QA Analyst Contracts in the Midlands

Quality Assurance Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £385, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 129 149
Rank change year-on-year +21 +20 +57
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 3 4 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.16% 0.15% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.16% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 14
10th Percentile £301 £369 £263
25th Percentile £332 £389 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £400 £420
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% -4.76% +3.70%
75th Percentile £436 £401 £427
90th Percentile £464 £404 £432
England median daily rate £525 £475 £628
% change year-on-year +10.53% -24.30% +46.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured QA Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in the Midlands

QA Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for QA Analyst in the Midlands

QA Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for QA Analyst in the Midlands

QA Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for QA Analyst in the Midlands

QA Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +14 3 £385 -3.69% 8
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, QA Analyst 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 Midlands region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
3 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Postman
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) JMeter
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) JMeter
1 1 (33.33%) Postman
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA