QA Test Engineer Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Quality Assurance Test Engineer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Quality Assurance Test Engineer daily rate in Tyne and Wear is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Test Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.42% - 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £400
North East median daily rate £450 - £400

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 228 208 275
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 92.04% 97.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 98 214
10th Percentile £225 £314 £288
25th Percentile £362 £387 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% -11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £573 £589 £650
90th Percentile £638 £650 £734
North East median daily rate £460 £475 £513
% change year-on-year -3.16% -7.32% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 38 0
10th Percentile £11.60 £11.50 -
25th Percentile £12.50 £12.13 -
Median hourly rate £13.00 £13.99 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% - -
75th Percentile £19.54 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £49.08 £50.00 -
North East median hourly rate £13.00 £13.99 £40.75
% change year-on-year -7.08% -65.67% +139.71%

QA Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings that featured QA Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for QA Test Engineer in Tyne and Wear

QA Test Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Test Engineer in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for QA Test Engineer in Tyne and Wear

QA Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Test Engineer within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £450 - 1
QA Test Engineer
North East

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, QA Test 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring QA Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA