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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 42 46
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 +21
Contract jobs citing QA 10 6 12
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 3.36% 1.97% 2.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.87% 11.32% 17.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 6
10th Percentile £201 £234 £314
25th Percentile £223 £266 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £338
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% -34.27%
75th Percentile £419 £388 £528
90th Percentile £429 £463 £589
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £350 £375 £350
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -30.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.12 - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.12 - -

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 63 53 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 21.14% 17.43% 12.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 38 43
10th Percentile £184 £228 £175
25th Percentile £309 £286 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -17.39% +27.78%
75th Percentile £515 £590 £747
90th Percentile £542 £695 £1,133
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £420 £485 £570
% change year-on-year -13.40% -14.91% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile - £12.64 £25.20
25th Percentile £15.12 £13.61 £27.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £16.19 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +122.36% -46.03% +122.22%
75th Percentile - £26.95 -
90th Percentile - £32.83 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.25 £16.19 £30.00
% change year-on-year -5.81% -46.03% +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 20 November 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Salesforce Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Salesforce Business Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Business Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
4 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Floorwalker
4 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Lead
5 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Agile
1 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (40.00%) User Stories
1 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (30.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Test Assurance
2 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Time Management
2 3 (30.00%) Wireframes
3 2 (20.00%) Coaching
3 2 (20.00%) Data Reconciliation
3 2 (20.00%) ETL
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (10.00%) Remedy