QA Contracts in London

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 68 70
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing QA 627 915 1,428
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.58% 3.60% 3.69%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.65% 26.98% 29.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 693 1,029
10th Percentile £358 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £650
90th Percentile £800 £798 £753
England median daily rate £524 £511 £513
% change year-on-year +2.53% -0.38% +8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 19
10th Percentile £17.70 - £15.75
25th Percentile £23.25 £21.24 £24.35
Median hourly rate £42.50 £22.49 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +89.01% -23.78% +47.50%
75th Percentile £71.88 £51.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £55.00 £84.85
England median hourly rate £14.00 £22.49 £46.00
% change year-on-year -37.74% -51.12% +155.56%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,444 3,392 4,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.96% 13.34% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,722 2,466 3,472
10th Percentile £350 £352 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +9.89%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £656
90th Percentile £800 £798 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 38 84
10th Percentile £13.29 £19.33 £20.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.24 £25.11
Median hourly rate £24.18 £26.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -41.01% +122.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.81 £49.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £80.75 £68.38
England median hourly rate £23.80 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -44.00% +54.55% +33.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for QA in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for QA in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London +31 107 £550 - 32
West London +19 15 £375 -26.83% 25
South London -5 6 £380 -30.91% 11
East London -14 6 £443 -1.67% 5
North London - 3 £375 - 4
QA
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (4.78%) Confluence
2 23 (3.67%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.03%) CMS
4 16 (2.55%) IIS
5 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.80%) Apache
6 5 (0.80%) Drupal
6 5 (0.80%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.64%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.64%) WordPress
8 3 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.48%) Alfresco
8 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.32%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.16%) Appian
10 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.16%) nginx
10 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 48 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (3.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (2.71%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.48%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.32%) Mingle
6 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.16%) SPSS
7 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.28%) Endur
3 6 (0.96%) ION MarketView
3 6 (0.96%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.64%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.48%) IntelliMatch
5 3 (0.48%) ION Anvil
6 2 (0.32%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.16%) Aareon QL
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.16%) Magento
7 1 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
7 1 (0.16%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.16%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.16%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 108 (17.22%) Azure
2 84 (13.40%) AWS
3 48 (7.66%) GCP
4 39 (6.22%) Power Platform
5 35 (5.58%) Dynamics 365
6 33 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (4.31%) GitHub
8 20 (3.19%) SaaS
9 19 (3.03%) Serverless
10 17 (2.71%) Azure Logic Apps
11 16 (2.55%) Azure API Management
12 14 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (1.75%) Google Analytics
13 11 (1.75%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.59%) BrowserStack
14 10 (1.59%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.44%) Adobe Analytics
15 9 (1.44%) PaaS
16 7 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.87%) Internet
2 10 (1.59%) FIX Connectivity
3 9 (1.44%) SSH
4 7 (1.12%) 5G
4 7 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (0.96%) Firewall
6 5 (0.80%) HTTP
7 3 (0.48%) VoIP
7 3 (0.48%) VPN
8 2 (0.32%) DNS
8 2 (0.32%) SNMP
8 2 (0.32%) WAN
9 1 (0.16%) BGP
9 1 (0.16%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.16%) FTP
9 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.16%) Intranet
9 1 (0.16%) PPP
9 1 (0.16%) SSL
9 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (8.29%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.42%) Power BI
3 29 (4.63%) Oracle Database
4 20 (3.19%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.75%) RDBMS
5 11 (1.75%) Tableau
6 9 (1.44%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.28%) BigQuery
7 8 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.12%) Big Data
8 7 (1.12%) MySQL
9 6 (0.96%) Looker
10 5 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.80%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.80%) DB2
10 5 (0.80%) Siebel EIM
10 5 (0.80%) Sybase ASE
11 4 (0.64%) Amazon QuickSight
11 4 (0.64%) GIS
12 3 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 89 (14.19%) JIRA
2 43 (6.86%) Jenkins
3 39 (6.22%) Git
3 39 (6.22%) Selenium
4 34 (5.42%) Cucumber
5 31 (4.94%) Postman
6 23 (3.67%) JMeter
7 21 (3.35%) Cypress.io
8 19 (3.03%) SpecFlow
9 17 (2.71%) Appium
9 17 (2.71%) GitLab
10 16 (2.55%) JUnit
10 16 (2.55%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.44%) LoadRunner
11 9 (1.44%) WebDriver
12 7 (1.12%) FitNesse
12 7 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (1.12%) Visual Studio
12 7 (1.12%) Visual Studio Code
13 6 (0.96%) TestRail
General
1 193 (30.78%) Finance
2 167 (26.63%) Social Skills
3 78 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (11.64%) Banking
5 49 (7.81%) Front Office
6 46 (7.34%) Public Sector
7 28 (4.47%) Investment Banking
8 22 (3.51%) Marketing
9 20 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.87%) Back Office
11 16 (2.55%) Retail
12 15 (2.39%) Legal
13 14 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.75%) Publishing
15 10 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.28%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.28%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.12%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (14.83%) Analyst
1 93 (14.83%) Developer
2 90 (14.35%) Lead
3 61 (9.73%) Business Analyst
4 53 (8.45%) QA Engineer
5 41 (6.54%) Architect
6 40 (6.38%) Tester
7 38 (6.06%) Senior
8 32 (5.10%) .NET Developer
9 27 (4.31%) QA Leader
10 25 (3.99%) Consultant
10 25 (3.99%) Project Manager
10 25 (3.99%) QA Tester
10 25 (3.99%) Software Engineer
11 24 (3.83%) C# Developer
12 22 (3.51%) .NET Software Developer
12 22 (3.51%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 22 (3.51%) Finance Manager
12 22 (3.51%) Software Manager
12 22 (3.51%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (10.21%) .NET
2 50 (7.97%) XML
3 42 (6.70%) React
4 35 (5.58%) REST
5 30 (4.78%) Web Services
6 29 (4.63%) JSON
7 24 (3.83%) .NET Framework
7 24 (3.83%) Redux
8 23 (3.67%) HTML
9 22 (3.51%) CSS
10 19 (3.03%) .NET Core
10 19 (3.03%) Spring
11 17 (2.71%) Node.js
12 16 (2.55%) FIX Protocol
13 15 (2.39%) AngularJS
14 14 (2.23%) Hibernate
14 14 (2.23%) Middleware
15 13 (2.07%) SOAP
16 12 (1.91%) WCF
16 12 (1.91%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.86%) Product Ownership
2 41 (6.54%) Derivative
3 35 (5.58%) Fixed Income
4 32 (5.10%) Equities
4 32 (5.10%) Hedge funds
5 28 (4.47%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (4.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (2.87%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.23%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (2.07%) Mobile App
9 13 (2.07%) Onboarding
10 11 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.12%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.96%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
13 6 (0.96%) Replication
14 4 (0.64%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 45 (7.18%) Windows
2 37 (5.90%) Unix
3 34 (5.42%) Linux
4 18 (2.87%) Apple iOS
5 16 (2.55%) Android
6 8 (1.28%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.12%) VMS
8 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.32%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (32.70%) Agile
2 119 (18.98%) Test Automation
3 95 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (14.99%) DevOps
5 77 (12.28%) Project Management
6 76 (12.12%) Test Strategy
7 73 (11.64%) Scrum
7 73 (11.64%) User Acceptance Testing
8 70 (11.16%) CI/CD
8 70 (11.16%) Migration
9 57 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 55 (8.77%) Software Engineering
11 54 (8.61%) Continuous Integration
12 52 (8.29%) TDD
13 51 (8.13%) Computer Science
14 49 (7.81%) Analytics
14 49 (7.81%) Data Analysis
15 48 (7.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 45 (7.18%) SDLC
16 45 (7.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 133 (21.21%) SQL
2 99 (15.79%) C#
3 85 (13.56%) Python
4 81 (12.92%) JavaScript
5 75 (11.96%) Java
6 39 (6.22%) TypeScript
7 27 (4.31%) T-SQL
8 22 (3.51%) PL/SQL
9 21 (3.35%) VBA
10 17 (2.71%) VB
11 14 (2.23%) Perl
12 13 (2.07%) PowerShell
13 12 (1.91%) Swift
14 10 (1.59%) Bash
15 8 (1.28%) C++
16 7 (1.12%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.96%) VB.NET
18 5 (0.80%) C
19 4 (0.64%) PHP
20 3 (0.48%) F#
Qualifications
1 91 (14.51%) Degree
2 51 (8.13%) Security Cleared
3 42 (6.70%) SC Cleared
4 33 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.55%) ISTQB
6 14 (2.23%) CISSP
6 14 (2.23%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.59%) CISM
8 8 (1.28%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.28%) PMP
9 7 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (0.96%) CISA
11 5 (0.80%) ISEB
11 5 (0.80%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 3 (0.48%) CBAP
13 3 (0.48%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.32%) CCA
15 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.31%) Data Quality
2 18 (2.87%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.44%) PMO
4 8 (1.28%) Software Quality Assurance
5 6 (0.96%) Dodd-Frank
5 6 (0.96%) EMIR
5 6 (0.96%) GDPR
5 6 (0.96%) MiFID
5 6 (0.96%) SLA
6 3 (0.48%) HL7
6 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.48%) WCAG
7 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.32%) NIST
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.16%) GRC
8 1 (0.16%) IFRS
8 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 14 (2.23%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.59%) Docker
3 5 (0.80%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (2.39%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.59%) Terraform
3 7 (1.12%) Ansible
4 4 (0.64%) Grafana
4 4 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.48%) Opsgenie
5 3 (0.48%) PingFederate
5 3 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.32%) Graylog
6 2 (0.32%) Nagios
6 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.32%) Puppet
6 2 (0.32%) SCCM
7 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.16%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.16%) Kibana
7 1 (0.16%) logstash
7 1 (0.16%) Nessus
7 1 (0.16%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 81 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 64 (10.21%) Oracle
3 34 (5.42%) SAP
4 25 (3.99%) Citrix
4 25 (3.99%) Google
5 21 (3.35%) Adobe
5 21 (3.35%) ServiceNow
6 19 (3.03%) Bloomberg
7 13 (2.07%) ION Trading
8 12 (1.91%) CA Agile Central
9 10 (1.59%) MarketAxess
9 10 (1.59%) Optimizely
9 10 (1.59%) Splunk
9 10 (1.59%) Tradeweb
10 8 (1.28%) IBM
10 8 (1.28%) Salesforce
10 8 (1.28%) Tealium
11 7 (1.12%) Workday
12 6 (0.96%) Ensighten
12 6 (0.96%) Monetate