Quality Assurance (QA)
Hertfordshire > Watford
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Watford with a requirement for QA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited QA over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | 19 | 20 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | +1 | +9 |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 11 | 3 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford | 9.57% | 2.26% | 6.90% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 68.75% | 11.11% | 41.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £296 | - | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £563 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £575 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.78% | -6.12% | +11.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £388 | £588 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £738 |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £375 | £575 | £465 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.78% | +23.66% | -9.27% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Watford
QA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Watford with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 16 | 27 | 29 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford | 13.91% | 20.30% | 16.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 16 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £319 | £194 | £131 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £500 | £189 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £650 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.31% | +62.50% | -13.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £425 | £741 | £628 |
| 90th Percentile | £619 | £831 | £683 |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £375 | £500 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.00% | +25.00% | -15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £32.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +133.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £37.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Hertfordshire median hourly rate | £15.40 | £62.50 | £40.10 |
| % change year-on-year | -75.36% | +55.86% | +167.33% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Watford
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Watford.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Watford.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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: