QA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Quality Assurance Engineer
North West > Cumbria

As of 18 September 2025, 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 Cumbria.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 0.86% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate £400 £500 £300
% change year-on-year -20.00% +66.67% -48.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £37.14 - -
North West median hourly rate £37.14 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 112 172 147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.55% 89.58% 91.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 90 102
10th Percentile £300 £266 £413
25th Percentile £431 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -5.35% +23.71%
75th Percentile £546 £638 £627
90th Percentile £638 £670 £649
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 28 7
10th Percentile £25.34 £23.25 £38.49
25th Percentile £32.14 £39.72 £51.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £53.72 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% -2.33% +11.96%
75th Percentile £58.42 £66.61 £60.43
90th Percentile £69.49 £70.90 £72.36
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.04% +5.71% +49.64%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in Cumbria

QA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

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

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 1 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 Cumbria region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) QA

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

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA