QA Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Quality Assurance Test Engineer
England > London

The median Quality Assurance Test Engineer daily rate in London is £390, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 378 394
Rank change year-on-year +5 +16 +166
Contract jobs requiring a QA Test Engineer 8 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.056% 0.020% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.021% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile £321 - £355
25th Percentile £344 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +2.86% -4.11%
75th Percentile £442 £475 £444
90th Percentile £469 - £631
England median daily rate £475 £468 £438
% change year-on-year +1.60% +6.86% -1.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,157 14,282 17,864
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 93.50% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 9,248 12,923
10th Percentile £340 £338 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.22% -3.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £763 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 154 209
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.65 £17.95
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £27.71 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -
75th Percentile £56.63 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

QA Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Test Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

QA Test Engineer job vacancy trend in London

QA Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Test Engineer job vacancies in London

QA Test Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Test Engineer in London over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for QA Test Engineer in London

QA Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Test Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for QA Test Engineer job vacancies in London

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, QA Test 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 London region featuring QA Test Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) QA
2 6 (75.00%) JIRA
2 6 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 5 (62.50%) Citrix
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) WebEx
5 1 (12.50%) Android
5 1 (12.50%) API Integration
5 1 (12.50%) API Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Appium
5 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
5 1 (12.50%) AWS
5 1 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) BlazeMeter
5 1 (12.50%) Boomi
5 1 (12.50%) Case Management
5 1 (12.50%) Confluence
5 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
5 1 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
5 1 (12.50%) Data Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Dell
5 1 (12.50%) Django

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) BlazeMeter
1 1 (12.50%) Boomi
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Appium
2 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
2 1 (12.50%) GitLab
2 1 (12.50%) Postman
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Django
1 1 (12.50%) JSON
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Hedge funds
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Manual Testing
1 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) API Integration
3 1 (12.50%) API Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Case Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Data Validation
3 1 (12.50%) ETL
3 1 (12.50%) QA Automation
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (25.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) Dell
2 1 (12.50%) Informatica
2 1 (12.50%) MuleSoft
2 1 (12.50%) SnapLogic