Quality Engineer Contracts in the North West

Quality Engineer
England > North West

The median Quality Engineer daily rate in the North West is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 162 181
Rank change year-on-year +29 +19 -
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.11% 0.032% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.033% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £511
25th Percentile - - £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £555
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +3.60% -
75th Percentile - - £586
90th Percentile - - £604
England median daily rate £405 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -22.86% -4.55% +69.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.46 - -
England median hourly rate £28.48 - £45.20

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,547 3,009 3,896
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 94.86% 96.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,659 2,156 2,848
10th Percentile £281 £300 £211
25th Percentile £391 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £568
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 129 168
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.63 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £20.31
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% +72.33% +13.46%
75th Percentile £46.18 £50.25 £42.82
90th Percentile £67.63 £66.00 £57.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Quality Engineer in the North West

Quality Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Quality Engineer in the North West

Quality Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Engineer in the North West

Quality Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Cumbria - 2 £450 - 2
Lancashire - 1 - - 3
Quality Engineer
England

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 5 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 North West region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Information Management
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (33.33%) Records Management
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) QMS
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) IRCA
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 14001
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) QMS
2 1 (33.33%) Records Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 14001
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft