Software Quality Assurance
England > North of England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Software Quality Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Quality Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 206 | 247 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +41 | -50 |
| Contract jobs citing Software Quality Assurance | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England | - | 0.055% | 0.014% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.39% | 0.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £200 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -57.89% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £488 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £408 | £419 | £595 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.69% | -29.62% | +19.00% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England
Software Quality Assurance 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 the North of England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 699 | 766 | 968 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England | 14.42% | 14.04% | 13.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 386 | 469 | 703 |
| 10th Percentile | £323 | £300 | £197 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +11.11% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £594 | £588 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £673 | £650 | £639 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 89 | 44 | 55 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.88 | £11.36 |
| 25th Percentile | £10.95 | £29.15 | £15.93 |
| Median hourly rate | £12.00 | £37.50 | £22.29 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -68.00% | +68.24% | +29.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.66 | £48.24 | £61.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £48.75 | £62.54 | £77.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £23.80 | £42.50 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.00% | +54.55% | +32.21% |
Software Quality Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England
Job postings citing Software Quality Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.
Software Quality Assurance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in the North of England.
Software Quality Assurance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Assurance in the North of England.