QA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Motherwell

Quality Assurance Engineer
North Lanarkshire > Motherwell

The median Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in Motherwell is £605, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
5 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Motherwell 12.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £578 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 - -
75th Percentile £633 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Lanarkshire median daily rate £605 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Motherwell

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Motherwell. 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 Motherwell with a recognized job title 8 0 1
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £517 - -
25th Percentile £527 - £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 - £343
75th Percentile £602 - £364
90th Percentile £620 - -
North Lanarkshire median daily rate £625 £314 £471
% change year-on-year +99.36% -33.47% +114.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £19.86 - -
25th Percentile £33.10 - -
Median hourly rate £67.64 - -
75th Percentile £74.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Lanarkshire median hourly rate £67.64 - -

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Motherwell

For the 6 months to 5 October 2026, 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 Motherwell region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Motherwell 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%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
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