QA Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Assurance Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 363 421
Rank change year-on-year -4 +58 -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a QA Consultant 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.006% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.006% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £400 £604
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -33.72% -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £363 £603
% change year-on-year +44.83% -39.88% +17.66%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,857 16,765 20,625
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.07% 92.30% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,448 10,050 13,902
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £360 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,277 1,634 1,164
10th Percentile £13.36 £13.86 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.19 £17.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +7.50% +86.05%
75th Percentile £54.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.10 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.63
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.44% +67.81%

QA Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured QA Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for QA Consultant in the UK excluding London

QA Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

QA Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

QA Consultant
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +19 4 £513 +28.13%
QA Consultant
UK

QA Consultant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, QA Consultant contract job roles required 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 UK excluding London region featuring QA Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) CMMI
1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 4 (100.00%) HP ALM
1 4 (100.00%) TMMi
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Release Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Release Management

QA Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CMMI
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) TMMi
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Release Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Release Management
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) HP ALM
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) HP