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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 65 70
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 +6
Contract jobs citing QA 624 923 1,443
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.55% 3.66% 3.70%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.80% 27.39% 29.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 700 1,035
10th Percentile £356 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £453
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 £763
England median daily rate £525 £513 £515
% change year-on-year +2.44% -0.49% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 20
10th Percentile £17.70 - £15.75
25th Percentile £23.25 £21.24 £24.35
Median hourly rate £42.50 £22.49 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.01% -22.47% +45.00%
75th Percentile £71.88 £51.38 £68.75
90th Percentile £73.25 £55.00 £84.55
England median hourly rate £14.00 £22.49 £42.60
% change year-on-year -37.74% -47.22% +136.67%

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 2,419 3,370 4,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.78% 13.35% 12.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 2,453 3,474
10th Percentile £350 £353 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £660
90th Percentile £800 £799 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 39 86
10th Percentile £13.29 £19.39 £20.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.24 £24.85
Median hourly rate £24.18 £26.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -41.57% +122.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £80.50 £68.13
England median hourly rate £23.80 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -44.00% +54.55% +30.95%

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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 8 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 8 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 8 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 +32 107 £550 +0.36% 32
West London +21 17 £375 -26.83% 27
South London -6 6 £380 -30.91% 13
East London -10 6 £443 -1.67% 8
North London - 3 £375 - 7
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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 30 (4.81%) Confluence
2 22 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.04%) CMS
4 17 (2.72%) 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 49 (7.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (2.56%) 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 11 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.44%) Endur
3 6 (0.96%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.80%) ION MarketView
5 4 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.64%) SAP QM
6 3 (0.48%) IntelliMatch
6 3 (0.48%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.32%) WebTrends
8 1 (0.16%) Aareon QL
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.16%) Magento
8 1 (0.16%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.16%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.16%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.16%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.16%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.16%) Shopify
8 1 (0.16%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 107 (17.15%) Azure
2 85 (13.62%) AWS
3 47 (7.53%) GCP
4 37 (5.93%) Power Platform
5 35 (5.61%) Dynamics 365
6 33 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (4.33%) GitHub
8 21 (3.37%) Serverless
9 20 (3.21%) SaaS
10 17 (2.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 16 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (2.56%) Azure API Management
12 14 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (1.76%) Google Analytics
13 11 (1.76%) PowerApps
14 10 (1.60%) BrowserStack
14 10 (1.60%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.44%) Adobe Analytics
15 9 (1.44%) PaaS
16 7 (1.12%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.04%) Internet
2 9 (1.44%) FIX Connectivity
2 9 (1.44%) SSH
3 7 (1.12%) 5G
3 7 (1.12%) Firewall
3 7 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (0.80%) HTTP
5 3 (0.48%) VoIP
5 3 (0.48%) VPN
6 2 (0.32%) DNS
6 2 (0.32%) SNMP
6 2 (0.32%) WAN
7 1 (0.16%) Broadband
7 1 (0.16%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.16%) FTP
7 1 (0.16%) LAN
7 1 (0.16%) PPP
7 1 (0.16%) SDH
7 1 (0.16%) SMS
7 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (8.49%) SQL Server
2 32 (5.13%) Power BI
3 28 (4.49%) Oracle Database
4 20 (3.21%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.76%) RDBMS
5 11 (1.76%) 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%) DB2
10 5 (0.80%) Siebel EIM
10 5 (0.80%) Sybase ASE
11 4 (0.64%) Amazon QuickSight
11 4 (0.64%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.64%) GIS
12 3 (0.48%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 89 (14.26%) JIRA
2 44 (7.05%) Jenkins
3 39 (6.25%) Git
3 39 (6.25%) Selenium
4 34 (5.45%) Cucumber
5 31 (4.97%) Postman
6 23 (3.69%) JMeter
7 21 (3.37%) Cypress.io
8 19 (3.04%) SpecFlow
9 18 (2.88%) GitLab
10 17 (2.72%) Appium
10 17 (2.72%) JUnit
11 15 (2.40%) TeamCity
12 9 (1.44%) LoadRunner
12 9 (1.44%) WebDriver
13 7 (1.12%) FitNesse
13 7 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (1.12%) Visual Studio
13 7 (1.12%) Visual Studio Code
14 6 (0.96%) TestRail
General
1 191 (30.61%) Finance
2 170 (27.24%) Social Skills
3 75 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (12.02%) Banking
4 48 (7.69%) Front Office
5 44 (7.05%) Public Sector
6 27 (4.33%) Investment Banking
7 22 (3.53%) Marketing
8 20 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (2.88%) Back Office
10 17 (2.72%) Retail
11 15 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.40%) Legal
12 11 (1.76%) Publishing
13 10 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.28%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.12%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.12%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 94 (15.06%) Developer
2 92 (14.74%) Analyst
3 91 (14.58%) Lead
4 62 (9.94%) Business Analyst
5 55 (8.81%) QA Engineer
6 41 (6.57%) Architect
7 40 (6.41%) Tester
8 38 (6.09%) Senior
9 31 (4.97%) .NET Developer
10 27 (4.33%) QA Leader
11 25 (4.01%) C# Developer
11 25 (4.01%) Project Manager
11 25 (4.01%) QA Tester
11 25 (4.01%) Software Engineer
12 22 (3.53%) Consultant
13 21 (3.37%) .NET Software Developer
13 21 (3.37%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 21 (3.37%) Finance Manager
13 21 (3.37%) Software Manager
13 21 (3.37%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (10.58%) .NET
2 50 (8.01%) XML
3 41 (6.57%) React
4 35 (5.61%) REST
5 30 (4.81%) JSON
5 30 (4.81%) Web Services
6 25 (4.01%) .NET Framework
7 23 (3.69%) HTML
7 23 (3.69%) Redux
8 22 (3.53%) CSS
9 19 (3.04%) .NET Core
9 19 (3.04%) Spring
10 17 (2.72%) Node.js
11 15 (2.40%) FIX Protocol
12 14 (2.24%) AngularJS
12 14 (2.24%) Hibernate
12 14 (2.24%) Middleware
13 13 (2.08%) WCF
13 13 (2.08%) WinForms
13 13 (2.08%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.21%) Product Ownership
2 38 (6.09%) Derivative
3 33 (5.29%) Fixed Income
4 31 (4.97%) Hedge funds
5 30 (4.81%) Equities
6 29 (4.65%) Data Protection Act
7 26 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 18 (2.88%) Management Information System
9 14 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
10 13 (2.08%) Mobile App
10 13 (2.08%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.76%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.12%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.96%) Marketing Technology
14 6 (0.96%) Replication
15 4 (0.64%) IoT
15 4 (0.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 46 (7.37%) Windows
2 36 (5.77%) Unix
3 33 (5.29%) Linux
4 18 (2.88%) Apple iOS
5 16 (2.56%) Android
6 8 (1.28%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.80%) VMS
8 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (33.01%) Agile
2 118 (18.91%) Test Automation
3 96 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (15.22%) DevOps
5 77 (12.34%) Project Management
6 76 (12.18%) Scrum
6 76 (12.18%) Test Strategy
7 73 (11.70%) User Acceptance Testing
8 70 (11.22%) CI/CD
9 66 (10.58%) Migration
10 58 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 55 (8.81%) Continuous Integration
11 55 (8.81%) Software Engineering
12 51 (8.17%) TDD
13 50 (8.01%) Computer Science
14 49 (7.85%) Analytics
15 48 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 47 (7.53%) Data Analysis
17 45 (7.21%) SDLC
17 45 (7.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 134 (21.47%) SQL
2 100 (16.03%) C#
3 84 (13.46%) Python
4 80 (12.82%) JavaScript
5 77 (12.34%) Java
6 39 (6.25%) TypeScript
7 28 (4.49%) T-SQL
8 23 (3.69%) PL/SQL
8 23 (3.69%) VBA
9 18 (2.88%) VB
10 14 (2.24%) Perl
10 14 (2.24%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.92%) Swift
12 11 (1.76%) Bash
13 8 (1.28%) C++
14 7 (1.12%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.96%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.80%) C
17 4 (0.64%) PHP
18 3 (0.48%) F#
Qualifications
1 88 (14.10%) Degree
2 50 (8.01%) Security Cleared
3 41 (6.57%) SC Cleared
4 33 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.56%) ISTQB
6 14 (2.24%) CISSP
6 14 (2.24%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.60%) 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%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.33%) Data Quality
2 18 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.44%) PMO
4 8 (1.28%) Software Quality Assurance
5 6 (0.96%) GDPR
5 6 (0.96%) SLA
6 5 (0.80%) Dodd-Frank
6 5 (0.80%) EMIR
6 5 (0.80%) MiFID
7 3 (0.48%) HL7
7 3 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.48%) WCAG
8 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.32%) NIST
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) GRC
9 1 (0.16%) IFRS
9 1 (0.16%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 14 (2.24%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.76%) 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 (2.40%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.60%) 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 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 63 (10.10%) Oracle
3 35 (5.61%) SAP
4 26 (4.17%) Citrix
5 25 (4.01%) Google
6 22 (3.53%) Adobe
7 19 (3.04%) Bloomberg
7 19 (3.04%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.92%) CA Agile Central
8 12 (1.92%) ION Trading
9 10 (1.60%) Optimizely
9 10 (1.60%) Splunk
10 9 (1.44%) MarketAxess
10 9 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 9 (1.44%) Tradeweb
11 8 (1.28%) IBM
11 8 (1.28%) Tealium
12 7 (1.12%) Workday
13 6 (0.96%) Ensighten
13 6 (0.96%) Monetate