QA Contracts in the South East

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 101 55
Rank change year-on-year +36 -46 +38
Contract jobs citing QA 163 132 326
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.94% 2.26% 4.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 19.22% 14.86% 26.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 96 224
10th Percentile £304 £225 £350
25th Percentile £400 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £544
90th Percentile £612 £591 £600
England median daily rate £517 £513 £510
% change year-on-year +0.88% +0.49% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 2 5
10th Percentile - £24.18 £18.91
25th Percentile £10.42 £32.69 £25.50
Median hourly rate £10.82 £47.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -77.10% -0.53% +143.59%
75th Percentile £19.50 £61.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £22.95 £70.13 £60.45
England median hourly rate £15.57 £22.49 £47.50
% change year-on-year -30.78% -52.66% +146.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 848 888 1,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.28% 15.22% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 558 802
10th Percentile £232 £200 £225
25th Percentile £363 £346 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £523
% change year-on-year - +0.33% +10.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 45 50
10th Percentile £10.82 £18.25 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.38 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +47.27% -17.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £52.37 £33.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £48.95
England median hourly rate £22.34 £40.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -44.84% +47.27% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for QA in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for QA in the South East

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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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley +44 108 £500 +2.56% 69
Berkshire +39 90 £513 +10.81% 25
Hampshire 0 18 £463 +5.71% 47
Surrey -14 15 £325 +18.18% 31
Buckinghamshire +18 13 £475 -4.04% 22
Kent +10 7 £619 - 15
Oxfordshire +12 5 £488 +8.33% 23
Sussex - 5 - -
East Sussex +9 4 £275 -42.11% 12
West Sussex 0 3 £463 -17.78% 12
Home Counties - 1 - -
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England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.07%) Confluence
2 3 (1.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.23%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.45%) Simulink
3 2 (1.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.23%) Sketch
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (3.68%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.61%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (0.61%) Primavera
3 1 (0.61%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (9.82%) Azure
2 11 (6.75%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (4.29%) AWS
4 6 (3.68%) GitHub
5 3 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.84%) SaaS
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.23%) Figma
6 2 (1.23%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.23%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (0.61%) Adobe Analytics
7 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.61%) GCP
7 1 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.61%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.61%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.07%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.45%) VPN
3 3 (1.84%) Firewall
3 3 (1.84%) MPLS
3 3 (1.84%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (1.23%) 2G
4 2 (1.23%) 3G
4 2 (1.23%) 4G
4 2 (1.23%) BGP
4 2 (1.23%) DSL
4 2 (1.23%) EIGRP
4 2 (1.23%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.23%) Internet
4 2 (1.23%) OSPF
4 2 (1.23%) PPP
4 2 (1.23%) RIP
4 2 (1.23%) WAN
5 1 (0.61%) ADSL
5 1 (0.61%) DNS
5 1 (0.61%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.91%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.07%) MySQL
3 4 (2.45%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.84%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.23%) Metadata
6 1 (0.61%) IDMS
6 1 (0.61%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.61%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 16 (9.82%) JIRA
2 4 (2.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.84%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.84%) WebDriver
4 2 (1.23%) Git
4 2 (1.23%) Postman
4 2 (1.23%) REST Assured
4 2 (1.23%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.23%) TestRail
5 1 (0.61%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.61%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.61%) Gradle
5 1 (0.61%) JUnit
5 1 (0.61%) Selenium
5 1 (0.61%) Serenity BDD
5 1 (0.61%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.61%) Subversion
5 1 (0.61%) TestCafe
5 1 (0.61%) Xcode
General
1 75 (46.01%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.18%) Telecoms
3 24 (14.72%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.59%) Finance
5 8 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.68%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.07%) Automotive
8 4 (2.45%) Marketing
9 3 (1.84%) Billing
