QA Tester Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Quality Assurance Tester
England > East of England

As of 22 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Tester daily rate in the East of England.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.051% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £350 £380 £475
% change year-on-year -7.89% -20.00% -17.39%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 1,806 915 1,687
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 90.86% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 797 495 849
10th Percentile £191 £225 £206
25th Percentile £325 £356 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £551
90th Percentile £675 £683 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 535 158 485
10th Percentile £13.66 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.12 £21.46 £16.30
Median hourly rate £23.83 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.29% +50.00% +24.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -23.53%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

QA Tester job vacancy trend in the East of England

QA Tester
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in the East of England

QA Tester
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in the East of England

QA Tester
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Tester within the East of England region over the 6 months to 22 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
Essex - 1 - - 1
QA Tester
England

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 22 March 2026, QA Tester 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 of England region featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Management
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Fiserv
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (100.00%) Ingenico
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

QA Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Management
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fiserv
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Ingenico