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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 21 32
Rank change year-on-year -25 +11 +19
Contract jobs citing QA 19 11 12
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.64% 6.55% 3.04%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.12% 20.37% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 10
10th Percentile £217 £325 £347
25th Percentile £223 £363 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -16.84% -2.81%
75th Percentile £500 £425 £484
90th Percentile £538 £485 £576
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £375 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -11.76% -10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £12.50 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year -76.19% - -

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 111 54 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 15.44% 32.14% 18.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 43 49
10th Percentile £315 £325 £173
25th Percentile £433 £378 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +7.89% +1.06%
75th Percentile £614 £630 £588
90th Percentile £660 £650 £600
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £521 £475
% change year-on-year +0.72% +9.74% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 6
10th Percentile - - £15.41
25th Percentile £18.32 £51.25 £18.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £52.50 £21.22
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +147.47% -
75th Percentile - £53.75 £28.61
90th Percentile - - £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £27.16 £65.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -58.22% +136.36% -

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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 6 May 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 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) GitHub
3 1 (5.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) LAN
1 1 (5.26%) SAN
1 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Selenium
1 3 (15.79%) WebDriver
2 2 (10.53%) Cypress.io
3 1 (5.26%) Cucumber
3 1 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (5.26%) REST Assured
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.26%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Lead
1 4 (21.05%) Test Leader
2 2 (10.53%) Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Product Owner
2 2 (10.53%) Tester
3 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Developer
3 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
3 1 (5.26%) IT Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.26%) QA Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) QA Manager
3 1 (5.26%) QA Tester
3 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Service Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Test Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Test Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) JSON
1 3 (15.79%) React
2 2 (10.53%) Flutter
2 2 (10.53%) Playwright
2 2 (10.53%) XML
3 1 (5.26%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) .NET Core
3 1 (5.26%) CSS
3 1 (5.26%) Gherkin
3 1 (5.26%) HTML
3 1 (5.26%) REST
3 1 (5.26%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (10.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Test Automation
2 8 (42.11%) Test Strategy
3 7 (36.84%) Agile
4 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (31.58%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (26.32%) Data Analysis
5 5 (26.32%) Defect Management
5 5 (26.32%) Knowledge Management
5 5 (26.32%) Knowledge Transfer
5 5 (26.32%) Regression Testing
5 5 (26.32%) Scenario Testing
5 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (26.32%) Test Assurance
5 5 (26.32%) Validation
6 4 (21.05%) Sprint Planning
7 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
7 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.79%) Data Reconciliation
7 3 (15.79%) Roadmaps
7 3 (15.79%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) C#
2 2 (10.53%) Java
2 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.53%) Kotlin
2 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.26%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.53%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.26%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) CheckPoint
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Planview
2 1 (5.26%) VMware