QA Contracts in Hertfordshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 34 58 60
Rank change year-on-year +24 +2 -25
Contract jobs citing QA 11 15 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 3.43% 1.80% 1.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.19% 27.27% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 12
10th Percentile £446 £306 £450
25th Percentile - £363 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £375 £609
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% -38.37% +30.86%
75th Percentile £575 £388 £672
90th Percentile £695 £466 £700
East of England median daily rate £513 £375 £488
% change year-on-year +36.67% -23.08% +2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £60.30 - -
25th Percentile £67.50 £35.75 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £36.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +98.63% - -
75th Percentile £75.00 £37.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £72.50 £26.13 £43.63
% change year-on-year +177.51% -40.12% -10.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 64 55 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 19.94% 6.59% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 39 66
10th Percentile £410 £175 £210
25th Percentile £479 £281 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £375 £518
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -27.64% +27.96%
75th Percentile £675 £494 £722
90th Percentile - £602 £769
East of England median daily rate £550 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +34.15% -8.89% +5.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 8
10th Percentile £17.58 £14.35 £12.67
25th Percentile £31.64 £14.41 £17.19
Median hourly rate £46.82 £15.40 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +204.03% -75.84% +41.04%
75th Percentile £73.44 £24.00 £74.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £29.30 £81.44
East of England median hourly rate £33.32 £15.79 £17.50
% change year-on-year +111.02% -9.77% -36.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for QA in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for QA in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage - 5 - - 31
Hatfield - 2 £479 - 1
Rickmansworth - 1 - -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £550 - 25
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
1 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
1 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Jenkins
2 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
2 1 (9.09%) GitLab
2 1 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) JMeter
2 1 (9.09%) Selenium
2 1 (9.09%) TestDirector
2 1 (9.09%) WebDriver
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Network Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Network Infrastructure Architect
3 4 (36.36%) Infrastructure Architect
3 4 (36.36%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Java Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Lead
5 1 (9.09%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) QA Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Culture of Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) EPoS
2 1 (9.09%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (45.45%) Business Transformation
2 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (45.45%) Translating Business Requirements
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Time Management
4 2 (18.18%) Validation
5 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CCNP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) MCSA
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Apple
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Samsung
1 2 (18.18%) SOTI