The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 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
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing QA
2
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
2
3
7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent
11.76%
10.34%
15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted
2
1
5
10th Percentile
-
-
£455
25th Percentile
£463
£338
£500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£375
£520
Median % change year-on-year
+26.67%
-27.88%
+188.89%
75th Percentile
£488
£413
£538
90th Percentile
-
-
£598
Staffordshire median daily rate
£475
£450
£480
% change year-on-year
+5.56%
-6.25%
+36.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
1
0
Median hourly rate
-
£10.93
-
Staffordshire median hourly rate
-
£15.90
£22.41
% change year-on-year
-
-29.05%
-
QA Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.
QA Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Stoke-on-Trent.
QA Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing QA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Stoke-on-Trent region with a requirement for QA.
QA Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:
