QA Contracts in West London

Quality Assurance (QA)
London > West London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West London 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 51 43
Rank change year-on-year +22 -8 -26
Contract jobs citing QA 15 14 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 4.25% 2.47% 3.85%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 31.91% 13.86% 24.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 18
10th Percentile £246 £471 £309
25th Percentile £331 £502 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% +5.13% -4.41%
75th Percentile £412 £519 £538
90th Percentile £488 - £595
London median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £17.47
25th Percentile - - £20.05
Median hourly rate - - £24.35
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £25.37 £22.49 £35.50
% change year-on-year +12.83% -36.66% +77.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West London

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 West London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 47 101 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 13.31% 17.81% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 78 78
10th Percentile £228 £304 £262
25th Percentile £259 £506 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% +9.52% +2.94%
75th Percentile £450 £638 £634
90th Percentile £573 £700 £651
London median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile £18.25 £48.73 £17.74
25th Percentile £20.33 £61.25 £19.80
Median hourly rate £23.80 £64.00 £22.79
Median % change year-on-year -62.81% +180.86% -
75th Percentile £41.90 £73.13 £24.35
90th Percentile £52.76 £84.75 £32.93
London median hourly rate £25.00 £37.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.77% -15.17% +122.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West London.

Job vacancy trend for QA in West London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in West London.

Daily rate trend for QA in West London

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Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in West London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in West London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in West London.

Hourly rate trend for QA in West London

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Contract Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the West London region over the 6 months to 26 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
Hounslow -1 4 £375 -20.21% 8
Hillingdon - 4 £375 - 2
Richmond upon Thames - 1 £350 - 1
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London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) CMS
2 2 (13.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Acrobat
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Google Docs
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Storage
3 1 (6.67%) GitHub
3 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (6.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Git
1 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
1 2 (13.33%) Postman
1 2 (13.33%) REST Assured
General
1 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Aviation
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Communications Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Communications Project Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Data Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Lead
2 2 (13.33%) QA Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Tester
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Data Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Development Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Test Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Software Development Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Test Leader
3 1 (6.67%) Web Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) JSON
1 2 (13.33%) REST
1 2 (13.33%) XML
2 1 (6.67%) CSS
2 1 (6.67%) OAuth
2 1 (6.67%) OAuth2
2 1 (6.67%) React
2 1 (6.67%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Agile
1 4 (26.67%) Migration
1 4 (26.67%) Test Strategy
2 3 (20.00%) Content Management
2 3 (20.00%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) Scrum
2 3 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (13.33%) API Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (13.33%) SOA
3 2 (13.33%) Test Management
3 2 (13.33%) Use Case
3 2 (13.33%) User Stories
4 1 (6.67%) Feasibility Study
4 1 (6.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (6.67%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (6.67%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (6.67%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (6.67%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (6.67%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) C#
1 1 (6.67%) Java
1 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
1 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Adobe
2 2 (13.33%) Google