QA Tester Contract Job Trends in Staines

Quality Assurance Tester
Surrey > Staines

The median Quality Assurance Tester daily rate in Staines is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staines 1.72% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Staines

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Staines. 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 Staines with a recognized job title 50 17 17
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.21% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 11 14
10th Percentile £305 £263 £254
25th Percentile £363 £330 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £388 £665
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -41.73% +100.00%
75th Percentile £522 £638 £722
90th Percentile £575 £675 £750
Surrey median daily rate £490 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +3.16% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
Surrey median hourly rate £65.00 £28.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +132.14% -6.67% -33.33%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Staines

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staines.

QA Tester job vacancy trend in Staines

QA Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Staines

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in Staines.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in Staines

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines

For the 6 months to 14 June 2026, QA Tester 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 Staines region featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development

QA Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA