QA Analyst Contracts in the South East

Quality Assurance Analyst
England > South East

The median Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in the South East is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 178 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 2 6 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.056% 0.12% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile £473 - -
England median daily rate £450 £450 £625
% change year-on-year - -28.00% +38.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,225 4,466 5,308
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.51% 92.29% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,086 2,745 3,639
10th Percentile £206 £250 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £635 £612
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 371 234
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £49.37
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +16.18% +119.40%
75th Percentile £57.50 £73.04 £64.41
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -43.94% +8.43% +61.60%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in the South East

QA Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for QA Analyst in the South East

QA Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for QA Analyst in the South East

QA Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +12 2 £450 - 1
Thames Valley +9 2 £450 - 1
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 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 South East 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 the South East 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