Quality Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Quality Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £256 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 378 417 494
Rank change year-on-year +39 +77 -57
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 15 34 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.073% 0.14% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.15% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 27 14
10th Percentile - £350 £412
25th Percentile £57 £360 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £256 £523 £538
Median % change year-on-year -51.12% -2.70% +8.59%
75th Percentile £450 £573 £609
90th Percentile £475 £579 £622
UK median daily rate £360 £523 £550
% change year-on-year -31.17% -4.91% +69.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £21.99 - -
25th Percentile £24.28 - -
Median hourly rate £28.48 - £45.20
75th Percentile £33.05 - -
90th Percentile £35.57 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.48 - £45.20

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,031 22,516 29,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,791 20,746
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,158 1,469
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Quality Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
South East +24 4 £360 - 35
North of England +17 4 £450 -16.67% 45
South West - 4 £61 - 34
North West +29 3 £450 -21.74% 27
East Midlands - 2 £256 - 5
Midlands - 2 £256 - 21
North East 0 1 - - 9
East of England - 1 - - 14
Quality Engineer
UK

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) QA
2 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (26.67%) ISO 9001
4 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (13.33%) Conflict Management
5 2 (13.33%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (13.33%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) NVQ Level 3
5 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
5 2 (13.33%) Automotive
5 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
5 2 (13.33%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) Information Management
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
5 2 (13.33%) BT
5 2 (13.33%) Time Management
5 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (13.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JMeter
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
3 2 (13.33%) Automotive
3 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (26.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Conflict Management
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
4 2 (13.33%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (13.33%) Information Management
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (13.33%) Time Management
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) DMAIC
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Testing
5 1 (6.67%) PLM
5 1 (6.67%) QMS
5 1 (6.67%) Regression Testing
5 1 (6.67%) Scrum
5 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) NVQ Level 3
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (6.67%) HNC
3 1 (6.67%) HND
3 1 (6.67%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (26.67%) ISO 9001
3 1 (6.67%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (6.67%) ISO 14001
3 1 (6.67%) SLA
3 1 (6.67%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) BT
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) SAP