Allied Quality Assurance Publications (AQAP)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring AQAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AQAP 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 | - | 695 | 847 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +152 | - |
| Contract jobs citing AQAP | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.004% | 0.001% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.027% | 0.009% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £300 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £47.50 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +18.75% | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £40.00 |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
AQAP 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 5,985 | 7,523 | 11,512 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.70% | 13.55% | 13.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,738 | 5,138 | 7,947 |
| 10th Percentile | £281 | £298 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £515 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +1.94% | +8.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £645 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £486 | £455 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.26% | +6.81% | +7.06% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 431 | 250 | 308 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.00 | £13.29 | £12.31 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £19.07 | £16.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.80 | £37.75 | £27.73 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.95% | +36.13% | +32.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £48.75 | £63.62 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £77.73 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £19.18 | £37.50 | £22.40 |
| % change year-on-year | -48.87% | +67.45% | +7.67% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing AQAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AQAP.