Quality Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £256 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 403 489
Rank change year-on-year +23 +86 -52
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 15 34 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.074% 0.15% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.16% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 27 14
10th Percentile - £350 £412
25th Percentile £57 £360 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £256 £523 £538
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% -2.70% +8.59%
75th Percentile £308 £573 £609
90th Percentile £446 £579 £622
UK median daily rate £256 £523 £550
% change year-on-year -51.12% -4.91% +69.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £21.99 - -
25th Percentile £24.28 - -
Median hourly rate £28.48 - £45.20
75th Percentile £33.05 - -
90th Percentile £35.57 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.48 - £45.20

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 18,731 21,611 29,386
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,452 15,051 20,618
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,272 1,106 1,459
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.36
25th Percentile £15.74 £18.04 £14.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
South East +22 6 £360 - 34
South West - 4 £61 - 27
North of England +10 2 - - 30
East Midlands - 2 £256 - 4
Midlands - 2 £256 - 22
North West +26 1 - - 15
North East -7 1 - - 6
East of England - 1 - - 14
Quality Engineer
UK

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 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 UK excluding London region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) QA
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 4 (26.67%) BT
5 4 (26.67%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Management
5 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (26.67%) Customer Experience
5 4 (26.67%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (26.67%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (20.00%) ISO 9001
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
7 2 (13.33%) Automotive
7 2 (13.33%) Degree
7 2 (13.33%) Agile
7 2 (13.33%) Time Management
7 2 (13.33%) NVQ Level 3
7 2 (13.33%) Conflict Management
7 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
7 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (6.67%) Thought Leadership
8 1 (6.67%) White-Box Testing
8 1 (6.67%) Situational Awareness
8 1 (6.67%) Conflict Resolution
8 1 (6.67%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JMeter
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 4 (26.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
4 2 (13.33%) Automotive
5 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (26.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Experience
2 4 (26.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Conflict Management
4 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (13.33%) Time Management
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) DMAIC
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Testing
5 1 (6.67%) PLM
5 1 (6.67%) Quality Management
5 1 (6.67%) Regression Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Scrum
5 1 (6.67%) Six Sigma
5 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (6.67%) HNC
2 1 (6.67%) HND
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (80.00%) QA
2 3 (20.00%) ISO 9001
3 1 (6.67%) SLA
3 1 (6.67%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) BT
2 1 (6.67%) SAP