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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 67 70
Rank change year-on-year +9 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing QA 649 909 1,432
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.71% 3.49% 3.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.22% 26.50% 28.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 468 690 1,027
10th Percentile £358 £338 £363
25th Percentile £416 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £652 £688 £638
90th Percentile £800 £798 £750
England median daily rate £525 £504 £510
% change year-on-year +4.27% -1.27% +7.37%
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 £15.38 £22.49 £48.00
% change year-on-year -31.60% -53.16% +166.67%

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 2,475 3,430 5,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.16% 13.18% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,746 2,480 3,522
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £651
90th Percentile £800 £798 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 37 85
10th Percentile £12.70 £20.55 £20.00
25th Percentile £17.85 £21.24 £25.25
Median hourly rate £24.18 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% -21.35% +122.50%
75th Percentile £47.50 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £57.13 £81.00 £68.25
England median hourly rate £22.42 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -40.21% +31.58% +35.71%

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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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 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
Central London +34 114 £550 -2.22% 39
West London +18 15 £375 -26.83% 31
South London -4 6 £380 -30.91% 16
East London -11 5 £435 +12.99% 57
North London - 3 £375 - 8
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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 31 (4.78%) Confluence
2 25 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.93%) CMS
4 14 (2.16%) IIS
5 6 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.77%) Drupal
6 5 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.62%) Apache
7 4 (0.62%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.62%) WordPress
8 3 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.31%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.31%) MQSeries
10 1 (0.15%) Appian
10 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.15%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 49 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (3.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.77%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.46%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.31%) Mingle
5 2 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.15%) SPSS
6 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.23%) Endur
3 6 (0.92%) ION MarketView
3 6 (0.92%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.62%) IntelliMatch
5 4 (0.62%) SAP QM
6 3 (0.46%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.31%) WebTrends
8 1 (0.15%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.15%) Magento
8 1 (0.15%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.15%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.15%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.15%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 114 (17.57%) Azure
2 88 (13.56%) AWS
3 49 (7.55%) GCP
4 40 (6.16%) Power Platform
5 37 (5.70%) Dynamics 365
6 33 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (4.62%) GitHub
8 23 (3.54%) Serverless
9 20 (3.08%) SaaS
10 17 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (2.62%) Azure Logic Apps
11 16 (2.47%) Azure API Management
12 15 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
13 12 (1.85%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.69%) Google Analytics
15 10 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
15 10 (1.54%) BrowserStack
15 10 (1.54%) Power Automate
16 9 (1.39%) Adobe Analytics
16 9 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.62%) Internet
2 11 (1.69%) FIX Connectivity
3 7 (1.08%) 5G
3 7 (1.08%) Firewall
3 7 (1.08%) SSH
3 7 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.77%) VPN
4 5 (0.77%) WAN
5 4 (0.62%) HTTP
6 3 (0.46%) LAN
6 3 (0.46%) VoIP
7 2 (0.31%) DNS
7 2 (0.31%) MPLS
7 2 (0.31%) SNMP
7 2 (0.31%) Wireless
8 1 (0.15%) BGP
8 1 (0.15%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.15%) IPsec
8 1 (0.15%) OSPF
8 1 (0.15%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (8.01%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.24%) Power BI
3 28 (4.31%) Oracle Database
4 19 (2.93%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.85%) Tableau
6 11 (1.69%) RDBMS
7 8 (1.23%) BigQuery
7 8 (1.23%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.08%) Big Data
8 7 (1.08%) MySQL
9 6 (0.92%) Looker
10 5 (0.77%) Amazon QuickSight
10 5 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.77%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.77%) DB2
10 5 (0.77%) Siebel EIM
10 5 (0.77%) Sybase ASE
11 4 (0.62%) GIS
12 3 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 92 (14.18%) JIRA
2 45 (6.93%) Jenkins
3 44 (6.78%) Selenium
4 43 (6.63%) Git
5 40 (6.16%) Cucumber
6 34 (5.24%) Postman
7 25 (3.85%) Cypress.io
7 25 (3.85%) JMeter
8 19 (2.93%) Appium
8 19 (2.93%) SpecFlow
9 17 (2.62%) GitLab
9 17 (2.62%) JUnit
10 15 (2.31%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.39%) LoadRunner
11 9 (1.39%) WebDriver
12 7 (1.08%) FitNesse
12 7 (1.08%) REST Assured
12 7 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (1.08%) Visual Studio
12 7 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 199 (30.66%) Finance
2 178 (27.43%) Social Skills
3 84 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (10.48%) Banking
5 51 (7.86%) Public Sector
6 50 (7.70%) Front Office
7 28 (4.31%) Investment Banking
8 22 (3.39%) Marketing
9 20 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.77%) Back Office
11 17 (2.62%) Retail
12 16 (2.47%) Legal
13 14 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.85%) Publishing
15 10 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (1.23%) Manufacturing
18 7 (1.08%) Financial Institution
18 7 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (1.08%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 97 (14.95%) Analyst
2 90 (13.87%) Developer
2 90 (13.87%) Lead
3 65 (10.02%) Business Analyst
4 57 (8.78%) QA Engineer
5 44 (6.78%) Architect
6 42 (6.47%) Tester
7 37 (5.70%) Senior
8 33 (5.08%) .NET Developer
9 30 (4.62%) Consultant
10 28 (4.31%) QA Leader
11 27 (4.16%) Project Manager
12 26 (4.01%) QA Tester
13 25 (3.85%) Software Engineer
14 23 (3.54%) .NET Software Developer
14 23 (3.54%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 23 (3.54%) Finance Manager
14 23 (3.54%) Software Manager
14 23 (3.54%) Test Manager
15 22 (3.39%) Software Asset Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (10.17%) .NET
2 51 (7.86%) XML
3 41 (6.32%) React
4 38 (5.86%) REST
5 30 (4.62%) Web Services
6 29 (4.47%) JSON
7 23 (3.54%) .NET Framework
7 23 (3.54%) Redux
8 21 (3.24%) HTML
9 20 (3.08%) CSS
10 19 (2.93%) .NET Core
11 18 (2.77%) Node.js
12 17 (2.62%) Spring
13 16 (2.47%) AngularJS
14 15 (2.31%) FIX Protocol
15 14 (2.16%) Middleware
16 12 (1.85%) Hibernate
16 12 (1.85%) Playwright
17 11 (1.69%) SOAP
17 11 (1.69%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.78%) Derivative
2 43 (6.63%) Product Ownership
3 37 (5.70%) Fixed Income
4 34 (5.24%) Equities
5 33 (5.08%) Hedge funds
6 28 (4.31%) Data Protection Act
6 28 (4.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.00%) Mobile App
8 13 (2.00%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.54%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.92%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (0.92%) Replication
13 5 (0.77%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.77%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.62%) IoT
14 4 (0.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.09%) Windows
2 37 (5.70%) Unix
3 33 (5.08%) Linux
4 16 (2.47%) Apple iOS
5 14 (2.16%) Android
6 8 (1.23%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.08%) VMS
8 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.31%) OpenVMS
9 2 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (30.51%) Agile
2 133 (20.49%) Test Automation
3 102 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (15.41%) DevOps
5 78 (12.02%) Project Management
5 78 (12.02%) Test Strategy
6 76 (11.71%) CI/CD
6 76 (11.71%) User Acceptance Testing
7 73 (11.25%) Migration
8 66 (10.17%) Scrum
9 56 (8.63%) Software Engineering
10 55 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 54 (8.32%) Continuous Integration
12 52 (8.01%) TDD
13 51 (7.86%) Analytics
13 51 (7.86%) Computer Science
13 51 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (7.55%) Validation
15 48 (7.40%) Data Analysis
16 46 (7.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 135 (20.80%) SQL
2 99 (15.25%) C#
3 85 (13.10%) Python
4 79 (12.17%) JavaScript
5 76 (11.71%) Java
6 43 (6.63%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.01%) T-SQL
8 21 (3.24%) PL/SQL
9 20 (3.08%) VBA
10 16 (2.47%) VB
11 14 (2.16%) Perl
11 14 (2.16%) PowerShell
12 13 (2.00%) Swift
13 11 (1.69%) Bash
14 8 (1.23%) C++
14 8 (1.23%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.92%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.77%) C
16 5 (0.77%) PHP
17 4 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 94 (14.48%) Degree
2 59 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 51 (7.86%) SC Cleared
4 34 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.77%) ISTQB
6 14 (2.16%) CISSP
7 13 (2.00%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.54%) CISM
9 8 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.08%) ISEB
10 7 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 7 (1.08%) PMP
11 6 (0.92%) CISA
12 4 (0.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 4 (0.62%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.46%) CBAP
13 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.31%) CCA
15 1 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.47%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.54%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.23%) MiFID
3 8 (1.23%) Software Quality Assurance
4 7 (1.08%) Dodd-Frank
4 7 (1.08%) EMIR
4 7 (1.08%) PMO
5 6 (0.92%) GDPR
5 6 (0.92%) SLA
6 4 (0.62%) WCAG
7 3 (0.46%) HL7
7 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.31%) NIST
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) IFRS
9 1 (0.15%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 16 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.00%) Docker
3 5 (0.77%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 4 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 14 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.54%) Terraform
3 5 (0.77%) Ansible
4 4 (0.62%) Grafana
4 4 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.46%) Opsgenie
5 3 (0.46%) PingFederate
5 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.31%) Graylog
6 2 (0.31%) Nagios
6 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.31%) Puppet
6 2 (0.31%) SCCM
6 2 (0.31%) TrustSec
7 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) logstash
7 1 (0.15%) Nessus
7 1 (0.15%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 85 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 66 (10.17%) Oracle
3 38 (5.86%) SAP
4 25 (3.85%) Citrix
4 25 (3.85%) Google
5 22 (3.39%) Adobe
6 21 (3.24%) Bloomberg
6 21 (3.24%) ServiceNow
7 14 (2.16%) ION Trading
8 12 (1.85%) CA Agile Central
9 11 (1.69%) MarketAxess
9 11 (1.69%) Tradeweb
10 10 (1.54%) Optimizely
10 10 (1.54%) Splunk
11 8 (1.23%) IBM
11 8 (1.23%) Salesforce
12 7 (1.08%) Tealium
12 7 (1.08%) Workday
13 6 (0.92%) Intapp
13 6 (0.92%) Monetate