Functional QA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Functional Quality Assurance Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Functional Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £390, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
1 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional QA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.080% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 - -
North West median daily rate £390 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,152 981 1,524
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 93.79% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 618 1,101
10th Percentile £311 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -3.55%
75th Percentile £550 £556 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £669
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 33 78
10th Percentile £18.26 £15.93 £12.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £32.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.31% +52.94% -47.53%
75th Percentile £59.06 £33.75 £60.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £29.23 £30.00
% change year-on-year +43.48% -2.57% +13.21%

Functional QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Functional 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 Manchester region featuring Functional QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce CRM

Functional QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce CRM
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce