The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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
25
42
34
Rank change year-on-year
+17
-8
-3
Contract jobs citing QA
3
4
7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
26
55
34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth
21.14%
18.39%
13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted
20
26
22
10th Percentile
-
-
£273
25th Percentile
£200
£400
£273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£269
£431
£413
Median % change year-on-year
-37.57%
+4.55%
-5.03%
75th Percentile
£568
£583
£463
90th Percentile
£625
£749
£674
Hampshire median daily rate
£518
£515
£463
% change year-on-year
+0.49%
+11.35%
-4.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted
4
4
2
10th Percentile
-
-
£24.31
25th Percentile
-
-
£27.86
Median hourly rate
£24.66
£60.00
£36.27
Median % change year-on-year
-58.90%
+65.45%
-17.49%
75th Percentile
£33.50
-
£45.56
90th Percentile
£49.40
-
£49.64
Hampshire median hourly rate
£24.66
£37.50
£47.50
% change year-on-year
-34.24%
-21.05%
+77.57%
QA Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.
QA Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Portsmouth.
QA Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
QA Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Portsmouth.
QA Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing QA also mentioned 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 Portsmouth region with a requirement for QA.
QA Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:
