QA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Quality Assurance Engineer
Bedfordshire > Bedford

As of 6 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in Bedford.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 4.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £27.94 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £27.94 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bedford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedford. 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 Bedford with a recognized job title 36 14 28
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 100.00% 90.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 8 15
10th Percentile £440 £213 £172
25th Percentile £475 £433 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £575 £275
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +109.09% +57.14%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £413
90th Percentile - £681 £689
Bedfordshire median daily rate £505 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -15.83% +20.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile - - £13.47
25th Percentile - - £15.29
Median hourly rate £27.94 - £31.80
Median % change year-on-year - - +44.55%
75th Percentile £51.47 - £32.90
90th Percentile £65.59 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 £60.75 £31.80
% change year-on-year +12.28% +91.04% -50.12%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Bedford

QA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Bedford.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Bedford

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 1 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford

For the 6 months to 6 May 2026, QA Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedford region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA