QA Leader Contracts in South London

Quality Assurance Lead
London > South London

The median Quality Assurance Lead daily rate in South London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 41 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Leader 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 1.08% 0.83% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 0.85% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £515 £550 £628
% change year-on-year -6.36% -12.35% +19.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £68.75 -
London median hourly rate - £68.75 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 170 234 358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 97.50% 92.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 155 282
10th Percentile £222 £224 £213
25th Percentile £425 £413 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £750 £638 £775
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 14
10th Percentile £22.49 £17.00 £16.13
25th Percentile £24.41 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.61 £23.50 £22.98
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% +2.26% -51.46%
75th Percentile £30.80 £75.00 £50.42
90th Percentile £32.72 £83.75 £52.21
London median hourly rate £34.65 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +26.00% -21.43% -

QA Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Leader in South London

QA Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Leader in South London.

Daily rate trend for QA Leader in South London

QA Leader
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Leader within the South London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Bromley -6 2 £425 -
QA Leader
London

QA Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, QA Leader 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 London region featuring QA Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD

QA Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Software Quality Assurance