QA Tester Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Quality Assurance Tester
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Quality Assurance Tester daily rate in Milton Keynes is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 380 207 487
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 97.64% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 155 381
10th Percentile £231 £248 £275
25th Percentile £400 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.65%
75th Percentile £570 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £654 £725
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.25% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 2 27
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.67 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £13.68 £17.64
Median hourly rate £29.61 £15.35 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +92.90% -33.88% +22.18%
75th Percentile £36.00 £17.03 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.73 £18.03 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.08 £18.70 £22.00
% change year-on-year +34.09% -15.00% +29.41%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

QA Tester job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

QA Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Tester job vacancies in Milton Keynes

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 30 January 2026, QA Tester 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 Milton Keynes region featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver

QA Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA