Software QA Specialist Contracts in London

Software Quality Assurance Specialist
England > London

The median Software Quality Assurance Specialist daily rate in London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 482 608
Rank change year-on-year +102 +126 -135
Contract jobs requiring a Software QA Specialist 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.011% 0.004% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.004% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £650 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,506 25,035 36,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 95.25% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,947 18,137 26,928
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £683
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 282 444
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.66 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +2.14% +8.63%
75th Percentile £44.75 £62.64 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.01 £79.80 £67.94
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%

Software QA Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Software QA Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Software QA Specialist in London

Software QA Specialist
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software QA Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Central London - 1 - -
Software QA Specialist
England

Software QA Specialist Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Software QA Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Software QA Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Solar Panel
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

Software QA Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (50.00%) Solar Panel
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance