Quality Assurance Engineer
UK
The median Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in the UK is £444, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 427 | 499 | 513 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +72 | +14 | +128 |
| Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer | 93 | 83 | 206 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.32% | 0.19% | 0.35% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.34% | 0.21% | 0.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 62 | 61 | 184 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £300 | £316 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £363 | £428 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £444 | £440 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.85% | -23.48% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £547 | £500 | £666 |
| 90th Percentile | £798 | £525 | £780 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £431 | £483 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.62% | +9.66% | -4.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £24.98 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £31.75 | £45.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £44.61 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.53% | -10.79% | +10.62% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £59.02 | £55.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £66.73 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £20.46 | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 27,084 | 40,415 | 56,464 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.78% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,692 | 26,309 | 39,470 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.46% | -1.60% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,035 | 2,664 | 1,570 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.07 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.42 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.37% | -19.07% | +91.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £39.55 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.20% | -6.94% | +117.95% |
QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
QA Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer.
QA Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing QA Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
QA Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer.
QA Engineer
Top 14 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| England | +63 | 79 | £450 | +2.86% | 158 |
| London | +35 | 50 | £475 | +8.57% | 80 |
| UK excluding London | +72 | 31 | £431 | -10.62% | 99 |
| Work from Home | +48 | 23 | £425 | -1.45% | 85 |
| North of England | +18 | 9 | £406 | -18.75% | 24 |
| Midlands | +27 | 6 | £453 | +20.67% | 11 |
| South East | +49 | 5 | - | - | 21 |
| North West | +14 | 5 | £400 | -20.00% | 13 |
| South West | +45 | 4 | £475 | +673.99% | 14 |
| East of England | +33 | 4 | £450 | -5.26% | 17 |
| Scotland | +16 | 4 | £400 | - | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +11 | 4 | £550 | +29.41% | 7 |
| East Midlands | - | 4 | £469 | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | +15 | 2 | £425 | +13.33% | 8 |
QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
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 featuring QA Engineer in the job title.
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QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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