QA Analyst Contracts in Reading

Quality Assurance Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in Reading is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 89 -
Rank change year-on-year +29 - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% 0.18% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile £473 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 562 1,020 1,036
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 90.35% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 571 680
10th Percentile £350 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £598 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% +8.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £716 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 43 21
10th Percentile - £48.34 £45.00
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.25 £53.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £62.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.20% -5.30% +120.00%
75th Percentile £58.44 £87.48 £74.79
90th Percentile £70.00 £100.00 £76.99
Berkshire median hourly rate £48.00 £61.60 £56.47
% change year-on-year -22.08% +9.08% +101.69%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured QA Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in Reading

QA Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for QA Analyst in Reading

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 4 August 2025, QA Analyst 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 Reading region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle