Software Quality Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Software Quality Engineer
England > East of England

As of 17 September 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Quality Engineer daily rate in the East of England.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Quality Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.077% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,095 1,343 1,666
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.10% 88.30% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 544 990
10th Percentile £186 £200 £200
25th Percentile £361 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £600
90th Percentile £688 £600 £713
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 357 258
10th Percentile £14.53 £14.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.37 £17.72
Median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £36.98
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +28.47% +86.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.88 £69.25 £84.36
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%

Software Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured Software Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Quality Engineer in the East of England

Software Quality Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Quality Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Quality Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Software Quality Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Quality Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Software Quality Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Software Quality Engineer
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 Software Quality Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Bedfordshire - 1 - -
Software Quality Engineer
England

Software Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Software Quality 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 East of England region featuring Software Quality 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 Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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