QA Engineer Contract Job Trends in Slough

Quality Assurance Engineer
Berkshire > Slough

The median Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in Slough is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 1.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £650 - £400
% change year-on-year - - +18.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Slough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Slough. 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 Slough with a recognized job title 52 68 100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.11% 93.15% 97.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 35 71
10th Percentile £163 £270 £300
25th Percentile £279 £386 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £410
Median % change year-on-year - +9.76% -3.53%
75th Percentile £523 £581 £588
90th Percentile £643 £673 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.05% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £18.01 £18.81 £27.01
25th Percentile - £18.91 £31.02
Median hourly rate £18.87 £19.38 £38.61
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -49.82% +83.85%
75th Percentile £20.79 £20.16 £46.33
90th Percentile - £20.44 £50.42
Berkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £61.28 £61.52
% change year-on-year -55.12% -0.39% +26.19%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Slough

QA Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Slough.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Slough

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, 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 Slough region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
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%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) WebdriverIO

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA