QA Contract Job Trends in Slough

Quality Assurance (QA)
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 19 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing QA 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 2.00% 2.99% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.00% 18.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £239 -
Median % change year-on-year +172.04% - -
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% -6.26%

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 10 11 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 20.00% 16.42% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 13
10th Percentile £470 £230 -
25th Percentile £500 £321 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £550 £285
Median % change year-on-year +7.45% +92.98% -38.04%
75th Percentile £608 £648 £315
90th Percentile £635 £750 £384
Berkshire median daily rate £520 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +4.00% +5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +240.91%
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +32.53% -5.39% +217.07%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough.

QA job vacancy trend in Slough

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Daily Rate Trend in Slough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing QA

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Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing QA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree