QA Contracts in Staffordshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 23 25
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 -10
Contract jobs citing QA 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire 5.77% 0.69% 0.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 35.29% 5.26% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £455 - -
25th Percentile £463 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.71%
75th Percentile £488 - £494
90th Percentile £495 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £422 £430
% change year-on-year +24.41% -1.86% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.13 - -
Median hourly rate £15.90 £22.41 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.05% - -
75th Percentile £16.67 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £15.90 £13.00 -
% change year-on-year +22.31% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 17 19 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 16.35% 13.10% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 12
10th Percentile £313 £166 £195
25th Percentile £381 £250 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £480 £353
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +36.17% -17.06%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £507
90th Percentile £640 £575 £583
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.11% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £12.19 - -
25th Percentile £14.08 - -
Median hourly rate £15.90 £22.41 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.05% - -
75th Percentile £29.38 - -
90th Percentile £52.25 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.00 £16.10 £17.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% -5.29% -5.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Staffordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Staffordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Staffordshire.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Staffordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Tamworth - 4 £475 -
Burton-upon-Trent - 2 - - 1
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West Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Forensic Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Digital Media
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Data Collection
2 4 (66.67%) Digital Forensics
3 3 (50.00%) Internal Audit
3 3 (50.00%) Quality Management
3 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) Validation
3 3 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 4 (66.67%) ISO17020
2 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland