Quality Assurance Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield
The median Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £317, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 August 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
9 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
67 |
- |
46 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield |
0.35% |
- |
0.51% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.39% |
- |
0.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
£316 |
- |
£396 |
| 25th Percentile |
£317 |
- |
£409 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£317 |
- |
£450 |
| 75th Percentile |
£318 |
- |
£497 |
| 90th Percentile |
£318 |
- |
£514 |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate |
£317 |
- |
£450 |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title |
519 |
366 |
378 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
91.21% |
87.56% |
95.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
349 |
213 |
255 |
| 10th Percentile |
£299 |
£379 |
£380 |
| 25th Percentile |
£375 |
£425 |
£471 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£469 |
£520 |
£600 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-9.81% |
-13.33% |
+16.50% |
| 75th Percentile |
£538 |
£588 |
£688 |
| 90th Percentile |
£615 |
£636 |
£745 |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate |
£465 |
£510 |
£550 |
| % change year-on-year |
-8.78% |
-7.32% |
+10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
4 |
5 |
5 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£20.20 |
£11.51 |
| 25th Percentile |
£18.10 |
£20.50 |
£12.28 |
| Median hourly rate |
£18.35 |
£21.00 |
£19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-12.61% |
+10.53% |
+6.29% |
| 75th Percentile |
£18.50 |
£22.00 |
£20.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£18.51 |
- |
£21.65 |
| South Yorkshire median hourly rate |
£18.35 |
£21.00 |
£19.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-12.61% |
+7.69% |
+9.09% |
