Quality Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Quality Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 371 415
Rank change year-on-year +17 +44 +75
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Analyst 12 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.034% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.036% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £238 £380 -
25th Percentile £294 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -20.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £445 £450 £525
90th Percentile £549 £480 £540
UK median daily rate £375 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £20.07
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year - +74.39% -

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,783 16,444 20,410
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 92.28% 94.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,459 9,515 13,624
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% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £678 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,274 1,412 1,211
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.27 £14.03
25th Percentile £16.19 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.13 £43.90 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -42.76% +0.34% +98.86%
75th Percentile £51.65 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Quality Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Quality Analyst in the UK excluding London

Quality Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quality Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quality Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Quality Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Analyst in the UK excluding London

Quality Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Quality Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Quality Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Quality Analyst
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 Quality Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Wales +9 5 - -
South East +23 3 £200 -60.00% 9
North of England -22 3 £375 -
North West -7 2 £363 -
East of England 0 1 - -
North East - 1 £613 -
Quality Analyst
UK

Quality Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Quality Analyst 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 Quality Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Data Quality
2 5 (41.67%) Metadata Management
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Dashboard Development
2 5 (41.67%) Welsh Language
2 5 (41.67%) Data Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) Data Management
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) Programme Delivery
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Data Interpretation
2 5 (41.67%) Metadata
3 3 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (25.00%) Databricks
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (8.33%) Test Scripting
5 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
5 1 (8.33%) Defect Management
5 1 (8.33%) RFC 2544
5 1 (8.33%) Case Management
5 1 (8.33%) Data Centre

Quality Analyst 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) LAN
1 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Metadata
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Welsh Language
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Dashboard Development
1 5 (41.67%) Data Analysis
1 5 (41.67%) Data Interpretation
1 5 (41.67%) Data Management
1 5 (41.67%) Metadata Management
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (41.67%) Programme Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.33%) Case Management
4 1 (8.33%) Defect Management
4 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (8.33%) Network Design
4 1 (8.33%) Service Management
4 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (8.33%) Test Scripting
4 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) CCNA
2 1 (8.33%) CCNP
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (91.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco