QA Engineer Contracts in Hounslow

Quality Assurance Engineer
West London > Hounslow

The median Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in Hounslow is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 27 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hounslow 5.88% 0.78% -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.35% 0.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
West London median daily rate £400 £375 -
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hounslow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hounslow. 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 Hounslow with a recognized job title 63 126 157
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 98.44% 96.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 85 67
10th Percentile £248 £181 £350
25th Percentile £375 £270 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £410 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -20.00% +0.49%
75th Percentile £450 £538 £596
90th Percentile £519 £591 £668
West London median daily rate £400 £456 £550
% change year-on-year -12.33% -17.05% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 42
10th Percentile £20.94 £36.25 £31.68
25th Percentile £25.16 £40.00 £55.31
Median hourly rate £41.00 £53.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% -17.31% +202.33%
75th Percentile £54.75 £62.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £59.70 £66.00 £85.00
West London median hourly rate £22.27 £32.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year -31.48% -49.22% +197.67%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hounslow

Job postings that featured QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hounslow.

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in Hounslow

QA Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hounslow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in Hounslow.

Daily rate trend for QA Engineer in Hounslow

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hounslow

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, QA 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 Hounslow region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JUnit
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) Selenium
1 4 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Android
4 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Appium

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hounslow 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JUnit
1 4 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (25.00%) Appium
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA