 4 (15.38%) Project Management
5 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (15.38%) Validation
5 4 (15.38%) Waterfall
6 3 (11.54%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 4 (15.38%) Java
3 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.85%) CBAP
4 1 (3.85%) CEH
4 1 (3.85%) CISA
4 1 (3.85%) CISM
4 1 (3.85%) CISSP
4 1 (3.85%) CRISC
4 1 (3.85%) GIAC
4 1 (3.85%) IIBA
4 1 (3.85%) OSCP
4 1 (3.85%) PCI QSA
4 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.85%) GDPR
2 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.85%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Workday
3 1 (3.85%) DocuSign
3 1 (3.85%) Kronos
3 1 (3.85%) Pega
3 1 (3.85%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.85%) Teradata