QA Contracts in Hampshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 52 77 78
Rank change year-on-year +25 +1 -10
Contract jobs citing QA 17 18 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 2.28% 1.12% 1.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.66% 9.14% 10.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 17
10th Percentile £333 £400 -
25th Percentile £375 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £463 £438
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +5.71% -2.78%
75th Percentile £500 £600 £525
90th Percentile £519 £663 £561
South East median daily rate £425 £488 £444
% change year-on-year -12.82% +9.86% -1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.50 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
75th Percentile £28.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £11.13 £47.25
% change year-on-year +151.57% -76.44% -0.53%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 116 197 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.55% 12.24% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 83 109
10th Percentile £200 £363 £241
25th Percentile £365 £406 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £515 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% +11.35% -4.15%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £636 £688 £691
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 19 25
10th Percentile £21.00 £18.08 -
25th Percentile £22.83 £18.32 £18.25
Median hourly rate £24.66 £37.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.24% -21.05% +77.57%
75th Percentile £26.58 £54.38 £52.37
90th Percentile £41.10 £60.00 £67.50
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Hampshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

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

Daily rate histogram for QA in Hampshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Hampshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Portsmouth +17 3 £444 +10.88% 24
Southampton +7 3 £345 - 34
Winchester +4 2 £500 +5.26% 2
Farnborough -1 2 £444 - 5
Andover - 2 - - 1
Basingstoke +21 1 - - 24
Fareham - 1 - - 1
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 6 (35.29%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) SAP IBP
1 2 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) MySQL
1 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) JIRA
2 3 (17.65%) TestRail
General
1 13 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Tester
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Business Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Data Business Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) QA Tester
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Product Lead
3 2 (11.76%) QA Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior QA Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.88%) Senior QA Tester
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Tester
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Assurance Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) FastAPI
1 1 (5.88%) REST
1 1 (5.88%) Spring
1 1 (5.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.76%) CMDB
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Distributed Applications
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.88%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) User Stories
3 6 (35.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) Test Automation
5 4 (23.53%) Test Strategy
5 4 (23.53%) Validation
6 3 (17.65%) Agile Project Management
6 3 (17.65%) Business Process Modelling
6 3 (17.65%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Lean Software Development
6 3 (17.65%) Manual Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Performance Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Project Management
6 3 (17.65%) Security Testing
6 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (17.65%) Sprint Retrospective
6 3 (17.65%) Sprint Review
6 3 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Palantir
2 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Adobe
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco