QA Contract Job Trends in West Malling

Quality Assurance (QA)
Kent > West Malling

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Malling requiring QA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing QA 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in West Malling 12.50% - 8.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 50.00% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £584
25th Percentile £613 - £589
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £619
75th Percentile £638 - £642
90th Percentile - - £643
Kent median daily rate £375 - £619
% change year-on-year - - +157.81%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Malling

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 West Malling.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Malling 25.00% 40.00% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 10
10th Percentile £568 £540 £396
25th Percentile £575 £551 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £590 £619
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -4.65% +69.52%
75th Percentile £625 £616 £656
90th Percentile £633 £620 -
Kent median daily rate £400 £579 £550
% change year-on-year -30.92% +5.27% +50.68%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Malling

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

QA job vacancy trend in West Malling

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Daily Rate Trend in West Malling

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing QA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing QA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Malling 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Change and Release Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Change Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Release Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce