Quality Assurance (QA)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 22 | 18 | 25 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +7 | +13 |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire | 2.74% | 3.57% | 4.98% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 15.38% | 21.88% | 35.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £414 | £355 | £231 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £432 | £425 | £238 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.65% | +78.95% | -37.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £475 | £488 | £280 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £534 | - |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £410 | £303 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.54% | -6.92% | -23.08% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £35.00 | - |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | - | £35.00 | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northamptonshire
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 Northamptonshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 26 | 32 | 34 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire | 17.81% | 16.33% | 14.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 22 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £315 | £357 | £172 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £413 | £231 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £414 | £543 | £280 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.69% | +93.75% | -25.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £461 | £618 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £485 | £623 | £565 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £391 | £434 | £415 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.91% | +4.58% | +3.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £35.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -46.15% | +170.24% |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £20.60 | £23.75 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.25% | -52.51% | +192.31% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Northamptonshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Northamptonshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton | -2 | 4 | £432 | +17.55% | 30 |
| QA East Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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: