Senior QA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Senior Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £453, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
29 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior QA Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £451 - -
25th Percentile £452 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £453 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 510 205 168
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.96% 95.79% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 153 85
10th Percentile £313 £233 £350
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -10.71%
75th Percentile £556 £556 £588
90th Percentile £638 £625 £641
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £451 £461 £475
% change year-on-year -2.17% -2.89% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 5 21
10th Percentile £17.00 £16.00 £12.26
25th Percentile £58.37 £17.88 £18.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.97 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +225.49% -57.96% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £48.75 £50.00
90th Percentile - £50.70 £68.75
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £13.99
% change year-on-year +400.00% -7.08% -

Senior QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Senior QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior QA Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

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

Senior QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, Senior 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Senior QA Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) BDD
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) SDET
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) GitLab
2 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Software Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) WebDriver

Senior QA 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) GitLab
2 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (66.67%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) BDD
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) SDET
1 3 (100.00%) TDD
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Software Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
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