QA Contracts in Hampshire

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 80 72
Rank change year-on-year -4 -8 +5
Contract jobs citing QA 16 19 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.93% 1.49% 2.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.20% 10.80% 19.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 27
10th Percentile £376 - £346
25th Percentile £400 £406 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £444 £532
90th Percentile £658 £569 £550
South East median daily rate £488 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +5.41% +2.78% +6.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

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 advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 174 176 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 10.08% 13.81% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 100 166
10th Percentile £363 £260 £207
25th Percentile £406 £344 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £444 £480
Median % change year-on-year +26.20% -7.55% +1.05%
75th Percentile £625 £591 £550
90th Percentile £690 £705 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 30
10th Percentile - £15.21 -
25th Percentile £18.32 £16.84 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £47.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +123.53% -35.61%
75th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £33.44
90th Percentile - £60.00 £44.41
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.17% +38.10% -23.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for QA in Hampshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for QA in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in Hampshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in Hampshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for QA in Hampshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Basingstoke -22 6 £650 - 6
Farnborough 0 5 £340 - 4
Portsmouth -3 2 £400 -3.03% 13
Southampton -8 1 - - 9
Winchester -9 1 £475 -36.67% 3
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) Apache
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Simulink
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Google Workspace
1 1 (6.25%) Miro
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) MariaDB
1 1 (6.25%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) Subversion
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 2 (12.50%) French Language
5 1 (6.25%) Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) DevOps Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Java Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Java Solutions Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Developer
4 2 (12.50%) Product Owner
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Payments Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Payments Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Product Business Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Java Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Senior LAMP Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Technical Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) .NET
1 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 2 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (12.50%) Blazor
1 2 (12.50%) JSON
1 2 (12.50%) RESTful
1 2 (12.50%) WCF
1 2 (12.50%) XML
2 1 (6.25%) LAMP
2 1 (6.25%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Device Driver
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
1 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Business Analysis
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Project Management
2 6 (37.50%) Scrum
3 5 (31.25%) DevOps
3 5 (31.25%) GAP Analysis
3 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (31.25%) Translating Business Requirements
4 4 (25.00%) Agile
4 4 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
4 4 (25.00%) CAD
4 4 (25.00%) Physics
4 4 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (18.75%) SDLC
5 3 (18.75%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (12.50%) Design Patterns
6 2 (12.50%) Epics
6 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Java
2 4 (25.00%) MATLAB
3 2 (12.50%) C#
3 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.25%) PHP
4 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 1 (6.25%) VB
4 1 (6.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Atlassian
1 1 (6.25%) Google
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft