QA Engineer Contract Job Trends in East London

Quality Assurance Engineer
London > East London

The median Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in East London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.93% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £418 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £425 £475 £444
% change year-on-year -10.53% +7.04% -29.28%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East London. 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 East London with a recognized job title 98 98 220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 91.59% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 79 188
10th Percentile £188 £249 £254
25th Percentile £404 £400 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £495 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +8.00%
75th Percentile £630 £586 £650
90th Percentile £736 £638 £770
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 18
10th Percentile £21.31 £14.66 £11.95
25th Percentile £23.38 £24.66 £13.39
Median hourly rate £24.03 £28.60 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.98% +30.00% -38.89%
75th Percentile £26.62 £37.00 £25.66
90th Percentile £31.59 £38.80 £38.28
London median hourly rate £34.50 £35.89 £28.50
% change year-on-year -3.89% +25.93% -18.57%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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 East London.

QA Engineer job vacancy trend in East London

QA Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in East London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in East London

QA Engineer
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the East London region over the 6 months to 21 March 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
Tower Hamlets - 1 £400 -
QA Engineer
London

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 21 March 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 East London region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA