QA Consultant Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Quality Assurance Consultant
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Quality Assurance Consultant daily rate in South Yorkshire is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.084% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £675 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,084 449 438
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.56% 90.34% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 304 261
10th Percentile £358 £268 £235
25th Percentile £423 £383 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -5.10% -9.09%
75th Percentile £569 £551 £579
90th Percentile £675 £634 £613
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 4 11
10th Percentile £22.20 - £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £11.94
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £13.96
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% +31.46% -25.98%
75th Percentile £34.77 £18.50 £21.75
90th Percentile £36.61 £18.51 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £17.50
% change year-on-year +16.40% +26.51% -14.63%

QA Consultant
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Consultant within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 July 2026. 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
Sheffield - 1 £675 -
QA Consultant
Yorkshire

QA Consultant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 2 July 2026, QA Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Yorkshire region featuring QA Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Objectives and Key Results
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

QA Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Objectives and Key Results
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) QA