QA Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Quality Assurance (QA)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 22 41
Rank change year-on-year -25 +19 +11
Contract jobs citing QA 22 15 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 3.13% 6.25% 0.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.79% 27.78% 5.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 2
10th Percentile £228 £218 -
25th Percentile £363 £325 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £385 £234
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% +64.53% -50.74%
75th Percentile £494 £423 -
90th Percentile £494 £427 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £430 £395 £234
% change year-on-year +8.86% +68.80% -57.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 £15.12 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.00 £15.12 -
% change year-on-year +45.50% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 131 54 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.63% 22.50% 12.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 41 23
10th Percentile £361 £300 £179
25th Percentile £433 £400 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £480
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -11.46% -3.52%
75th Percentile £610 £515 £555
90th Percentile £656 £560 £600
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £428 £495
% change year-on-year +22.81% -13.64% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £16.10 - £17.26
25th Percentile £17.50 - £20.31
Median hourly rate £38.72 £15.12 £26.18
Median % change year-on-year +156.08% -42.24% -
75th Percentile £43.75 £34.44 £31.85
90th Percentile - £46.02 £34.79
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £34.36 £15.25 £26.18
% change year-on-year +125.31% -41.74% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

QA job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing QA

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing QA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (4.55%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) AWS
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) LAN
1 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Selenium
2 1 (4.55%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.55%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Postman
2 1 (4.55%) REST Assured
2 1 (4.55%) WebDriver
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Automotive
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Full-Stack Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Test Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) QA Manager
3 3 (13.64%) QA Test Manager
3 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Test Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Test Automation Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.55%) IT Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) REST
2 3 (13.64%) .NET
2 3 (13.64%) .NET Core
2 3 (13.64%) CSS
2 3 (13.64%) HTML
2 3 (13.64%) JSON
2 3 (13.64%) Middleware
2 3 (13.64%) React
2 3 (13.64%) RESTful
2 3 (13.64%) SOAP
3 1 (4.55%) Gherkin
3 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) CMDB
1 3 (13.64%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Test Automation
2 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (36.36%) Test Strategy
3 6 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 5 (22.73%) Agile
4 5 (22.73%) Integration Testing
5 4 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 4 (18.18%) Defect Management
5 4 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (18.18%) Non-Functional Testing
5 4 (18.18%) Performance Testing
5 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (18.18%) Test Management
5 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (13.64%) Business Case
6 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
6 3 (13.64%) Presales
6 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (13.64%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 4 (18.18%) C#
4 3 (13.64%) TypeScript
5 1 (4.55%) Java
5 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) ISTQB
2 4 (18.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) VMware
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco
2 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft