Quality Assurance Engineer
UK
The median Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 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 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 442 | 505 | 492 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +63 | -13 | +161 |
| Contract jobs requiring a QA Engineer | 87 | 82 | 203 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.30% | 0.19% | 0.35% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.32% | 0.20% | 0.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 59 | 60 | 183 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £296 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £363 | £433 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £445 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.12% | -22.61% | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £500 | £666 |
| 90th Percentile | £798 | £530 | £786 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £425 | £458 | £439 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.10% | +4.27% | -7.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £24.98 | £44.00 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £31.75 | £44.38 |
| 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 | 26,930 | 40,005 | 55,472 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.50% | 92.75% | 94.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,553 | 26,036 | 38,744 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £280 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £490 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.06% | -2.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,045 | 2,664 | 1,555 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.75 | £36.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.23% | -18.89% | +90.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £61.30 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £76.15 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £40.00 | £42.26 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.25% | -5.35% | +116.50% |
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 8 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 8 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 | +73 | 75 | £450 | +2.86% | 211 |
| London | +45 | 49 | £475 | +8.26% | 114 |
| UK excluding London | +61 | 29 | £425 | -7.10% | 142 |
| Work from Home | +49 | 21 | £475 | +7.04% | 124 |
| North of England | +19 | 9 | £406 | -18.75% | 29 |
| South West | +39 | 5 | £500 | +714.73% | 12 |
| North West | +10 | 5 | £400 | -20.00% | 15 |
| South East | +44 | 4 | - | - | 40 |
| Midlands | +21 | 4 | £431 | +16.95% | 19 |
| Scotland | +20 | 4 | £400 | - | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +8 | 4 | £550 | +29.41% | 9 |
| East of England | - | 4 | £450 | - | 19 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 2 | £425 | +13.33% | 11 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 2 | £476 | +31.38% | 6 |
QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 8 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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