QA Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Quality Assurance Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 145 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Analyst 10 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.37% 0.035% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.037% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £463 - -
25th Percentile £491 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - -
75th Percentile £511 - -
90th Percentile £519 - -
South East median daily rate £505 - £363
% change year-on-year - - +23.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,487 2,718 3,419
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.44% 96.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,384 1,848 2,344
10th Percentile £213 £300 £209
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 82 97
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £20.17 £21.16 £13.00
Median hourly rate £48.29 £49.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +182.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £78.97 £64.29
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year - +138.10% -13.47%

QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Analyst in the Thames Valley

QA Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for QA Analyst in the Thames Valley

QA Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Analyst in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for QA Analyst in the Thames Valley

QA Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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
Berkshire +5 10 £505 -
QA Analyst
South East

QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 10 June 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 Thames Valley region featuring QA Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) QA
2 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 8 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (80.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (80.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (80.00%) DevOps
2 8 (80.00%) Oracle
2 8 (80.00%) Agile
3 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (60.00%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (60.00%) Test Management
5 4 (40.00%) Degree
5 4 (40.00%) JIRA
6 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (20.00%) Finance
7 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (20.00%) Scrum
7 2 (20.00%) Adobe
7 2 (20.00%) HTML
7 2 (20.00%) Java
7 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (20.00%) E-business
7 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
7 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
7 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
7 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
7 2 (20.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (20.00%) Test Automation

QA Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (20.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (60.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
1 8 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
1 8 (80.00%) DevOps
1 8 (80.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 6 (60.00%) Test Management
3 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (20.00%) E-business
3 2 (20.00%) Scrum
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (20.00%) Wireframes
4 1 (10.00%) API Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Black-Box Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Compatibility Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (10.00%) SDLC
4 1 (10.00%) User Experience
4 1 (10.00%) V-Model
4 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe