QA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 78 72
Rank change year-on-year +23 -6 0
Contract jobs citing QA 534 728 1,551
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.44% 2.78% 3.47%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.19% 23.10% 26.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 547 1,082
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £414 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £588
90th Percentile £713 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £510 £510 £510
% change year-on-year - - +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 14
10th Percentile £13.48 £12.50 £25.15
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £26.38
Median hourly rate £19.75 £22.41 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -11.87% -54.03% +142.12%
75th Percentile £26.79 £25.75 £68.06
90th Percentile £61.93 £47.40 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £15.38 £22.49 £47.25
% change year-on-year -31.60% -52.41% +139.24%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,303 3,152 5,924
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.85% 12.04% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,559 2,310 4,208
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £420 £420 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.01% +4.05% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £694
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 65 117
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.58 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £25.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.16% -3.37% +119.54%
75th Percentile £40.00 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £20.47 £38.00 £28.50
% change year-on-year -46.13% +33.33% +35.55%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

QA trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA.

QA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

QA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA.

QA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

QA hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 30 (5.62%) Confluence
2 14 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.25%) CMS
4 5 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.75%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.75%) nginx
6 3 (0.56%) WordPress
7 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.37%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.19%) Appian
8 1 (0.19%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) Mendix
8 1 (0.19%) SAS
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 34 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (3.37%) MS Visio
4 15 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.37%) Sketch
6 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.56%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.37%) Primavera
4 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.37%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.37%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.37%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.19%) Magento
5 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.19%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 81 (15.17%) Azure
2 73 (13.67%) AWS
3 39 (7.30%) Dynamics 365
4 31 (5.81%) Power Platform
5 29 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (4.49%) GitHub
7 23 (4.31%) GCP
8 19 (3.56%) SaaS
9 17 (3.18%) Azure Logic Apps
10 16 (3.00%) Azure API Management
11 9 (1.69%) PaaS
12 8 (1.50%) Adobe Analytics
12 8 (1.50%) WhatsApp
13 7 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.31%) Google Analytics
13 7 (1.31%) OCI
14 6 (1.12%) Apigee
14 6 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.12%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 6 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.00%) WAN
2 14 (2.62%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.43%) DNS
3 13 (2.43%) VPN
4 12 (2.25%) Internet
5 11 (2.06%) LAN
6 10 (1.87%) Firewall
7 7 (1.31%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.31%) IPsec
7 7 (1.31%) MPLS
8 4 (0.75%) ADSL
8 4 (0.75%) BGP
8 4 (0.75%) EIGRP
8 4 (0.75%) FIX Connectivity
8 4 (0.75%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.75%) OSPF
8 4 (0.75%) PPP
8 4 (0.75%) VoIP
9 3 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (0.56%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.74%) SQL Server
2 27 (5.06%) Power BI
3 23 (4.31%) MySQL
4 18 (3.37%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.62%) Tableau
6 10 (1.87%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.12%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.12%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.94%) Looker
8 5 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.94%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.94%) Siebel EIM
9 4 (0.75%) Couchbase
9 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.56%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 65 (12.17%) JIRA
2 25 (4.68%) Postman
3 21 (3.93%) Git
4 20 (3.75%) Jenkins
5 19 (3.56%) Cucumber
6 18 (3.37%) Selenium
7 17 (3.18%) Cypress.io
8 16 (3.00%) JMeter
9 14 (2.62%) GitLab
10 8 (1.50%) SpecFlow
10 8 (1.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 7 (1.31%) Appium
11 7 (1.31%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.31%) Maven
11 7 (1.31%) TestRail
11 7 (1.31%) Visual Studio
11 7 (1.31%) webpack
12 6 (1.12%) JUnit
12 6 (1.12%) SoapUI
12 6 (1.12%) TeamCity
General
1 201 (37.64%) Social Skills
2 110 (20.60%) Finance
3 75 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.49%) Banking
5 38 (7.12%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.06%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.37%) Marketing
8 16 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (3.00%) Legal
8 16 (3.00%) Retail
9 14 (2.62%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.87%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.12%) Front Office
