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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 42 43
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 +18
Contract jobs citing QA 13 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 3.75% 2.15% 2.03%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.31% 10.00% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 4
10th Percentile £214 £234 £310
25th Percentile £223 £266 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £325
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -35.25%
75th Percentile £419 £388 £331
90th Percentile £444 £463 £343
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £363 £375 £325
% change year-on-year -3.33% +15.38% -34.80%

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 71 60 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 20.46% 21.51% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 44 47
10th Percentile £205 £234 £148
25th Percentile £310 £338 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £498 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.09% -17.08% +33.33%
75th Percentile £510 £607 £743
90th Percentile £538 £668 £1,098
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £407 £503 £600
% change year-on-year -18.96% -16.25% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile - £14.36 £26.40
25th Percentile - £17.90 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £24.08 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.49% -19.73% +76.47%
75th Percentile - £30.56 -
90th Percentile - £34.27 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £24.08 £30.00
% change year-on-year +49.49% -19.73% +130.77%

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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 19 December 2025.

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 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Figma
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Business Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Salesforce Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Salesforce Business Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Business Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Test Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Lead
4 2 (15.38%) Test Leader
5 1 (7.69%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Data Migration Tester
5 1 (7.69%) Delivery Director
5 1 (7.69%) Manual Test Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
5 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Flutter
1 1 (7.69%) JSON
1 1 (7.69%) React
1 1 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (46.15%) Waterfall
3 5 (38.46%) Test Strategy
3 5 (38.46%) User Stories
4 4 (30.77%) Defect Management
4 4 (30.77%) Knowledge Management
4 4 (30.77%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (30.77%) Regression Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Test Assurance
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
5 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
5 3 (23.08%) Wireframes
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Data Reconciliation
6 2 (15.38%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.69%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Salesforce
2 4 (30.77%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.69%) Planview
3 1 (7.69%) Remedy