QA Tester Contract Job Trends in Woking

Quality Assurance Tester
Surrey > Woking

The median Quality Assurance Tester daily rate in Woking is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Woking 10.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median daily rate £425 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Woking

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Woking. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Woking with a recognized job title 7 34 19
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 70.00% 100.00% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 16
10th Percentile £212 £315 £213
25th Percentile £221 £403 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +8.11% +8.82%
75th Percentile £438 £672 £679
90th Percentile £565 £710 £710
Surrey median daily rate £490 £463 £525
% change year-on-year +5.89% -11.90% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
Surrey median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 £61.63
% change year-on-year +83.33% -51.32% +36.96%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Woking

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Woking.

QA Tester job vacancy trend in Woking

QA Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Woking

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in Woking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in Woking

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Woking

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, QA Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Woking region featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

QA Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Woking 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SLA