QA Contract Job Trends in Walsall

Quality Assurance (QA)
West Midlands > Walsall

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Walsall requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 5 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 -
Contract jobs citing QA 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Walsall 27.27% 9.09% 5.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £420
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £388 - £430
90th Percentile £410 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +16.67%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Walsall

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 Walsall.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Walsall 27.27% 9.09% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £420
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £388 - £430
90th Percentile £410 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Walsall

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Walsall.

QA job vacancy trend in Walsall

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Daily Rate Trend in Walsall

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Walsall citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Walsall citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Walsall by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (33.33%) Trello
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Software Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Issue Tracking
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Business Process Mapping
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce