QA Contracts in Surrey

Quality Assurance (QA)
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 33 52 47
Rank change year-on-year +19 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing QA 23 19 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 3.78% 2.61% 3.74%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 28.05% 10.56% 19.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 25
10th Percentile £188 £225 £256
25th Percentile £300 £263 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £413 £538
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% -23.26% +50.88%
75th Percentile £695 £453 £588
90th Percentile £744 £625 £620
South East median daily rate £488 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +5.41% +2.78% +6.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 - £47.50
75th Percentile £58.75 - £48.75
90th Percentile £61.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £10.82 £19.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -43.05% -60.00% +143.59%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 82 180 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 13.46% 24.76% 19.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 136 107
10th Percentile £255 £161 £223
25th Percentile £310 £238 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £597 £631
90th Percentile £659 £750 £775
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - £18.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £29.50 £29.00
Median hourly rate £37.75 £31.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.77% -34.74% +160.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £32.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.00 - -
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 Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in Surrey

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for QA in Surrey

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Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

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

Daily rate histogram for QA in Surrey

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in Surrey

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in Surrey over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for QA in Surrey

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Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Surrey 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
Redhill -3 4 £350 -57.58% 4
Leatherhead -5 4 - - 1
Sunbury-on-Thames +26 3 £705 +17.50%
Staines 0 2 - -
Guildford -5 2 £700 +69.70% 9
Camberley - 2 £150 - 1
Chertsey - 1 £300 - 1
Woking - 1 £700 - 4
QA
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 6 (26.09%) Confluence
2 1 (4.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Firewall
1 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.70%) LAN
2 2 (8.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) IDMS
1 1 (4.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) JIRA
2 4 (17.39%) TestRail
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Automotive
4 3 (13.04%) Marketing
5 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (8.70%) German Language
5 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Spanish Language
6 1 (4.35%) Electronics
6 1 (4.35%) Law
6 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Analyst
1 6 (26.09%) Senior
2 4 (17.39%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Systems Test Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Test Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
3 3 (13.04%) QA Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Senior QA Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Unix Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Unix Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Azure Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Digital Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Digital Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) E-Commerce Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) ADO
2 2 (8.70%) .NET
2 2 (8.70%) Middleware
3 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (4.35%) Entity Framework
3 1 (4.35%) HTML
3 1 (4.35%) HTML5
3 1 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.70%) Public Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Digital Media
3 1 (4.35%) Life Science
3 1 (4.35%) NHS
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Linux
2 4 (17.39%) Unix
3 3 (13.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) Agile
2 12 (52.17%) SDLC
3 10 (43.48%) Test Automation
4 7 (30.43%) ERP
4 7 (30.43%) Functional Testing
4 7 (30.43%) Project Planning
5 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
5 6 (26.09%) Test Scripting
6 5 (21.74%) Scrum
7 4 (17.39%) End-to-End Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Exploratory Testing
7 4 (17.39%) Risk Management
7 4 (17.39%) Software Testing
7 4 (17.39%) TDD
7 4 (17.39%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (13.04%) Defect Management
8 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
8 3 (13.04%) Project Governance
8 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Identification
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) C
1 4 (17.39%) Java
1 4 (17.39%) Python
1 4 (17.39%) Shell Script
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
1 4 (17.39%) VBScript
2 2 (8.70%) VB
3 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Degree
2 8 (34.78%) ISTQB
3 4 (17.39%) HNC
3 4 (17.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 4 (17.39%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.35%) PMP
4 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) HL7
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) SAP
2 4 (17.39%) Micro Focus
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) Databricks
4 1 (4.35%) Adobe