QA Consultant Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Quality Assurance Consultant
England > Yorkshire

The median Quality Assurance Consultant daily rate in Yorkshire is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.036% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
England median daily rate £375 £525 -
% change year-on-year -28.57% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,561 1,183 1,555
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.86% 93.89% 90.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,562 749 976
10th Percentile £319 £262 £263
25th Percentile £411 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £613 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 43 67
10th Percentile £16.62 £16.30 £11.30
25th Percentile £22.08 £18.23 £12.39
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +26.51% -14.63%
75th Percentile £35.00 £23.00 £34.75
90th Percentile £58.40 £34.40 £53.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +57.89% -28.75% -8.95%

QA Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

QA Consultant job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

QA Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Consultant job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Consultant job vacancies in Yorkshire

QA Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Consultant within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 July 2026. 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
South Yorkshire - 1 £675 -
QA Consultant
England

QA Consultant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 2 July 2026, QA Consultant 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 Yorkshire region featuring QA Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Objectives and Key Results
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

QA Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Objectives and Key Results
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) QA