Quality Assurance (QA)
North West > Merseyside
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 25 | 39 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +14 | -8 | -4 |
| Contract jobs citing QA | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | 2.59% | 2.27% | 4.63% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 27.27% | 17.07% | 26.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £159 | £270 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £244 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £115 | £500 | £515 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -77.00% | -2.91% | -5.72% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £523 | £526 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £534 | £636 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £483 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.63% | +7.22% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.11 | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £19.29 | £22.50 | £57.27 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.29% | -60.71% | +43.07% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 22 | 41 | 57 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 9.48% | 13.31% | 17.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 29 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £157 | £163 |
| 25th Percentile | £115 | £300 | £204 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £162 | £413 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -60.85% | -8.33% | -1.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £450 | £530 | £526 |
| 90th Percentile | £510 | £650 | £596 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +2.70% | +3.93% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.57 | - | £9.37 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £9.58 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.50 | - | £9.92 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -29.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.16 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £34.21 | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £12.00 | £37.50 | £50.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -68.00% | -25.74% | +220.63% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in Merseyside.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in Merseyside.
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Contract Job Locations in Merseyside
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 |
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| Liverpool | +14 | 5 | £115 | -65.59% | 13 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:
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