Quality Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Quality Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Quality Engineer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £545, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
12 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £523 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 - -
75th Percentile £568 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £545 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 299 168 158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.08% 86.60% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 93 105
10th Percentile £167 £185 £211
25th Percentile £338 £335 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -12.37% -11.82%
75th Percentile £525 £573 £600
90th Percentile £591 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £445 £475
% change year-on-year -1.69% -6.32% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 7
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.68 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.88 £17.17 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £44.50 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.10% +39.06% +156.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £46.88
90th Percentile £54.50 - £60.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £36.00 £21.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +71.43% +20.00% +40.00%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Quality Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Quality Engineer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Quality Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quality Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Quality Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 12 December 2025, Quality 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 2 (100.00%) Postman
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
129 Quality Engineer jobs in England