Quality Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Quality Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Quality Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £394, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 July 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
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 - 153
Rank change year-on-year - - +54
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.083% - 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% - 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £362 - -
25th Percentile £370 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £420 - -
90th Percentile £431 - -
England median daily rate £425 £455 £451
% change year-on-year -6.59% +0.83% -17.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,159 2,602 3,026
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.85% 92.20% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,389 1,763 2,142
10th Percentile £210 £230 £232
25th Percentile £350 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £595
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 180 101
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.92 £13.16
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £15.64
Median hourly rate £24.34 £18.99 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -9.60% +8.39%
75th Percentile £31.57 £35.00 £35.08
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.17 £42.50 £44.11
% change year-on-year -36.08% -3.65% +72.98%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Quality Engineer in the Midlands

Quality Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Quality Engineer in the Midlands

Quality Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Engineer in the Midlands

Quality Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 2 £394 - 11
Quality Engineer
England

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 22 July 2025, Quality 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 Midlands region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Scala
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) JBehave
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) SoapUI

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) JBehave
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
2 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Scala
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility