QA Contracts in Southwark

Quality Assurance (QA)
Central London > Southwark

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southwark requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +6 -
Contract jobs citing QA 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southwark 10.00% 22.22% 4.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 28.57% 66.67% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £311
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +60.77% -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £539 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -2.09% +0.36% +9.60%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Southwark

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Southwark.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southwark 35.00% 33.33% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £286
25th Percentile - - £302
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £500 £406
Median % change year-on-year -69.00% +23.30% -39.93%
75th Percentile £226 - £556
90th Percentile £353 - £613
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £23.50 £23.80 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% - -
75th Percentile £24.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £23.40 £23.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.43% -45.98%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Southwark

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southwark.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Southwark

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southwark

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Southwark.

Daily rate trend for QA in Southwark

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Contract Job Locations in Southwark

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Southwark region over the 6 months to 1 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
London Bridge -1 2 £425 -15.00%
QA
Central London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southwark 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 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Asana
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) PHPUnit
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Jest
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PgMP
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible