QA Contract Job Trends in Horsham

Quality Assurance (QA)
West Sussex > Horsham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Horsham requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QA 14 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Horsham 17.95% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 56.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £735 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £370 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -32.73% +22.22% -8.16%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Horsham

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 Horsham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 25 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Horsham 32.05% 16.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £371 - -
25th Percentile £393 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £370 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.24% - -
75th Percentile £606 - -
90th Percentile £669 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £450 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Horsham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Horsham.

QA job vacancy trend in Horsham

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Daily Rate Trend in Horsham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Horsham citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Horsham citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Horsham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Billing
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Test Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Programme Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Programme Test Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Test Programme Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Defect Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Testing Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Power BI Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Product Developer
4 1 (7.14%) ProductWriter Developer
4 1 (7.14%) QA Manager
4 1 (7.14%) UAT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) UAT Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Replication
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Unix
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) System Integration Testing
2 5 (35.71%) Test Management
2 5 (35.71%) Validation
3 4 (28.57%) Budgeting
3 4 (28.57%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 4 (28.57%) Data Validation
3 4 (28.57%) Defect Management
3 4 (28.57%) Performance Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 4 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 3 (21.43%) Compliance Audit
4 3 (21.43%) Performance Management
5 2 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (7.14%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) IFRS
1 3 (21.43%) IFRS 17
2 1 (7.14%) GRC
2 1 (7.14%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Tagetik
2 1 (7.14%) HP
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft