Software QA Engineer Contracts in Bedfordshire

Software Quality Assurance Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

As of 2 August 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in Bedfordshire.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software QA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 0.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 211 196 153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.95% 93.78% 96.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 108 98
10th Percentile £185 £289 £184
25th Percentile £450 £363 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £500 £492
Median % change year-on-year +10.50% +1.68% -0.56%
75th Percentile £613 £573 £575
90th Percentile £700 £641 £608
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £488
% change year-on-year +17.65% -12.82% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 31 4
10th Percentile £27.38 £30.70 £56.80
25th Percentile £60.75 £55.00 £59.50
Median hourly rate £80.00 £64.00 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.57% +27.44%
75th Percentile £90.00 £65.00 £82.50
90th Percentile £91.70 £67.50 £87.00
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.90 £35.80
% change year-on-year -2.05% +22.63% +80.72%

Software QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings that featured Software QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software QA Engineer in Bedfordshire

Software QA Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software QA Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 August 2025. 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
Luton - 1 - -
Software QA Engineer
East of England

Software QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, Software QA 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Software QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality

Software QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Assurance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance