Quality Assurance (QA)
Hampshire > Portsmouth
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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 24 | 37 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +13 | +9 | -13 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing QA | 10 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth | 5.05% | 0.48% | 1.44% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 14.08% | 2.70% | 10.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £153 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £332 | - | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £400 | £413 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -3.03% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £519 | - | £448 |
| 90th Percentile | £525 | - | £502 |
| Hampshire median daily rate | £500 | £413 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.21% | -17.50% | -2.44% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
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.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 71 | 37 | 39 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth | 35.86% | 17.62% | 14.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 63 | 22 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £400 | £273 |
| 25th Percentile | £200 | £402 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | - | +4.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £556 | £690 | £513 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £700 | £540 |
| Hampshire median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +11.11% | -10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £45.62 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £45.62 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.66 | £60.00 | £49.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -58.90% | +22.45% | +50.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | - | £52.37 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.79 | - | £52.37 |
| Hampshire median hourly rate | £24.66 | £60.00 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -58.90% | +22.46% | +144.99% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.
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Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing QA.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing QA.
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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: