QA Technician Contracts

Quality Assurance Technician
UK

As of 12 June 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Technician daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 696 844
Rank change year-on-year +113 +148 -113
Contract jobs requiring a QA Technician 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.002% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £275
75th Percentile - - £323
90th Percentile - - £387
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £11.92 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £11.92 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

QA Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured QA Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for QA Technician in the UK

QA Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for QA Technician in the UK

QA Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for QA Technician in the UK

QA Technician
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Technician within the UK 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
England +86 1 - - 18
UK excluding London +29 1 - - 17
Midlands - 1 - - 7
West Midlands - 1 - - 1

QA Technician Skill Set
Top 2 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, QA Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring QA Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) QA

QA Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA