QA Analyst Contracts in London

Quality Assurance Analyst
England > London

The median Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in London is £469 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 420 565
Rank change year-on-year +37 +145 -95
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 14 71 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.27% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.29% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 58 33
10th Percentile £328 £538 £328
25th Percentile £425 £550 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £675 £475
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +42.11% +6.15%
75th Percentile £525 £738 £650
90th Percentile £548 £810 £710
England median daily rate £479 £628 £428
% change year-on-year -23.63% +46.61% +18.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £28.25
Median hourly rate - - £29.50
75th Percentile - - £30.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £29.50
% change year-on-year - - +40.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,323 24,768 36,858
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 95.18% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,803 18,005 27,005
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 281 439
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +11.13%
75th Percentile £45.62 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.23 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.92 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -17.97% +95.42% +5.92%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured QA Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in London

QA Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for QA Analyst in London

QA Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Analyst in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA Analyst in London

QA Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for QA Analyst in London

QA Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Central London +42 3 £594 +8.00%
QA Analyst
England

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, QA Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) QA
2 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
2 5 (35.71%) Migration
2 5 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 4 (28.57%) JIRA
4 3 (21.43%) Performance Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Cypress.io
4 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Postman
5 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Appium
5 2 (14.29%) SDLC
5 2 (14.29%) Firebase
5 2 (14.29%) WebdriverIO
5 2 (14.29%) BlazeMeter
5 2 (14.29%) Validation
5 2 (14.29%) Regression Testing
5 2 (14.29%) JMeter
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Java
5 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 2 (14.29%) SQL
5 2 (14.29%) Unix
5 2 (14.29%) Windows
5 2 (14.29%) Linux
5 2 (14.29%) Python
5 2 (14.29%) Eclipse
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) BlazeMeter
1 2 (14.29%) Firebase
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) BrowserStack
2 1 (7.14%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) JIRA
2 3 (21.43%) Cypress.io
2 3 (21.43%) Postman
3 2 (14.29%) Appium
3 2 (14.29%) Eclipse
3 2 (14.29%) JMeter
4 1 (7.14%) Git
4 1 (7.14%) GitLab
4 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
4 1 (7.14%) Selenium
4 1 (7.14%) SoapUI
4 1 (7.14%) TestComplete
General
1 5 (35.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) WebdriverIO
2 1 (7.14%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
2 1 (7.14%) Middleware
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (7.14%) Web Services
2 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.14%) DTCC
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Unix
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Migration
1 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
2 4 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Performance Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Functional Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Regression Testing
4 2 (14.29%) SDLC
4 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 2 (14.29%) Validation
5 1 (7.14%) Agile Testing
5 1 (7.14%) API Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (7.14%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Defect Tracking
5 1 (7.14%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (7.14%) QA Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Java
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 2 (14.29%) Python
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) ISEB
1 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) MiFID
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Ariba
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) SAP