Quality Engineer Contracts in South Ayrshire

Quality Engineer
Scotland > South Ayrshire

The median Quality Engineer daily rate in South Ayrshire is £307, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 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
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Ayrshire 14.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £282 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £307 - -
75th Percentile £331 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £416 - £350

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South Ayrshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Ayrshire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in South Ayrshire with a recognized job title 7 1 12
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 50.00% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £216 - £135
25th Percentile £221 - £136
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 - £136
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.63%
75th Percentile £284 - £139
90th Percentile £312 - £220
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +0.89% -5.26% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Median hourly rate £19.23 - £19.18
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.57%
Scotland median hourly rate £19.60 £18.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.88% +1.58% -8.54%

Quality Engineer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in South Ayrshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Engineer within the South Ayrshire region over the 6 months to 21 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Prestwick - 1 £307 -
Quality Engineer
Scotland

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Ayrshire

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, Quality Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Ayrshire region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Ayrshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft