QA Engineer Contracts in Southampton

Quality Assurance Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in Southampton.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 1.85% - 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% - 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Hampshire median daily rate - - £475

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 106 141 143
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.15% 83.43% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 84 100
10th Percentile £139 £200 £240
25th Percentile £313 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.12% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £593
90th Percentile £617 £713 £665
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 10
10th Percentile - £15.73 £16.00
25th Percentile - £62.50 £17.31
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £23.79
Median % change year-on-year - +194.24% +35.40%
75th Percentile - £80.00 £33.27
90th Percentile - - £45.03
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings that featured QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in Southampton

QA Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for QA Engineer in Southampton

QA Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in Southampton.

Hourly rate trend for QA Engineer in Southampton

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, QA 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 Southampton region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) TestRail
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP