QA Contracts in Surrey

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 23 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 57 45
Rank change year-on-year +17 -12 +5
Contract jobs citing QA 19 17 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 3.02% 2.30% 4.02%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.35% 9.77% 20.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 27
10th Percentile £175 - £256
25th Percentile £300 £263 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £413 £538
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -23.26% +38.71%
75th Percentile £680 £463 £600
90th Percentile £746 £668 £630
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £53.00 - -
25th Percentile £53.75 £34.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -27.37% -
75th Percentile £61.25 £34.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £62.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £10.82 £42.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -74.39% -11.05% +146.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 85 174 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 13.49% 23.51% 19.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 132 109
10th Percentile £255 £161 £235
25th Percentile £318 £224 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -16.67% +23.53%
75th Percentile £563 £625 £638
90th Percentile £648 £790 £775
South East median daily rate £475 £495 £475
% change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £52.60 £29.98 £18.65
25th Percentile £52.75 £30.69 £29.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.94% -31.05% +235.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £34.19 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.50 £34.53 -
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £46.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.54% +120.24% -17.65%

QA
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Surrey

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Surrey

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Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Surrey over the 6 months to 23 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Surrey

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Surrey

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Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
Redhill -3 4 £350 -57.58% 1
Leatherhead -6 4 - - 2
Sunbury-on-Thames +28 3 £705 +17.50% 1
Camberley - 2 £150 -
Guildford -9 1 £700 +69.70% 2
Chertsey - 1 £300 - 1
Woking - 1 £700 -
QA
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 6 (31.58%) Confluence
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Firewall
1 4 (21.05%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.53%) LAN
2 2 (10.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) JIRA
2 4 (21.05%) TestRail
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Automotive
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Marketing
4 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
1 6 (31.58%) Senior
2 4 (21.05%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Systems Test Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Test Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
3 3 (15.79%) QA Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Senior QA Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Unix Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Unix Systems Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Digital Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Digital Business Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) ADO
2 2 (10.53%) Middleware
3 1 (5.26%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
2 2 (10.53%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Life Science
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Linux
2 4 (21.05%) Unix
3 2 (10.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Agile
2 11 (57.89%) SDLC
3 9 (47.37%) Test Automation
4 7 (36.84%) Project Planning
5 6 (31.58%) ERP
5 6 (31.58%) Test Scripting
6 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
7 4 (21.05%) End-to-End Testing
7 4 (21.05%) Exploratory Testing
7 4 (21.05%) Functional Testing
7 4 (21.05%) Scrum
7 4 (21.05%) TDD
7 4 (21.05%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (21.05%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (15.79%) Data Security
8 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
8 3 (15.79%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
8 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Identification
8 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) C
1 4 (21.05%) Java
1 4 (21.05%) Python
1 4 (21.05%) Shell Script
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
1 4 (21.05%) VBScript
2 2 (10.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) ISTQB
3 4 (21.05%) HNC
3 4 (21.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) PMP
4 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) HL7
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) SAP
2 4 (21.05%) Micro Focus
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Databricks
4 1 (5.26%) Adobe