QA Contracts in Slough

Quality Assurance (QA)
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Slough 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 19 14 22
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 +6
Contract jobs citing QA 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 2.82% 1.32% 2.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.18% 6.67% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £370
25th Percentile £230 - £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £239 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.54%
75th Percentile £247 - £513
90th Percentile - - £580
Berkshire median daily rate £463 £513 £463
% change year-on-year -9.76% +10.81% +8.82%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11 15 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 15.49% 19.74% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 20
10th Percentile £230 - £346
25th Percentile £321 £280 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £285 £425
Median % change year-on-year +92.98% -32.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £648 £315 £485
90th Percentile £750 £384 £499
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £21.20
25th Percentile - £72.50 £21.50
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - +240.91% +4.51%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £22.50
90th Percentile - - £22.80
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £65.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year -5.39% +217.07% -2.61%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Slough

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Slough

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Slough

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cabling Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Project Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management