Quality Assurance Manager
UK
The median Quality Assurance Manager daily rate in the UK is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 565 | 661 | 816 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +96 | +155 | -155 |
| Contract jobs requiring a QA Manager | 11 | 23 | 33 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.026% | 0.040% | 0.038% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.028% | 0.043% | 0.040% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £298 | £456 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £506 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | £529 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.56% | +5.80% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £438 | £578 | £647 |
| 90th Percentile | £468 | £602 | £714 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £325 | £604 | £456 |
| % change year-on-year | -46.15% | +32.28% | +9.61% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 39,484 | 53,902 | 83,447 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.62% | 95.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,682 | 37,660 | 58,636 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,662 | 1,503 | 2,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.38 | £15.76 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.58 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.72% | +87.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.44 | £76.20 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Manager.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Manager over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Manager.
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Top 9 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +58 | 9 | £325 | -46.15% | 38 |
| England | +98 | 6 | £425 | -19.05% | 36 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 4 | £325 | - | 1 |
| North of England | +27 | 3 | £425 | - | 9 |
| North West | - | 2 | £425 | - | 4 |
| London | +91 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 1 | £275 | - | 2 |
| South East | +12 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| South West | +9 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
QA Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, QA Manager 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 featuring QA Manager in the job title.
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QA Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: