QA Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Quality Assurance (QA)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 24 25 31
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +4
Contract jobs citing QA 13 7 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 5.33% 2.88% 6.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 33.33% 15.22% 43.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 16
10th Percentile £345 £339 £431
25th Percentile £358 £383 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £410 £558
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -26.46% +11.50%
75th Percentile £556 £420 £588
90th Percentile £650 £461 -
North East median daily rate £460 £415 £537
% change year-on-year +10.84% -22.65% +7.30%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 39 46 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 15.98% 18.93% 14.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 27 38
10th Percentile £333 £395 £275
25th Percentile £361 £440 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £534 £569 £588
90th Percentile £650 £620 £600
North East median daily rate £470 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £35.25 -
North East median hourly rate - £35.25 -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Tyne and Wear

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for QA in Tyne and Wear

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Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Tyne and Wear

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Tyne and Wear

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Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -3 12 £425 +3.66% 39
QA
North East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) GitHub
2 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MongoDB
1 2 (15.38%) Redis
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Cucumber
1 4 (30.77%) Git
2 3 (23.08%) JUnit
2 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio
2 3 (23.08%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (15.38%) JIRA
3 2 (15.38%) REST Assured
4 1 (7.69%) git-flow
4 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 1 (7.69%) Postman
4 1 (7.69%) Selenium
General
1 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) French Language
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Lead
2 4 (30.77%) QA Tester
2 4 (30.77%) Test Leader
2 4 (30.77%) Tester
3 2 (15.38%) C# Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Automation Tester
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Lead C# Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) QA Automation Tester
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) RESTful
2 3 (23.08%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) CSS
2 3 (23.08%) HTML
2 3 (23.08%) Node.js
3 2 (15.38%) WireMock
4 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
4 1 (7.69%) React
4 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
1 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) CI/CD
2 5 (38.46%) Test Automation
3 4 (30.77%) BDD
3 4 (30.77%) Software Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Test Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 3 (23.08%) SDLC
4 3 (23.08%) Service Management
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) API Integration
5 2 (15.38%) API Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Microservices
5 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
6 1 (7.69%) Integration Testing
6 1 (7.69%) Performance Testing
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Java
2 4 (30.77%) TypeScript
3 3 (23.08%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) AWS Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.69%) ISTQB
3 1 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Ansible
1 3 (23.08%) Packer
1 3 (23.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) New Relic
3 1 (7.69%) SAP