9 3 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.84%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.23%) German Language
10 2 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Legal
10 2 (1.23%) Publishing
10 2 (1.23%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.61%) French Language
11 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (13.50%) Build Engineer
2 21 (12.88%) Windows Build Engineer
2 21 (12.88%) Windows Engineer
3 17 (10.43%) Analyst
4 16 (9.82%) Project Manager
5 14 (8.59%) Developer
6 13 (7.98%) Architect
7 12 (7.36%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (7.36%) Test Analyst
8 10 (6.13%) QA Analyst
9 8 (4.91%) Administrator
9 8 (4.91%) QA Test Analyst
10 7 (4.29%) Senior
11 6 (3.68%) Lead
11 6 (3.68%) Telecoms Manager
11 6 (3.68%) Tester
12 5 (3.07%) Data Administrator
12 5 (3.07%) Java Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.07%) Site Engineer
12 5 (3.07%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.52%) HTML
2 7 (4.29%) .NET
3 5 (3.07%) ASP.NET
3 5 (3.07%) ASP.NET MVC
3 5 (3.07%) CSS
4 4 (2.45%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.45%) Node.js
4 4 (2.45%) React
4 4 (2.45%) RESTful
4 4 (2.45%) XML
5 3 (1.84%) JSON
5 3 (1.84%) React Native
6 2 (1.23%) Blazor
6 2 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.23%) HTML5
6 2 (1.23%) jQuery
6 2 (1.23%) WCF
7 1 (0.61%) Android Jetpack
7 1 (0.61%) Ktor
7 1 (0.61%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.20%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.07%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (2.45%) Mobile App
3 4 (2.45%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.84%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.84%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.23%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.23%) SCADA
6 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.61%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.61%) IoT
6 1 (0.61%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (18.40%) Windows
2 25 (15.34%) Windows Server
3 22 (13.50%) Windows 10
3 22 (13.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 21 (12.88%) Windows NT
4 21 (12.88%) Windows Server 2012
4 21 (12.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (6.13%) Linux
6 3 (1.84%) Android
6 3 (1.84%) Unix
7 1 (0.61%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.61%) Solaris
7 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (22.09%) Agile
2 29 (17.79%) User Acceptance Testing
3 26 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (15.34%) Project Management
5 24 (14.72%) Customer Service
5 24 (14.72%) ITIL
5 24 (14.72%) Release Management
6 22 (13.50%) Service Management
6 22 (13.50%) Test Automation
7 21 (12.88%) Deployment Automation
8 20 (12.27%) DevOps
9 19 (11.66%) Scrum
10 18 (11.04%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (11.04%) Project Delivery
11 17 (10.43%) Project Planning
12 13 (7.98%) Risk Management
13 11 (6.75%) Software Engineering
14 10 (6.13%) Business Analysis
14 10 (6.13%) Software Testing
14 10 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.20%) JavaScript
2 12 (7.36%) SQL
3 11 (6.75%) Java
4 10 (6.13%) C#
5 4 (2.45%) F#
5 4 (2.45%) MATLAB
5 4 (2.45%) Python
6 3 (1.84%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.23%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.61%) C
8 1 (0.61%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.61%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.61%) PHP
8 1 (0.61%) VB
8 1 (0.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (22.70%) Security Cleared
2 25 (15.34%) Degree
3 24 (14.72%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.52%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.29%) ISTQB
6 5 (3.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (2.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (2.45%) PMP
8 3 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.84%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.23%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.23%) HNC
10 1 (0.61%) CCDP
10 1 (0.61%) CCIP
10 1 (0.61%) CCNA
10 1 (0.61%) CCNP
10 1 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.84%) PMO
2 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.23%) ISO 14001
2 2 (1.23%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.23%) SLA
3 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.61%) GRC
3 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (13.50%) Active Directory
1 22 (13.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (13.50%) SCCM
2 21 (12.88%) Sysprep
2 21 (12.88%) WSUS
3 3 (1.84%) Ansible
3 3 (1.84%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.23%) Grafana
4 2 (1.23%) Graylog
4 2 (1.23%) Nagios
4 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.23%) Terraform
5 1 (0.61%) SELinux
Vendors
1 28 (17.18%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.43%) Oracle
3 6 (3.68%) Adobe
4 4 (2.45%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.84%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.84%) SAP
6 2 (1.23%) ADVA
6 2 (1.23%) BT
6 2 (1.23%) Cisco
6 2 (1.23%) Juniper
6 2 (1.23%) Splunk
7 1 (0.61%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 1 (0.61%) Citrix
7 1 (0.61%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.61%) Mavenir
7 1 (0.61%) NEC
7 1 (0.61%) Nokia
7 1 (0.61%) Nokia Networks
7 1 (0.61%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.61%) Tellabs