QA Contracts in the East of England

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 86 69 52
Rank change year-on-year -17 -17 +29
Contract jobs citing QA 27 49 106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.38% 2.52% 4.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.09% 17.69% 27.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 31 56
10th Percentile £281 £213 £345
25th Percentile £344 £325 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £460 £478
Median % change year-on-year -18.48% -3.66% +6.11%
75th Percentile £388 £538 £575
90th Percentile £456 £588 £659
England median daily rate £513 £513 £520
% change year-on-year - -1.44% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £15.10 - £23.73
25th Percentile £15.43 - £40.00
Median hourly rate £15.98 £43.63 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -63.37% -3.47% +201.33%
75th Percentile £26.94 - £65.42
90th Percentile £33.13 - £66.59
England median hourly rate £14.00 £22.49 £42.60
% change year-on-year -37.74% -47.22% +130.27%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 158 277 390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 8.07% 14.23% 15.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 169 258
10th Percentile £240 £185 £166
25th Percentile £332 £273 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £428
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +5.14% +7.00%
75th Percentile £516 £600 £562
90th Percentile £600 £717 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 22 28
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.10 £11.24
25th Percentile £15.19 £13.29 £12.78
Median hourly rate £15.79 £17.14 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% -34.10% +73.33%
75th Percentile £25.00 £44.31 £41.13
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.75 £67.78
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 East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for QA in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

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

Daily rate histogram for QA in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing QA in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for QA in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +10 17 £375 -25.00% 41
Bedfordshire +2 6 £425 -10.53% 2
Cambridgeshire -22 2 £213 -55.26% 32
Norfolk -1 1 - - 12
Essex -3 1 - - 15
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (3.70%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.70%) Collibra
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) Ataccama
2 1 (3.70%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.70%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.70%) MS Access
2 1 (3.70%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (3.70%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Games
3 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Finance
3 4 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 2 (7.41%) Electronics
5 2 (7.41%) French Language
5 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Local Government
5 2 (7.41%) Marketing
5 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.70%) Automotive
6 1 (3.70%) Digital Health
6 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Lead
2 9 (33.33%) Test Leader
3 4 (14.81%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Governance Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Data Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Data Governance Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Data Governance Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Data Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Information Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) QA Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Quality Manager
6 1 (3.70%) SAP Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (3.70%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (3.70%) NHS
2 1 (3.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Scenario Testing
1 10 (37.04%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (29.63%) Acceptance Criteria
3 8 (29.63%) Test Management
3 8 (29.63%) Test Planning
4 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (18.52%) Data Analysis
6 4 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (14.81%) Data Governance
6 4 (14.81%) Project Management
7 3 (11.11%) Data Management
7 3 (11.11%) Defect Management
7 3 (11.11%) Programme Management
7 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.11%) Time Management
8 2 (7.41%) Data Cleansing
8 2 (7.41%) Matrix Management
8 2 (7.41%) Project Planning
8 2 (7.41%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Python
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) R
2 1 (3.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) ISEB
2 1 (3.70%) CCNA
2 1 (3.70%) CCNP
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) HNC
2 1 (3.70%) HND
2 1 (3.70%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (3.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) SAP
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) Alteryx
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) Dataiku
3 1 (3.70%) Facebook
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) Trillium