QA Contracts in Hampshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 83 69
Rank change year-on-year 0 -14 +10
Contract jobs citing QA 18 22 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.13% 1.53% 3.05%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.91% 11.22% 22.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 31
10th Percentile £400 - £340
25th Percentile £413 £406 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £525 £525
90th Percentile £663 £561 £550
South East median daily rate £488 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +11.43% -2.78% +5.88%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 202 196 288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.63% 13.67% 13.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 105 175
10th Percentile £363 £240 £305
25th Percentile £406 £325 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £467 £480
Median % change year-on-year +12.42% -2.71% +3.23%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £688 £712 £668
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 27 25
10th Percentile £18.08 - -
25th Percentile £18.32 £18.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £47.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +53.23% -5.34%
75th Percentile £54.38 £56.18 £42.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £49.89
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -11.29% +47.27% -17.45%

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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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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
Basingstoke -5 6 £650 - 9
Farnborough +3 4 - - 1
Portsmouth -7 4 £400 -3.03% 6
Southampton -1 1 - - 3
Winchester - 1 £475 - 3
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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 1 (5.56%) Apache
1 1 (5.56%) Confluence
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Simulink
2 2 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (11.11%) Sketch
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Figma
2 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
2 1 (5.56%) Miro
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) MariaDB
1 1 (5.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
1 1 (5.56%) Subversion
General
1 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Aerospace
4 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) French Language
5 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Java Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Java Solutions Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (22.22%) DevOps Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Head of User Experience
5 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.56%) LAMP Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Product Owner
6 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior DevOps
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Java Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Senior LAMP Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) .NET
1 2 (11.11%) .NET Framework
1 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 2 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (11.11%) Blazor
1 2 (11.11%) JSON
1 2 (11.11%) RESTful
1 2 (11.11%) WCF
1 2 (11.11%) XML
2 1 (5.56%) LAMP
2 1 (5.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Graphic Design
3 1 (5.56%) Device Driver
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (44.44%) Business Analysis
3 6 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 6 (33.33%) Project Management
3 6 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
4 5 (27.78%) DevOps
4 5 (27.78%) Scrum
5 4 (22.22%) Analytical Modelling
5 4 (22.22%) CAD
5 4 (22.22%) Physics
5 4 (22.22%) Systems Analysis
5 4 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (16.67%) Agile
6 3 (16.67%) Budget Management
6 3 (16.67%) Product Management
6 3 (16.67%) Product Requirements
6 3 (16.67%) SDLC
6 3 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) Java
2 4 (22.22%) MATLAB
3 2 (11.11%) C#
3 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.56%) PHP
4 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.56%) VB
4 1 (5.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 4 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (5.56%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.56%) Google
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft