Quality Assurance Test Engineer
UK
The median Quality Assurance Test Engineer daily rate in the UK is £438 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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 4 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 579 | 663 | 821 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +84 | +158 | -141 |
| Contract jobs requiring a QA Test Engineer | 12 | 55 | 33 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.028% | 0.093% | 0.037% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.030% | 0.098% | 0.039% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 54 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £312 | £538 | £337 |
| 25th Percentile | £428 | £589 | £380 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £628 | £419 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.28% | +49.85% | -6.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £478 | £810 | £533 |
| 90th Percentile | £499 | £823 | £628 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £504 | £500 | £381 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.85% | +31.41% | -10.47% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 40,021 | 55,966 | 84,699 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,056 | 39,104 | 59,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,666 | 1,571 | 2,084 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.30 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.81 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +89.04% | +5.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.29 | £65.75 | £49.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.71 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.26 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.35% | +116.50% | +2.74% |
QA Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
QA Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Test Engineer.
QA Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Test Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.
QA Test Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Test Engineer.
QA Test Engineer
Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Test Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 |
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| England | +66 | 11 | £438 | -30.28% | 4 |
| London | +62 | 10 | £438 | -35.19% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +62 | 2 | £504 | +0.85% | 5 |
| Work from Home | - | 2 | £469 | - | 5 |
| North of England | +22 | 1 | £500 | +5.26% | |
| North West | - | 1 | £500 | - | |
| Wales | - | 1 | £509 | - | 1 |
QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, QA Test 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 featuring QA Test Engineer in the job title.
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QA Test Engineer 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:
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