QA Specialist Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Quality Assurance Specialist
East of England > Suffolk

The median Quality Assurance Specialist daily rate in Suffolk is £367, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 0.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £366 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £367 - -
75th Percentile £367 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £367 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 188 59 76
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 96.72% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 37 44
10th Percentile £325 £196 £126
25th Percentile £405 £213 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £270
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +29.63% -48.57%
75th Percentile £588 £438 £497
90th Percentile £725 £538 £593
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 21
10th Percentile £14.52 £16.42 -
25th Percentile £14.59 - £14.05
Median hourly rate £15.95 £17.79 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -62.55% +131.03%
75th Percentile £18.31 £18.92 £48.75
90th Percentile £18.75 £35.28 £51.91
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £41.48 £47.50
% change year-on-year +14.53% -12.68% +43.94%

QA Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

QA Specialist job vacancy trend in Suffolk

QA Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Specialist job vacancies in Suffolk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Specialist job vacancies in Suffolk

QA Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Specialist within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 3 September 2026. 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
Ipswich - 1 £367 -
QA Specialist
East of England

QA Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk

For the 6 months to 3 September 2026, QA Specialist 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 Suffolk region featuring QA Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) MOS
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) RTP
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark

QA Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) RTP
1 1 (100.00%) tcpdump
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Media Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MOS
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA