QA Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Quality Assurance Test Engineer
Central London > City of Westminster

As of 9 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Test Engineer daily rate in the City of Westminster.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 1.56% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Central London median daily rate - - £450

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 City of Westminster with a recognized job title 59 38 49
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 82.61% 98.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 31 34
10th Percentile £350 £369 £412
25th Percentile £405 £409 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £644 £684
90th Percentile £750 £675 £795
Central London median daily rate £550 £555 £550
% change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £52.93 - -
25th Percentile £55.06 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile £81.25 - -
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -22.86%

QA Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

QA Test Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

QA Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 9 July 2026. 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
Westminster - 1 - -
QA Test Engineer
Central London

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 9 July 2026, QA Test 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 City of Westminster region featuring QA Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA