QA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 68 71
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing QA 376 447 730
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.70% 3.06% 3.02%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.33% 22.52% 23.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 293 549
10th Percentile £306 £315 £325
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -0.99%
75th Percentile £558 £588 £600
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -6.10% -2.68% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 8
10th Percentile £16.42 £13.93 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.54 £14.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £53.50 £17.38 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +207.91% -21.02% -22.81%
75th Percentile - £58.75 £53.81
90th Percentile £72.55 £72.50 £56.55
UK median hourly rate £15.96 £14.98 £22.50
% change year-on-year +6.54% -33.42% -38.23%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,684 1,985 3,049
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.56% 13.61% 12.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,142 1,400 2,217
10th Percentile £310 £300 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -4.03% +0.68%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £525
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 69 79
10th Percentile £14.78 £12.00 £17.50
25th Percentile £19.40 £14.00 £20.94
Median hourly rate £34.48 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.92% -28.57% -9.50%
75th Percentile £67.50 £53.75 £59.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £67.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +26.05% -36.53% +38.89%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

QA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing QA over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

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 remote working options 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 remote working options citing QA over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

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 28 (7.45%) Confluence
2 9 (2.39%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.33%) Apache
4 4 (1.06%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.80%) CMS
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.53%) Drupal
6 2 (0.53%) MQSeries
6 2 (0.53%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.53%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.27%) Appian
7 1 (0.27%) CICS
7 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.27%) nginx
7 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.13%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Sketch
5 2 (0.53%) Trello
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.27%) EViews
6 1 (0.27%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.53%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.53%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.53%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.27%) Magento
4 1 (0.27%) MultiFonds
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.27%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.27%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.27%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (23.14%) AWS
2 82 (21.81%) Azure
3 30 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (7.71%) GCP
5 26 (6.91%) GitHub
6 16 (4.26%) Serverless
7 15 (3.99%) Power Platform
8 13 (3.46%) GitHub Actions
9 12 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (2.13%) SaaS
12 6 (1.60%) Amazon SQS
12 6 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.60%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.33%) Figma
14 4 (1.06%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.06%) IaaS
14 4 (1.06%) Miro
14 4 (1.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.33%) WAN
2 4 (1.06%) Firewall
3 3 (0.80%) HTTP
4 2 (0.53%) DNS
4 2 (0.53%) Internet
4 2 (0.53%) LAN
4 2 (0.53%) SSL
4 2 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.53%) VPN
5 1 (0.27%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.27%) 5G
5 1 (0.27%) BGP
5 1 (0.27%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.27%) IPsec
5 1 (0.27%) MQTT
5 1 (0.27%) Network Security
5 1 (0.27%) NGFW
5 1 (0.27%) OSPF
5 1 (0.27%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.59%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.72%) MySQL
3 12 (3.19%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.93%) Power BI
5 9 (2.39%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.13%) Metadata
6 8 (2.13%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.13%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.33%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.33%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.33%) MS Access
8 4 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.06%) DB2
9 3 (0.80%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.80%) Tableau
10 2 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.53%) GIS
10 2 (0.53%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.53%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 65 (17.29%) JIRA
2 38 (10.11%) Git
3 34 (9.04%) Selenium
4 32 (8.51%) Jenkins
5 27 (7.18%) GitLab
6 21 (5.59%) Postman
7 19 (5.05%) REST Assured
8 18 (4.79%) Cucumber
9 17 (4.52%) Cypress.io
10 14 (3.72%) JUnit
11 12 (3.19%) JMeter
12 11 (2.93%) SpecFlow
13 10 (2.66%) Appium
14 9 (2.39%) NUnit
15 8 (2.13%) Maven
15 8 (2.13%) QARun
15 8 (2.13%) WinRunner
16 7 (1.86%) Gatling
17 6 (1.60%) CircleCI
17 6 (1.60%) TestRail
General
1 151 (40.16%) Social Skills
2 78 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (18.35%) Finance
4 37 (9.84%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.71%) Banking
6 8 (2.13%) Back Office
6 8 (2.13%) Retail
7 7 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.86%) Local Government
7 7 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (1.86%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (1.60%) Legal
9 5 (1.33%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.33%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.06%) Automotive
10 4 (1.06%) Front Office
10 4 (1.06%) Games
Job Titles
1 60 (15.96%) Analyst
2 53 (14.10%) Developer
3 37 (9.84%) Lead
4 32 (8.51%) Tester
5 31 (8.24%) Senior
6 28 (7.45%) Business Analyst
7 23 (6.12%) QA Engineer
8 21 (5.59%) Architect
9 20 (5.32%) Consultant
10 19 (5.05%) QA Tester
11 18 (4.79%) Test Manager
12 14 (3.72%) Data Analyst
12 14 (3.72%) Project Manager
13 13 (3.46%) Automation Engineer
13 13 (3.46%) Automation Tester
13 13 (3.46%) Software Developer
13 13 (3.46%) Test Engineer
14 12 (3.19%) Java Developer
14 12 (3.19%) QA Leader
14 12 (3.19%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.18%) Playwright
2 23 (6.12%) REST
3 22 (5.85%) RESTful
4 20 (5.32%) React
5 17 (4.52%) Spring
6 16 (4.26%) Spring Boot
7 15 (3.99%) .NET
7 15 (3.99%) Node.js
8 14 (3.72%) Web Services
9 12 (3.19%) AngularJS
10 10 (2.66%) CSS
11 9 (2.39%) HTML
11 9 (2.39%) XML
12 8 (2.13%) Middleware
13 7 (1.86%) JSON
13 7 (1.86%) Kafka
13 7 (1.86%) OAuth
14 6 (1.60%) .NET Core
14 6 (1.60%) Gherkin
14 6 (1.60%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.24%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.52%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (3.99%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.72%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.93%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.86%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.33%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.33%) Derivative
8 5 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.33%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.33%) SCADA
9 4 (1.06%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.06%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.06%) Life Science
10 3 (0.80%) Equities
10 3 (0.80%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.80%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.12%) Windows
2 10 (2.66%) Linux
3 7 (1.86%) Unix
4 4 (1.06%) Android
4 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.80%) CentOS
5 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.53%) Debian
6 2 (0.53%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.53%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (46.28%) Agile
2 119 (31.65%) Test Automation
3 109 (28.99%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (25.53%) DevOps
5 81 (21.54%) CI/CD
6 59 (15.69%) Scrum
7 54 (14.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 52 (13.83%) User Acceptance Testing
9 44 (11.70%) Migration
9 44 (11.70%) Validation
10 42 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (11.17%) Microservices
11 40 (10.64%) Test Strategy
12 39 (10.37%) Test Scripting
13 37 (9.84%) Software Testing
14 36 (9.57%) Sprint Planning
14 36 (9.57%) Waterfall
15 35 (9.31%) Project Management
15 35 (9.31%) SDLC
16 32 (8.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 62 (16.49%) Python
2 61 (16.22%) SQL
3 60 (15.96%) Java
4 34 (9.04%) JavaScript
5 32 (8.51%) TypeScript
6 27 (7.18%) C#
7 12 (3.19%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.66%) Bash
9 8 (2.13%) Perl
10 7 (1.86%) PHP
10 7 (1.86%) Ruby
10 7 (1.86%) Scala
11 6 (1.60%) C++
11 6 (1.60%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.33%) R
12 5 (1.33%) VB
13 4 (1.06%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.80%) VBA
15 2 (0.53%) RPG
15 2 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 70 (18.62%) Security Cleared
2 56 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.71%) Degree
4 16 (4.26%) ISTQB
5 10 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.13%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.33%) PMP
10 4 (1.06%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.06%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.06%) CISSP
10 4 (1.06%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.53%) CEH
12 2 (0.53%) CSPO
12 2 (0.53%) GIAC
12 2 (0.53%) ISEB
12 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.53%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.45%) Accessibility
2 20 (5.32%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.86%) Software Quality Assurance
4 5 (1.33%) PMO
5 4 (1.06%) GDPR
5 4 (1.06%) SLA
6 3 (0.80%) GxP
6 3 (0.80%) WCAG
7 2 (0.53%) FATCA
7 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 1 (0.27%) EMIR
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.27%) NIST
8 1 (0.27%) P3O
8 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (10.37%) Docker
2 4 (1.06%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.53%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.53%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (6.65%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.26%) Terraform
3 11 (2.93%) Ansible
4 5 (1.33%) Grafana
4 5 (1.33%) Progress Chef
4 5 (1.33%) SCCM
5 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.06%) Nagios
5 4 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.80%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.80%) Puppet
7 2 (0.53%) Control-M
7 2 (0.53%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.53%) Icinga
7 2 (0.53%) Kibana
7 2 (0.53%) Salt
8 1 (0.27%) Argo
8 1 (0.27%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (10.90%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.72%) SAP
3 12 (3.19%) ServiceNow
4 11 (2.93%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.66%) Oracle
6 9 (2.39%) Databricks
7 7 (1.86%) Google
8 5 (1.33%) Planview
9 4 (1.06%) Blue Prism
9 4 (1.06%) Citrix
9 4 (1.06%) Informatica
9 4 (1.06%) Splunk
9 4 (1.06%) VMware
9 4 (1.06%) Workday
10 3 (0.80%) CA Agile Central
10 3 (0.80%) Duck Creek
10 3 (0.80%) HP
10 3 (0.80%) Palantir
10 3 (0.80%) UiPath
11 2 (0.53%) Ariba