QA Analyst Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Quality Assurance Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £431, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -38 - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 5 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.16% 0.17% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £426 £291 -
25th Percentile £428 £305 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.69% - -
75th Percentile £435 £353 -
90th Percentile £437 £381 -
England median daily rate £450 £390 £594
% change year-on-year +15.38% -34.32% +39.71%

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 2,783 2,146 2,449
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.40% 92.94% 93.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,765 1,357 1,695
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £363 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 86 109
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.95 £14.23
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +19.10% +13.51%
75th Percentile £27.21 £31.65 £33.25
90th Percentile £39.51 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

QA Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

QA Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

QA Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies 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 15 December 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 -30 4 £425 +30.77%
East Midlands - 1 £438 -
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, QA Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) JIRA
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Defect Management
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (40.00%) Middleware
3 2 (40.00%) MuleSoft
3 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 2 (40.00%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Test Management
3 2 (40.00%) TestPartner
3 2 (40.00%) Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) Workflow Management
4 1 (20.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Alteryx
4 1 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (20.00%) Code Quality

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) TestPartner
3 1 (20.00%) JMeter
3 1 (20.00%) Postman
3 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) SCADA
2 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Sprint Planning
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 2 (40.00%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Reconciliation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) KYC
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) PHP
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) MuleSoft
3 1 (20.00%) Alteryx