QA Contracts in Lancashire

Quality Assurance (QA)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 35 36
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 -
Contract jobs citing QA 1 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 0.52% 2.75% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.14% 20.59% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £476 £425
Median % change year-on-year -42.18% +11.92% -
North West median daily rate £400 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.11% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £78.00 -
North West median hourly rate - £78.00 £35.93
% change year-on-year - +117.09% +105.31%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Lancashire

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 14 34 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 7.22% 13.33% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 22
10th Percentile £172 £330 £162
25th Percentile £189 £356 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £218 £443 £525
Median % change year-on-year -50.85% -15.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £246 £600 £656
90th Percentile £264 £723 £714
North West median daily rate £450 £483 £475
% change year-on-year -6.83% +1.68% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile - £30.24 £13.43
25th Percentile £37.55 £53.02 £22.34
Median hourly rate £40.33 £69.59 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year -42.05% +82.48% +152.53%
75th Percentile £43.10 £78.00 £54.22
90th Percentile - £78.47 £63.30
North West median hourly rate £24.18 £26.65 £69.05
% change year-on-year -9.27% -61.40% +263.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Lancashire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Lancashire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Lancashire

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) XCUITest
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories