Quality Assurance (QA)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 43 | 31 | 39 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | +8 | +32 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing QA | 31 | 39 | 59 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 4.15% | 4.63% | 4.30% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 25.20% | 34.51% | 28.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 33 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £385 | £263 | £367 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £450 | £471 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £538 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.98% | +7.50% | +1.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | £575 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £595 | £585 | £600 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £20.75 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £21.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £22.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | - | £11.88 | £21.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -44.74% | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 123 | 113 | 209 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire | 16.47% | 13.40% | 15.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 75 | 70 | 106 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £263 | £204 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £394 | £452 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £509 | £510 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.50% | -0.29% | +4.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £577 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £650 | £672 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £450 | £512 | £509 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.11% | +0.54% | +7.21% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £13.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.14 | £18.27 | £14.64 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.18% | +24.84% | -18.81% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £18.24 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.14 | - | £20.65 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £22.14 | £11.88 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +86.36% | -42.05% | +9.63% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing QA.
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Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing QA.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in West Yorkshire
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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Leeds | -9 | 28 | £475 | -13.64% | 43 |
| Bradford | - | 2 | £595 | - | 3 |
| QA Yorkshire |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:
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