14 5 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.94%) Electronics
14 5 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.75%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 108 (20.22%) Analyst
2 66 (12.36%) Lead
3 63 (11.80%) Developer
4 48 (8.99%) Business Analyst
5 35 (6.55%) Consultant
6 32 (5.99%) Architect
7 30 (5.62%) Project Manager
8 23 (4.31%) QA Engineer
9 22 (4.12%) Test Analyst
10 20 (3.75%) Data Analyst
11 19 (3.56%) Tester
12 16 (3.00%) Test Manager
13 15 (2.81%) Senior
14 13 (2.43%) QA Leader
15 12 (2.25%) DevOps Engineer
15 12 (2.25%) Technical Analyst
15 12 (2.25%) Test Engineer
16 11 (2.06%) QA Analyst
16 11 (2.06%) Technical Architect
17 10 (1.87%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (5.81%) REST
2 29 (5.43%) XML
3 27 (5.06%) React
4 24 (4.49%) HTML
5 22 (4.12%) CSS
6 21 (3.93%) .NET
7 17 (3.18%) JSON
7 17 (3.18%) Node.js
8 13 (2.43%) Web Services
9 12 (2.25%) Swagger
10 11 (2.06%) AngularJS
10 11 (2.06%) Middleware
10 11 (2.06%) Vue
11 10 (1.87%) Playwright
11 10 (1.87%) RESTful
12 9 (1.69%) SOAP
13 8 (1.50%) Gherkin
13 8 (1.50%) OpenAPI
14 7 (1.31%) Laravel
14 7 (1.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.93%) Product Ownership
2 19 (3.56%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.00%) Public Cloud
4 13 (2.43%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.25%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.69%) Equities
6 9 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.50%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.50%) Derivative
8 7 (1.31%) Hedge funds
8 7 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.12%) IoT
10 5 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.94%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.94%) NHS
10 5 (0.94%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.75%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.30%) Linux
2 37 (6.93%) Windows
3 9 (1.69%) Unix
3 9 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.50%) VMS
5 7 (1.31%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.31%) OpenVMS
6 6 (1.12%) Android
7 5 (0.94%) CentOS
8 4 (0.75%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.75%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Solaris
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (35.77%) Agile
2 113 (21.16%) Test Automation
3 104 (19.48%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (15.36%) DevOps
5 74 (13.86%) Project Management
6 66 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 65 (12.17%) Test Strategy
8 64 (11.99%) Migration
9 62 (11.61%) CI/CD
10 57 (10.67%) User Stories
11 51 (9.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 50 (9.36%) Scrum
13 46 (8.61%) User Acceptance Testing
14 45 (8.43%) Validation
15 44 (8.24%) Analytics
16 41 (7.68%) Project Delivery
17 35 (6.55%) Mentoring
17 35 (6.55%) Requirements Gathering
18 33 (6.18%) Data Modelling
19 31 (5.81%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 78 (14.61%) SQL
2 59 (11.05%) C#
3 53 (9.93%) JavaScript
4 44 (8.24%) Python
5 43 (8.05%) Java
6 19 (3.56%) TypeScript
7 12 (2.25%) PHP
7 12 (2.25%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.69%) F#
9 7 (1.31%) COBOL
9 7 (1.31%) DCL
10 6 (1.12%) C
10 6 (1.12%) R
11 4 (0.75%) Ada
11 4 (0.75%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.56%) Bash
12 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.56%) Scala
13 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.37%) Swift
Qualifications
1 73 (13.67%) Security Cleared
2 57 (10.67%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.18%) Degree
4 23 (4.31%) ISTQB
5 14 (2.62%) PMI Certification
5 14 (2.62%) PMP
6 13 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.06%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.31%) BC Cleared
9 7 (1.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 5 (0.94%) CCNA
10 5 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.94%) ISEB
10 5 (0.94%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.75%) CCNP
12 3 (0.56%) CCA
12 3 (0.56%) CCDP
12 3 (0.56%) CCIP
12 3 (0.56%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.31%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.75%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.43%) SLA
4 8 (1.50%) GDPR
4 8 (1.50%) PMO
5 5 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.94%) NIST
6 4 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.75%) DO-178B
6 4 (0.75%) HIPAA
6 4 (0.75%) IEC 61508
7 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.37%) ISO17020
8 2 (0.37%) WCAG
9 1 (0.19%) GAMP
9 1 (0.19%) GxP
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.19%) MiFID
System Software
1 10 (1.87%) Docker
2 6 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.19%) KVM
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 17 (3.18%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.00%) Ansible
3 15 (2.81%) Terraform
4 8 (1.50%) Grafana
5 6 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.75%) Kibana
6 4 (0.75%) Nagios
6 4 (0.75%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.56%) Graylog
7 3 (0.56%) logstash
7 3 (0.56%) Puppet
7 3 (0.56%) SCCM
8 2 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.37%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.37%) TrustSec
9 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.19%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.19%) SELinux
9 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 61 (11.42%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.68%) SAP
3 37 (6.93%) Oracle
4 19 (3.56%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.18%) Google
6 15 (2.81%) Pega
7 14 (2.62%) Adobe
8 13 (2.43%) Atlassian
9 12 (2.25%) Salesforce
10 11 (2.06%) Cisco
11 9 (1.69%) Splunk
12 6 (1.12%) Databricks
12 6 (1.12%) Optimizely
13 5 (0.94%) Bloomberg
13 5 (0.94%) BT
13 5 (0.94%) CA Agile Central
13 5 (0.94%) Monetate
13 5 (0.94%) Siebel
14 4 (0.75%) Citrix
14 4 (0.75%) Juniper