QA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 79 70
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 +6
Contract jobs citing QA 501 676 1,508
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.39% 2.74% 3.43%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.53% 22.56% 25.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 511 1,051
10th Percentile £313 £313 £350
25th Percentile £419 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £588
90th Percentile £713 £694 £675
UK median daily rate £509 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +1.75% -1.96% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 13
10th Percentile £13.40 - £25.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £26.75
Median hourly rate £19.00 £16.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -72.88% +202.56%
75th Percentile £47.38 £20.23 £68.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £21.54 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £22.49 £48.00
% change year-on-year -37.74% -53.16% +149.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,129 2,996 5,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.39% 12.16% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,475 2,179 4,143
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £420 £423 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £520 £504
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% +3.28% +6.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £730 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.31% +8.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 66 125
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.60 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.67 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.50 £39.80 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.95% -10.56% +134.21%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.81 £56.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.13 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -39.84% +7.69% +54.76%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

QA trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA.

QA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

QA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA.

QA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

QA hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 30 (5.99%) Confluence
2 15 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.20%) CMS
4 5 (1.00%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.80%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.80%) nginx
6 3 (0.60%) WordPress
7 2 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.40%) IIS
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.20%) Appian
8 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 31 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.79%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.20%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.60%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.40%) Primavera
4 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.40%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.40%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.20%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 77 (15.37%) Azure
2 58 (11.58%) AWS
3 39 (7.78%) Dynamics 365
4 32 (6.39%) Power Platform
5 29 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.99%) GitHub
7 24 (4.79%) GCP
8 17 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
8 17 (3.39%) SaaS
9 16 (3.19%) Azure API Management
10 9 (1.80%) WhatsApp
11 8 (1.60%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 7 (1.40%) Adobe Analytics
13 6 (1.20%) Apigee
13 6 (1.20%) Google Analytics
13 6 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.20%) OCI
13 6 (1.20%) PaaS
13 6 (1.20%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.40%) WAN
2 11 (2.20%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.80%) DNS
3 9 (1.80%) LAN
3 9 (1.80%) VPN
4 8 (1.60%) Firewall
5 7 (1.40%) Internet
6 6 (1.20%) IPsec
7 5 (1.00%) Ethernet
7 5 (1.00%) MPLS
8 4 (0.80%) ADSL
8 4 (0.80%) FIX Connectivity
8 4 (0.80%) HTTP
8 4 (0.80%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.60%) PSTN
9 3 (0.60%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (0.60%) SSL
9 3 (0.60%) VoIP
10 2 (0.40%) EIGRP
10 2 (0.40%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.39%) SQL Server
2 28 (5.59%) Power BI
3 21 (4.19%) MySQL
4 16 (3.19%) Relational Database
5 12 (2.40%) Tableau
6 10 (2.00%) Oracle Database
7 7 (1.40%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.20%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.00%) Looker
9 5 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.00%) Siebel EIM
10 4 (0.80%) Couchbase
10 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.60%) Metadata
11 3 (0.60%) Oracle Database 10g
11 3 (0.60%) SAP HANA
12 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 62 (12.38%) JIRA
2 26 (5.19%) Postman
3 23 (4.59%) Git
4 21 (4.19%) Jenkins
5 19 (3.79%) Cypress.io
6 17 (3.39%) GitLab
6 17 (3.39%) JMeter
6 17 (3.39%) Selenium
7 13 (2.59%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.80%) Appium
8 9 (1.80%) SpecFlow
9 7 (1.40%) TestRail
9 7 (1.40%) webpack
10 6 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (1.20%) TeamCity
11 5 (1.00%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.00%) Maven
11 5 (1.00%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.60%) JUnit
12 3 (0.60%) TestNG
General
1 183 (36.53%) Social Skills
2 108 (21.56%) Finance
3 71 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (7.98%) Banking
5 33 (6.59%) Public Sector
6 20 (3.99%) Telecoms
7 15 (2.99%) Legal
7 15 (2.99%) Marketing
8 14 (2.79%) Investment Banking
