Quality Engineer Contracts in Cheltenham

Quality Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Quality Engineer daily rate in Cheltenham is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 0.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 170 160 117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 96.97% 90.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 114 98
10th Percentile £363 £321 £176
25th Percentile £483 £506 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £506
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +17.53% +6.58%
75th Percentile £674 £700 £588
90th Percentile £746 £750 £679
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
10th Percentile £53.65 £67.10 £12.08
25th Percentile £70.38 £67.25 £12.19
Median hourly rate £71.00 £81.00 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.35% +535.29% -74.50%
75th Percentile £72.06 £92.25 £13.69
90th Percentile £74.13 £93.60 £14.03
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £40.00 £73.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -45.21% +143.33% -40.00%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Job postings that featured Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Engineer in Cheltenham

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Quality Engineer 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 across the Cheltenham region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Black-Box Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) White-Box Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Black-Box Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance