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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 22 34
Rank change year-on-year -19 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing QA 22 12 10
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.94% 6.70% 2.56%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.64% 27.91% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 10
10th Percentile £223 £325 £347
25th Percentile £370 £353 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% -13.68% -2.81%
75th Percentile £495 £436 £484
90th Percentile £511 £493 £576
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £445 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +4.71% -10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £15.12 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £30.00 £15.12 -
% change year-on-year +98.41% - -

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 118 43 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 15.75% 24.02% 16.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 31 42
10th Percentile £363 £325 £177
25th Percentile £456 £378 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% +2.70% -3.90%
75th Percentile £618 £606 £550
90th Percentile £660 £650 £600
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £532 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +12.01% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile - - £14.02
25th Percentile - - £15.92
Median hourly rate £18.32 £15.12 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.16% -16.00% -
75th Percentile - £34.44 £22.82
90th Percentile - £46.02 £27.22
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £15.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +20.13% -39.00% -

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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 18 June 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%) SAN
1 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Selenium
1 3 (13.64%) WebDriver
2 2 (9.09%) Cypress.io
3 1 (4.55%) Cucumber
3 1 (4.55%) JIRA
3 1 (4.55%) Postman
3 1 (4.55%) REST Assured
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Automotive
5 1 (4.55%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Law
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Test Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Developer
2 3 (13.64%) Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (13.64%) QA Manager
2 3 (13.64%) QA Test Manager
2 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) Test Leader
3 2 (9.09%) Tester
4 1 (4.55%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Functional Tester
4 1 (4.55%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Integration Test Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Integration Tester
4 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Integration Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) REST
2 3 (13.64%) JSON
2 3 (13.64%) Middleware
2 3 (13.64%) React
2 3 (13.64%) SOAP
3 2 (9.09%) .NET
3 2 (9.09%) .NET Core
3 2 (9.09%) CSS
3 2 (9.09%) HTML
3 2 (9.09%) Playwright
3 2 (9.09%) RESTful
4 1 (4.55%) Flutter
4 1 (4.55%) Gherkin
4 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 3 (13.64%) CMDB
3 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (9.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Test Automation
2 9 (40.91%) Test Strategy
3 8 (36.36%) Agile
3 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) CI/CD
5 5 (22.73%) Defect Management
5 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (22.73%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (22.73%) Validation
6 4 (18.18%) Integration Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Non-Functional Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Performance Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Scrum
6 4 (18.18%) Test Management
7 3 (13.64%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (13.64%) Sprint Planning
7 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (13.64%) Test Assurance
7 3 (13.64%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) JavaScript
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) C#
3 3 (13.64%) TypeScript
4 2 (9.09%) Java
5 1 (4.55%) Kotlin
5 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) ISTQB
3 4 (18.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
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
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) VMware
2 3 (13.64%) CheckPoint
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco
2 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft