QA Contracts in the North East

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East requiring QA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QA over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 26 38
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 +2
Contract jobs citing QA 9 21 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 2.79% 6.00% 3.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.37% 41.18% 26.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 15
10th Percentile £319 £402 £455
25th Percentile £354 £453 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% -3.50% +12.68%
75th Percentile £418 £563 £619
90th Percentile £492 £579 £638
England median daily rate £513 £513 £520
% change year-on-year - -1.44% +9.47%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North East

QA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 49 51 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 15.17% 14.57% 12.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 36 50
10th Percentile £375 £270 £180
25th Percentile £415 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +31.93%
75th Percentile £569 £509 £638
90th Percentile £600 £578 £656
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £14.63 £18.23 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.44 £18.56 £14.88
Median hourly rate £35.25 £25.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.89% +47.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £48.75 £32.44 £18.75
90th Percentile - £33.23 -
England median hourly rate £24.18 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -43.11% +54.55% +33.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for QA in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA in the North East.

Daily rate trend for QA in the North East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA in the North East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for QA in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for QA in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the North East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Tyne and Wear +3 8 £403 -19.50% 28
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Git
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
2 1 (11.11%) GitLab
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) JUnit
2 1 (11.11%) REST Assured
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Automotive
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) QA Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Functional Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Functional Test Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) QA Automation Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Telephony Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Automation Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Governance Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Payroll Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Gherkin
1 1 (11.11%) Jest
1 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
1 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (44.44%) Validation
2 3 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (22.22%) Kanban
3 2 (22.22%) Load Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) SFIA
3 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Sprint Retrospective
3 2 (22.22%) Sprint Review
3 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) ISTQB
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
4 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
4 1 (11.11%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Ariba
1 1 (11.11%) SAP