QA Analyst Contracts in Wales

Quality Assurance Analyst
UK > Wales

The median Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in Wales is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +10.53% -20.83% +40.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 276 352 601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 89.11% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 250 463
10th Percentile £160 £187 £172
25th Percentile £255 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 28 33
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.29 £13.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £31.02 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.54 £45.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured QA Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in Wales

QA Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for QA Analyst in Wales

QA Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the Wales 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
South Wales - 1 £525 - 3
QA Analyst
UK

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, QA 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 Wales region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Smoke Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA