Quality Assurance Tester
England > North of England
The median Quality Assurance Tester daily rate in the North of England is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 19 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 176 | 198 | 226 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | +28 | -47 |
| Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester | 4 | 20 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England | 0.084% | 0.34% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.091% | 0.36% | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 13 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £330 | - | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £356 | £300 | £286 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £340 | £356 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | -4.56% | -22.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £463 | £438 | £384 |
| 90th Percentile | £500 | £460 | £513 |
| England median daily rate | £475 | £575 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.39% | +43.75% | -5.88% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title | 4,414 | 5,565 | 7,029 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.02% | 95.14% | 96.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,794 | 3,933 | 5,191 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £275 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £406 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £578 | £588 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £680 | £638 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 390 | 173 | 301 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.00 | £13.16 | £11.17 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.53 | £18.56 | £14.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.75 | £30.54 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -35.33% | +65.08% | +3.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.88 | £49.40 | £31.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £57.75 | £65.95 | £50.78 |
| England median hourly rate | £35.00 | £43.86 | £22.40 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.20% | +95.80% | -0.09% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England
Job postings that featured QA Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Tester in the North of England.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Tester in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Tester in the North of England.
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Contract Job Locations in the North of England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Yorkshire | - | 3 | £413 | - | |
| North West | +6 | 1 | £400 | +17.65% | 5 |
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QA Tester Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England
For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, QA Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring QA Tester in the job title.
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QA Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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: