Quality Assurance (QA)
South West > Wiltshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 44 | 84 | 77 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +40 | -7 | -23 |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 10 | 5 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire | 2.30% | 0.53% | 1.10% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 16.39% | 2.27% | 10.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £294 | £517 | £448 |
| 25th Percentile | £429 | £517 | £487 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £552 | £526 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.89% | -12.29% | +26.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £542 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £659 | £546 | £644 |
| South West median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £453 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +21.55% | -5.73% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wiltshire
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 Wiltshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 61 | 220 | 118 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire | 14.02% | 23.38% | 10.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 41 | 150 | 92 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £310 | £401 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £410 | £484 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £500 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -16.67% | +13.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £640 | £596 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £689 | £700 |
| South West median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +6.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £11.25 | - |
| South West median hourly rate | £65.00 | £45.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.44% | -30.77% | +3.17% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Wiltshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Wiltshire.
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Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon | +5 | 3 | £315 | -39.42% | 3 |
| Corsham | +31 | 2 | £517 | -2.96% | |
| Salisbury | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Warminster | - | 1 | - | - | |
| QA South West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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: