QA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Quality Assurance Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in Farnborough is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
15 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 1.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 248 82 72
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.41% 92.13% 51.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 62 48
10th Percentile £411 £401 £404
25th Percentile £488 £425 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £506 £599
Median % change year-on-year +6.17% -15.45% +22.82%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £672
90th Percentile £713 £725 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £545 £575
% change year-on-year +0.92% -5.22% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 1
10th Percentile £28.98 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - -
Median hourly rate £45.59 £75.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.22% +172.73% -53.97%
75th Percentile £51.00 - -
90th Percentile - £83.25 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £38.25 £56.25 £57.35
% change year-on-year -32.00% -1.92% +14.70%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

QA Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 15 April 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 Farnborough region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) JUnit
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) TestNG
2 1 (33.33%) Validation

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) JUnit
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) TestNG
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Scrum
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Software Quality Assurance
QA Engineer jobs