QA Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Quality Assurance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Assurance Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 447 501
Rank change year-on-year +64 +54 -82
Contract jobs requiring a QA Manager 12 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.021% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.022% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 10
10th Percentile £298 - £403
25th Percentile £313 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £604 £456
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +32.28% +12.65%
75th Percentile £438 - £495
90th Percentile £513 - £536
UK median daily rate £325 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -38.10% +5.00% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,260 22,774 29,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.07% 95.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,836 15,954 20,879
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,214 1,200 1,503
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.66 £18.12 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

QA Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Manager in the UK excluding London

QA Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for QA Manager in the UK excluding London

QA Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA Manager in the UK excluding London

QA Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for QA Manager in the UK excluding London

QA Manager
Contract 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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
North of England +42 4 £425 - 11
Northern Ireland - 4 £325 - 1
South East +15 3 - - 12
Yorkshire +26 2 £475 - 5
North West - 2 £425 - 5
South West +17 1 - - 2
QA Manager
UK

QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, QA Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (25.00%) Retail
2 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (16.67%) WebDriver
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Zephyr
3 2 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (16.67%) REST Assured
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Test Management
3 2 (16.67%) JIRA
4 1 (8.33%) Test Scripting
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
4 1 (8.33%) Citrix
4 1 (8.33%) PMP
4 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Project Management
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) WhatsApp
4 1 (8.33%) Mentoring

QA Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
1 2 (16.67%) REST Assured
1 2 (16.67%) WebDriver
1 2 (16.67%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (16.67%) Test Management
2 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (8.33%) Migration
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Project Management
3 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (8.33%) SDET
3 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (8.33%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Citrix