QA Contracts in Nottinghamshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Nottinghamshire 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 13 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 19 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +26
Contract jobs citing QA 12 3 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 7.19% 2.31% 10.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 63.16% 10.71% 67.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 13
10th Percentile £74 £314 £275
25th Percentile £311 £316 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £338 £420
Median % change year-on-year +25.56% -19.64% -
75th Percentile £468 £616 £600
90th Percentile £502 £771 £624
East Midlands median daily rate £371 £380 £415
% change year-on-year -2.37% -8.43% -1.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Median hourly rate £15.12 - £70.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £15.12 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +356.03%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 19 28 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 11.38% 21.54% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 18
10th Percentile £137 £276 £306
25th Percentile £326 £314 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £488 £444
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +9.86% -1.39%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £544
90th Percentile £542 £762 £621
East Midlands median daily rate £402 £495 £444
% change year-on-year -18.79% +11.55% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile - - £10.76
25th Percentile - £12.75 £10.77
Median hourly rate £15.12 £13.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -32.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £17.98 £14.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £19.69 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.92 £21.73 £31.76
% change year-on-year +0.85% -31.58% +61.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Nottinghamshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Nottinghamshire.

Daily rate trend for QA in Nottinghamshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 13 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Nottinghamshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Nottinghamshire.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Nottinghamshire

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Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 13 August 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
Nottingham +7 12 £424 +25.56% 13
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East Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Postman
2 2 (16.67%) Eclipse
2 2 (16.67%) NetBeans
3 1 (8.33%) JIRA
3 1 (8.33%) JMeter
3 1 (8.33%) Ranorex
3 1 (8.33%) Selenium
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (8.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Floorwalker
2 2 (16.67%) QA Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) QA Test Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) QA Tester
2 2 (16.67%) Senior QA Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior QA Tester
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Test Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Tester
2 2 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Tester
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) .NET
2 2 (16.67%) POSIX
3 1 (8.33%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (8.33%) SailPoint
3 1 (8.33%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) IoT
3 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Code Quality
4 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) API Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Coaching
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Exploratory Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Manual Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Microservices
5 2 (16.67%) SDLC
5 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Time Management
5 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
6 1 (8.33%) Data Validation
6 1 (8.33%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) C
1 2 (16.67%) C++
1 2 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) Apex Code
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) PHP
2 1 (8.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) CISA
3 1 (8.33%) CISM
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Software Quality Assurance
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (16.67%) MISRA
2 2 (16.67%) MISRA C
3 1 (8.33%) COBIT
3 1 (8.33%) IEC 61508
3 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (8.33%) NIST
3 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
3 1 (8.33%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) QNX
4 1 (8.33%) Alteryx
4 1 (8.33%) Rapid7
4 1 (8.33%) Salesforce