QA Analyst Contract Job Trends in Reading

Quality Assurance Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in Reading is £435, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - 90
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.12% - 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £463
25th Percentile £417 - £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 - £505
75th Percentile £452 - £511
90th Percentile - - £519
Berkshire median daily rate £467 - £505

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 772 717 1,054
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 91.11% 94.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 401 653
10th Percentile £306 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -2.38%
75th Percentile £624 £638 £615
90th Percentile £666 £663 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +0.80% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 3 37
10th Percentile £24.25 £63.58 £29.07
25th Percentile £65.00 £66.60 £52.90
Median hourly rate £90.00 £73.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +22.88% +18.90% -5.23%
75th Percentile £97.50 £76.03 £66.00
90th Percentile £107.00 £76.73 £86.40
Berkshire median hourly rate £75.00 £61.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +21.96% +5.48% -9.86%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

QA Analyst job vacancy trend in Reading

QA Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in Reading

QA Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Analyst job vacancies in Reading

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 11 February 2026, QA Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA