QA Contracts in the Midlands

Quality Assurance (QA)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 59 57 67
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 -11
Contract jobs citing QA 86 121 174
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.92% 3.76% 3.48%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 21.50% 25.37% 24.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 80 125
10th Percentile £254 £274 £305
25th Percentile £354 £313 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £418 £430
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -2.91% +8.18%
75th Percentile £588 £543 £538
90th Percentile £644 £595 £613
England median daily rate £513 £513 £520
% change year-on-year - -1.44% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 2
10th Percentile £11.92 - £13.51
25th Percentile £13.63 £12.50 £13.96
Median hourly rate £15.90 £41.50 £15.35
Median % change year-on-year -61.69% +170.36% +18.08%
75th Percentile £34.47 £70.00 £17.36
90th Percentile £35.00 - £18.20
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
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 400 477 706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.57% 14.82% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 304 510
10th Percentile £240 £265 £212
25th Percentile £313 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £613 £578 £556
90th Percentile £755 £679 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 22 14
10th Percentile £11.32 £12.50 £12.55
25th Percentile £13.14 £18.69 £13.25
Median hourly rate £14.70 £27.50 £17.30
Median % change year-on-year -46.55% +58.94% +27.67%
75th Percentile £34.20 £31.32 £20.56
90th Percentile £58.75 £64.00 £25.63
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for QA in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for QA in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for QA in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for QA in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for QA in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA within the Midlands 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
West Midlands -3 61 £525 +5.00% 117
East Midlands -3 22 £255 -32.00% 67
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (3.49%) CMS
1 3 (3.49%) Drupal
2 1 (1.16%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.16%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.16%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.16%) SAP EWM
2 1 (1.16%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 20 (23.26%) Azure
2 14 (16.28%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.81%) Azure AKS
3 5 (5.81%) Azure App Service
3 5 (5.81%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.49%) GCP
4 3 (3.49%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.33%) SaaS
6 1 (1.16%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.98%) WAN
2 4 (4.65%) LAN
3 3 (3.49%) DNS
3 3 (3.49%) Internet
3 3 (3.49%) SSL
3 3 (3.49%) VPN
4 2 (2.33%) ADSL
4 2 (2.33%) Ethernet
4 2 (2.33%) Firewall
4 2 (2.33%) MPLS
4 2 (2.33%) PSTN
4 2 (2.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.49%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.33%) Power BI
4 1 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.16%) OLAP
4 1 (1.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (5.81%) Selenium
2 4 (4.65%) Artifactory
2 4 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.49%) Git
3 3 (3.49%) JIRA
3 3 (3.49%) Postman
3 3 (3.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (3.49%) Subversion
3 3 (3.49%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.33%) JMeter
4 2 (2.33%) SoapUI
5 1 (1.16%) Appium
5 1 (1.16%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.16%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.16%) GitLab
5 1 (1.16%) TestRail
5 1 (1.16%) UI Automator
5 1 (1.16%) XCUITest
5 1 (1.16%) Zephyr
General
1 34 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.12%) Finance
3 10 (11.63%) Public Sector
4 8 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.14%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.81%) Banking
7 3 (3.49%) Automotive
7 3 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Electronics
8 2 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.33%) Retail
8 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.16%) German Language
9 1 (1.16%) Legal
9 1 (1.16%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 11 (12.79%) DevOps Engineer
2 10 (11.63%) Analyst
3 8 (9.30%) Developer
3 8 (9.30%) Project Manager
4 5 (5.81%) Angular Developer
4 5 (5.81%) Architect
4 5 (5.81%) Lead
4 5 (5.81%) Production Manager
4 5 (5.81%) Quality Inspector
4 5 (5.81%) Senior
5 4 (4.65%) PMO Analyst
5 4 (4.65%) QA Analyst
5 4 (4.65%) Technical Architect
6 3 (3.49%) QA Engineer
6 3 (3.49%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (3.49%) Senior PMO
6 3 (3.49%) Senior PMO Analyst
6 3 (3.49%) Test Manager
7 2 (2.33%) Senior Developer
7 2 (2.33%) Test Environment Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.98%) AngularJS
2 5 (5.81%) .NET
2 5 (5.81%) RESTful
3 3 (3.49%) CSS
3 3 (3.49%) HTML
3 3 (3.49%) REST
3 3 (3.49%) Web Services
3 3 (3.49%) XML
4 2 (2.33%) JSON
4 2 (2.33%) Middleware
4 2 (2.33%) React
5 1 (1.16%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (1.16%) Apollo GraphQL
5 1 (1.16%) GraphQL
5 1 (1.16%) Jest
5 1 (1.16%) NestJS
5 1 (1.16%) Next.js
5 1 (1.16%) Playwright
5 1 (1.16%) Redux
5 1 (1.16%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.81%) Driving Licence
2 5 (5.81%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (5.81%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.81%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.49%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.33%) CCTV
4 2 (2.33%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.16%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.16%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.16%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.65%) Windows
2 2 (2.33%) Linux
3 1 (1.16%) Android
3 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (31.40%) DevOps
2 23 (26.74%) Agile
3 19 (22.09%) Decision-Making
3 19 (22.09%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (19.77%) User Experience
5 13 (15.12%) Workflow
6 12 (13.95%) Computer Science
6 12 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (12.79%) Software Engineering
7 11 (12.79%) Test Automation
7 11 (12.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (11.63%) Conflict Management
8 10 (11.63%) Critical Thinking
8 10 (11.63%) Time Management
9 8 (9.30%) ITIL
9 8 (9.30%) Test Strategy
10 7 (8.14%) Change Management
10 7 (8.14%) Project Planning
10 7 (8.14%) Scrum
10 7 (8.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.63%) SQL
2 6 (6.98%) TypeScript
3 5 (5.81%) Bicep
3 5 (5.81%) C#
4 4 (4.65%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.16%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.16%) Python
6 1 (1.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 22 (25.58%) Degree
2 13 (15.12%) Security Cleared
3 12 (13.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (10.47%) DV Cleared
5 7 (8.14%) HNC
5 7 (8.14%) HND
6 5 (5.81%) NVQ Level 3
7 4 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (4.65%) ISEB
7 4 (4.65%) ISTQB
7 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.33%) BC Cleared
9 1 (1.16%) CCNA
9 1 (1.16%) CCNP
9 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (1.16%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) Data Quality
1 4 (4.65%) PMO
2 3 (3.49%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.33%) SLA
4 1 (1.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.16%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (4.65%) Ansible
2 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.16%) SCCM
2 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.98%) Salesforce
3 4 (4.65%) SAP
3 4 (4.65%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.49%) Cisco
5 2 (2.33%) BT
5 2 (2.33%) Databricks
5 2 (2.33%) Openreach
6 1 (1.16%) Dell
6 1 (1.16%) OutSystems
6 1 (1.16%) Red Hat