QA Manager Contracts in the South East

Quality Assurance Manager
England > South East

The median Quality Assurance Manager daily rate in the South East is £313, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 186 209
Rank change year-on-year +24 +23 +58
Contract jobs requiring a QA Manager 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.057% 0.020% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.022% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £304 - -
25th Percentile £307 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - £604
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.95%
75th Percentile £317 - -
90th Percentile £319 - -
England median daily rate £545 £413 £538
% change year-on-year +32.12% -23.26% +2.38%

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 3,169 4,590 5,383
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 92.06% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,055 2,807 3,686
10th Percentile £213 £255 £225
25th Percentile £376 £404 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 381 242
10th Percentile £13.93 £15.96 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £19.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +138.10%
75th Percentile £58.75 £72.33 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +68.63%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manager in the South East

QA Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for QA Manager in the South East

QA Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for QA Manager in the South East

QA Manager
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 Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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 +15 2 £313 -
Thames Valley +11 2 £313 - 1
QA Manager
England

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, QA Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) RFC 2544
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms

QA Manager 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco