QA Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Quality Assurance (QA)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 25 28
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +6
Contract jobs citing QA 11 5 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 5.12% 2.62% 6.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 33.33% 11.63% 51.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 12
10th Percentile £360 £332 £406
25th Percentile £375 £364 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £403 £512
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% -21.31% +2.30%
75th Percentile £625 £416 £577
90th Percentile £650 £419 £587
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £420 £403 £512
% change year-on-year +4.35% -21.31% +2.30%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 33 43 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 15.35% 22.51% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 25 24
10th Percentile £363 £391 £331
25th Percentile £420 £425 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - -
75th Percentile £530 £588 £573
90th Percentile £638 £630 £596
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -8.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £35.25 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate - £35.25 -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for QA in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GitHub
1 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Cucumber
2 3 (27.27%) JUnit
3 2 (18.18%) REST Assured
3 2 (18.18%) Selenium
4 1 (9.09%) Git
4 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
4 1 (9.09%) Postman
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Lead
1 4 (36.36%) QA Tester
1 4 (36.36%) Test Leader
1 4 (36.36%) Tester
2 2 (18.18%) Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Automation Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) QA Automation Tester
3 1 (9.09%) QA Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) QA Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) SAP Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Node.js
2 2 (18.18%) WireMock
3 1 (9.09%) REST
3 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
1 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
2 5 (45.45%) BDD
3 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
3 4 (36.36%) Software Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) Test Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) API Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 3 (27.27%) Service Management
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Scrum
5 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
6 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (9.09%) Defect Management
6 1 (9.09%) Non-Functional Testing
6 1 (9.09%) QA Automation
6 1 (9.09%) SDLC
6 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 3 (27.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
2 1 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Ansible
1 3 (27.27%) Packer
1 3 (27.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) SAP