9 13 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (2.59%) Retail
10 10 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.80%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.40%) Front Office
12 7 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.80%) Advertising
15 4 (0.80%) Back Office
15 4 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (20.16%) Analyst
2 67 (13.37%) Lead
3 64 (12.77%) Developer
4 47 (9.38%) Business Analyst
5 29 (5.79%) Consultant
6 28 (5.59%) Project Manager
7 27 (5.39%) Architect
8 22 (4.39%) Senior
8 22 (4.39%) Test Analyst
8 22 (4.39%) Tester
9 16 (3.19%) Data Analyst
9 16 (3.19%) QA Engineer
9 16 (3.19%) Test Manager
10 14 (2.79%) .NET Developer
11 13 (2.59%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (2.59%) QA Analyst
11 13 (2.59%) QA Leader
12 12 (2.40%) QA Tester
12 12 (2.40%) Test Engineer
13 11 (2.20%) QA Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.59%) React
2 32 (6.39%) .NET
3 31 (6.19%) REST
4 29 (5.79%) XML
5 26 (5.19%) HTML
6 25 (4.99%) CSS
7 19 (3.79%) Node.js
8 17 (3.39%) JSON
9 16 (3.19%) Web Services
10 14 (2.79%) AngularJS
10 14 (2.79%) Vue
11 13 (2.59%) Playwright
12 12 (2.40%) SOAP
12 12 (2.40%) YAML
13 11 (2.20%) Middleware
14 9 (1.80%) Swagger
15 8 (1.60%) .NET Framework
16 7 (1.40%) Gherkin
16 7 (1.40%) Laravel
16 7 (1.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.58%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.59%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.20%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.00%) Public Cloud
5 9 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.80%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.60%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.60%) Derivative
6 8 (1.60%) Equities
6 8 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.40%) Hedge funds
8 6 (1.20%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.20%) IoT
8 6 (1.20%) NHS
9 4 (0.80%) Fixed Income
9 4 (0.80%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.79%) Windows
2 30 (5.99%) Linux
3 9 (1.80%) Unix
3 9 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.40%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.20%) Android
6 5 (1.00%) CentOS
6 5 (1.00%) VMS
7 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.80%) OpenVMS
8 3 (0.60%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (35.93%) Agile
2 108 (21.56%) Test Automation
3 101 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (15.57%) DevOps
5 68 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (13.37%) Project Management
7 64 (12.77%) Test Strategy
8 57 (11.38%) CI/CD
9 53 (10.58%) Scrum
10 52 (10.38%) Migration
11 51 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
12 48 (9.58%) User Acceptance Testing
13 47 (9.38%) User Stories
14 44 (8.78%) Validation
15 42 (8.38%) Analytics
16 39 (7.78%) Project Delivery
17 36 (7.19%) Requirements Gathering
18 34 (6.79%) Mentoring
19 31 (6.19%) Continuous Integration
19 31 (6.19%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 75 (14.97%) SQL
2 66 (13.17%) C#
3 61 (12.18%) JavaScript
4 40 (7.98%) Java
5 39 (7.78%) Python
6 21 (4.19%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.59%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.40%) PHP
9 9 (1.80%) F#
10 5 (1.00%) Bash
11 4 (0.80%) Bicep
11 4 (0.80%) C
11 4 (0.80%) COBOL
11 4 (0.80%) DCL
11 4 (0.80%) R
11 4 (0.80%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.80%) VB
12 3 (0.60%) Ada
12 3 (0.60%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 60 (11.98%) Security Cleared
2 53 (10.58%) Degree
3 46 (9.18%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.79%) ISTQB
5 14 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.20%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.20%) PMI Certification
6 11 (2.20%) PMP
7 5 (1.00%) BC Cleared
7 5 (1.00%) ISEB
7 5 (1.00%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.60%) CCA
8 3 (0.60%) CCNA
8 3 (0.60%) CCNP
8 3 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.40%) CCIP
9 2 (0.40%) HNC
9 2 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.19%) Accessibility
1 21 (4.19%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.59%) SLA
3 8 (1.60%) GDPR
4 7 (1.40%) PMO
5 4 (0.80%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.80%) NIST
6 3 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.60%) DO-178B
6 3 (0.60%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.40%) ISO17020
7 2 (0.40%) WCAG
8 1 (0.20%) GAMP
8 1 (0.20%) HL7
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.20%) MiFID
8 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (2.20%) Docker
2 6 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.99%) Terraform
3 14 (2.79%) Ansible
4 6 (1.20%) Grafana
5 5 (1.00%) Kibana
5 5 (1.00%) Progress Chef
5 5 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.80%) logstash
6 4 (0.80%) Puppet
7 3 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.60%) SCCM
8 2 (0.40%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.40%) Opsgenie
8 2 (0.40%) TrustSec
9 1 (0.20%) Graylog
9 1 (0.20%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.20%) Nagios
9 1 (0.20%) Nessus
9 1 (0.20%) SELinux
9 1 (0.20%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 60 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.58%) SAP
3 36 (7.19%) Oracle
4 18 (3.59%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.19%) Google
6 13 (2.59%) Adobe
7 12 (2.40%) Pega
8 11 (2.20%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.80%) Cisco
10 8 (1.60%) Splunk
11 6 (1.20%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.20%) BT
11 6 (1.20%) Optimizely
12 5 (1.00%) Bloomberg
12 5 (1.00%) CA Agile Central
12 5 (1.00%) Databricks
12 5 (1.00%) Monetate
12 5 (1.00%) Siebel
12 5 (1.00%) Tealium
13 4 (0.80%) Ensighten