QA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Quality Assurance (QA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 77 71
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 +7
Contract jobs citing QA 477 682 1,513
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.26% 2.81% 3.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.20% 22.73% 26.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 509 1,039
10th Percentile £313 £320 £350
25th Percentile £419 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £588
90th Percentile £713 £700 £665
UK median daily rate £509 £505 £514
% change year-on-year +0.69% -1.70% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 15
10th Percentile £13.48 - £19.80
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate £19.75 £16.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.44% -60.00% +110.53%
75th Percentile £42.31 £19.50 £67.87
90th Percentile £72.50 - £72.50
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £22.49 £46.50
% change year-on-year -37.74% -51.65% +141.56%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,056 3,000 5,816
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.04% 12.38% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 2,176 4,152
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £419 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £520 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £619 £632 £613
90th Percentile £750 £743 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 68 129
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.50 £11.97
25th Percentile £14.00 £20.97 £19.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £39.60 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.39% -11.01% +134.21%
75th Percentile £48.75 £59.46 £56.00
90th Percentile £66.00 £70.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.73
% change year-on-year -40.43% +35.23% +32.05%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

QA trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA.

QA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

QA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing QA.

QA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing QA over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

QA hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (6.50%) Confluence
2 14 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.31%) CMS
4 5 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.84%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.84%) nginx
6 3 (0.63%) WordPress
7 2 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.42%) IIS
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.21%) Appian
8 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.21%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.21%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 28 (5.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.31%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.21%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.63%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.42%) Primavera
4 2 (0.42%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.42%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.21%) Magento
5 1 (0.21%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.21%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.21%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.21%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.21%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 77 (16.14%) Azure
2 57 (11.95%) AWS
3 37 (7.76%) Dynamics 365
4 30 (6.29%) Power Platform
5 29 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (5.24%) GCP
7 24 (5.03%) GitHub
8 17 (3.56%) Azure Logic Apps
9 16 (3.35%) Azure API Management
9 16 (3.35%) SaaS
10 9 (1.89%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 7 (1.47%) Adobe Analytics
11 7 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.47%) WhatsApp
12 6 (1.26%) Apigee
12 6 (1.26%) BrowserStack
12 6 (1.26%) Firebase
12 6 (1.26%) PaaS
12 6 (1.26%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.73%) WAN
2 11 (2.31%) TCP/IP
3 10 (2.10%) LAN
4 9 (1.89%) DNS
5 8 (1.68%) Firewall
6 7 (1.47%) Internet
6 7 (1.47%) VPN
7 6 (1.26%) IPsec
8 5 (1.05%) Ethernet
8 5 (1.05%) MPLS
9 4 (0.84%) ADSL
9 4 (0.84%) FIX Connectivity
9 4 (0.84%) HTTP
9 4 (0.84%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.84%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (0.63%) PSTN
10 3 (0.63%) SSL
10 3 (0.63%) VoIP
11 2 (0.42%) PPP
11 2 (0.42%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 27 (5.66%) Power BI
3 21 (4.40%) MySQL
4 17 (3.56%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.10%) Oracle Database
6 9 (1.89%) Tableau
7 8 (1.68%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.26%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.05%) Looker
9 5 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.05%) Siebel EIM
10 4 (0.84%) Couchbase
10 4 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.63%) Metadata
11 3 (0.63%) Oracle Database 10g
12 2 (0.42%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.42%) GIS
12 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 62 (13.00%) JIRA
2 27 (5.66%) Postman
3 22 (4.61%) Jenkins
4 21 (4.40%) Git
5 19 (3.98%) Cypress.io
6 18 (3.77%) GitLab
6 18 (3.77%) JMeter
7 15 (3.14%) Selenium
8 11 (2.31%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.89%) Appium
9 9 (1.89%) SpecFlow
10 7 (1.47%) TeamCity
10 7 (1.47%) TestRail
10 7 (1.47%) webpack
11 6 (1.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 5 (1.05%) Bitbucket
12 5 (1.05%) Maven
13 4 (0.84%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.63%) JUnit
General
1 174 (36.48%) Social Skills
2 102 (21.38%) Finance
3 66 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (7.97%) Banking
5 26 (5.45%) Public Sector
6 20 (4.19%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (2.94%) Legal
9 13 (2.73%) Marketing
10 11 (2.31%) Investment Banking
10 11 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.31%) Retail
11 9 (1.89%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.47%) Front Office
12 7 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.05%) Law
13 5 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.84%) Advertising
14 4 (0.84%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 96 (20.13%) Analyst
2 66 (13.84%) Developer
2 66 (13.84%) Lead
3 46 (9.64%) Business Analyst
4 28 (5.87%) Architect
5 24 (5.03%) Project Manager
6 22 (4.61%) Senior
7 21 (4.40%) Test Analyst
7 21 (4.40%) Tester
8 19 (3.98%) Consultant
9 16 (3.35%) QA Engineer
10 14 (2.94%) .NET Developer
10 14 (2.94%) Test Manager
11 13 (2.73%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (2.73%) QA Tester
12 12 (2.52%) Data Analyst
12 12 (2.52%) QA Analyst
12 12 (2.52%) QA Leader
12 12 (2.52%) Test Engineer
13 11 (2.31%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.34%) React
2 32 (6.71%) .NET
3 31 (6.50%) REST
4 28 (5.87%) HTML
5 27 (5.66%) CSS
6 26 (5.45%) XML
7 21 (4.40%) Node.js
8 15 (3.14%) Middleware
9 14 (2.94%) AngularJS
9 14 (2.94%) JSON
9 14 (2.94%) Vue
10 13 (2.73%) Web Services
11 12 (2.52%) Playwright
11 12 (2.52%) SOAP
12 11 (2.31%) YAML
13 9 (1.89%) Swagger
14 7 (1.47%) Gherkin
14 7 (1.47%) Laravel
14 7 (1.47%) RESTful
14 7 (1.47%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.39%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.56%) Management Information System
3 13 (2.73%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.89%) Mobile App
4 9 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.68%) Cloud Native
5 8 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.47%) Derivative
6 7 (1.47%) Equities
6 7 (1.47%) Hedge funds
6 7 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.26%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.26%) IoT
8 5 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.84%) Fixed Income
9 4 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (0.84%) NHS
9 4 (0.84%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.34%) Windows
2 32 (6.71%) Linux
3 9 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.68%) Unix
5 6 (1.26%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.05%) Android
6 5 (1.05%) CentOS
7 4 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.84%) VMS
8 3 (0.63%) OpenVMS
8 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (38.36%) Agile
2 97 (20.34%) Test Automation
3 95 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (15.51%) DevOps
5 66 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 61 (12.79%) Project Management
7 60 (12.58%) Test Strategy
8 55 (11.53%) CI/CD
9 52 (10.90%) Scrum
10 50 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 48 (10.06%) User Acceptance Testing
12 47 (9.85%) Migration
13 44 (9.22%) Analytics
14 42 (8.81%) User Stories
15 38 (7.97%) Mentoring
16 37 (7.76%) Validation
17 36 (7.55%) Requirements Gathering
18 33 (6.92%) Project Delivery
19 32 (6.71%) Continuous Integration
20 29 (6.08%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 70 (14.68%) SQL
2 64 (13.42%) C#
2 64 (13.42%) JavaScript
3 39 (8.18%) Java
4 38 (7.97%) Python
5 20 (4.19%) TypeScript
6 12 (2.52%) PHP
6 12 (2.52%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.89%) F#
8 5 (1.05%) Bash
9 4 (0.84%) Bicep
9 4 (0.84%) R
9 4 (0.84%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.84%) VB
10 3 (0.63%) COBOL
10 3 (0.63%) DCL
10 3 (0.63%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.42%) Perl
11 2 (0.42%) Ruby
11 2 (0.42%) VB6
Qualifications
1 54 (11.32%) Security Cleared
2 51 (10.69%) Degree
3 40 (8.39%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (2.94%) ISTQB
5 11 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.31%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.10%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.10%) PMP
7 5 (1.05%) BC Cleared
7 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.63%) CCA
8 3 (0.63%) CCNA
8 3 (0.63%) CCNP
8 3 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.63%) ISEB
8 3 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.42%) CCDP
9 2 (0.42%) CCIP
9 2 (0.42%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.19%) Accessibility
1 20 (4.19%) Data Quality
2 13 (2.73%) SLA
3 10 (2.10%) PMO
4 9 (1.89%) GDPR
5 4 (0.84%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.84%) NIST
6 3 (0.63%) WCAG
7 2 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 1 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.21%) GAMP
8 1 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.21%) GxP
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 11 (2.31%) Docker
2 4 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 20 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.14%) Ansible
3 14 (2.94%) Terraform
4 6 (1.26%) Grafana
5 5 (1.05%) Kibana
5 5 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.84%) logstash
6 4 (0.84%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.84%) Puppet
7 3 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.63%) SCCM
8 2 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.42%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.21%) Graylog
9 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.21%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.21%) Nagios
9 1 (0.21%) Nessus
9 1 (0.21%) SELinux
9 1 (0.21%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 59 (12.37%) Microsoft
2 39 (8.18%) SAP
3 35 (7.34%) Oracle
4 17 (3.56%) Google
5 13 (2.73%) Adobe
5 13 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.52%) Pega
7 9 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.68%) Databricks
8 8 (1.68%) Splunk
9 7 (1.47%) BT
9 7 (1.47%) Cisco
10 6 (1.26%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.26%) Optimizely
11 5 (1.05%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.05%) CA Agile Central
11 5 (1.05%) Monetate
11 5 (1.05%) Siebel
11 5 (1.05%) Tealium
12 4 (0.84%) Citrix