QA Contracts in Merseyside

Quality Assurance (QA)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 28 26 45
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 -8
Contract jobs citing QA 1 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.60% 3.07% 0.58%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.76% 29.17% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £180
25th Percentile - - £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £115 £272
Median % change year-on-year - -57.68% -47.23%
75th Percentile - - £335
90th Percentile - - £367
North West median daily rate £463 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -7.50% +17.65% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £23.28 -
North West median hourly rate £48.13 £20.46 £14.00
% change year-on-year +135.24% +46.14% -77.60%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 21 24 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 12.50% 10.53% 9.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 24
10th Percentile £143 - £274
25th Percentile £146 £115 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £162 £400
Median % change year-on-year +23.84% -59.63% -5.88%
75th Percentile £311 £450 £541
90th Percentile £510 £510 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -7.32% +7.89% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 0
Median hourly rate - £14.50 -
North West median hourly rate £30.38 £12.84 £38.55
% change year-on-year +136.60% -66.69% +114.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Merseyside

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Merseyside

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Merseyside

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Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool +3 1 - - 24
QA
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Attestation
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management