Senior Quality Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Quality Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Quality Engineer daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 - 609
Rank change year-on-year - - +159
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Quality Engineer 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% - 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £402
25th Percentile - - £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £440
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.55%
75th Percentile - - £450
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 - £445
% change year-on-year - - +7.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 25,481 30,404 39,875
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 92.98% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,420 18,695 27,834
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,402 1,401 1,383
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.99 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% - +73.08%
75th Percentile £53.75 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Senior Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Quality Engineer in England

Senior Quality Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Quality Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Quality Engineer job vacancies in England

Senior Quality Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Quality Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Quality Engineer job vacancies in England

Senior Quality Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Quality Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London - 3 £500 - 9
Senior Quality Engineer
UK

Senior Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 September 2025, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
1 3 (100.00%) IntelliJ
1 3 (100.00%) HTTP
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Programming
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Appium
1 3 (100.00%) Swift
1 3 (100.00%) API Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Katalon Studio
1 3 (100.00%) Postman
1 3 (100.00%) Charles Proxy
1 3 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility

Senior Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Appium
1 3 (100.00%) Charles Proxy
1 3 (100.00%) IntelliJ
1 3 (100.00%) Katalon Studio
1 3 (100.00%) Postman
1 3 (100.00%) XCUITest
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) API Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Programming
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 3 (100.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk