Software QA Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Software Quality Assurance Engineer
England > London

As of 13 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Software Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in London.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 375 407
Rank change year-on-year -5 +32 +161
Contract jobs requiring a Software QA Engineer 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.007% 0.013% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.014% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £445
Median % change year-on-year - +34.83% -25.83%
England median daily rate - £600 £445
% change year-on-year - +34.83% -25.83%

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 13,179 14,595 18,242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 93.55% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,760 9,478 13,182
10th Percentile £338 £338 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 152 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.05
25th Percentile £21.12 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.61 £36.65 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% +1.41% +3.26%
75th Percentile £53.59 £54.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.16 £80.75 £73.31
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Software QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Software QA Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Software QA Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Software QA Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Software QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Software 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 London region featuring Software QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QADirector
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation

Software QA 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) QADirector
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow