QinetiQ Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

QinetiQ
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire requiring knowledge or experience of QinetiQ products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QinetiQ over the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within QinetiQ Group plc.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing QinetiQ 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 0.71% - 5.56%
As % of the Vendors category 2.22% - 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £578
25th Percentile £663 - £583
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - £635
75th Percentile £688 - £688
90th Percentile - - £710
West Midlands median daily rate £675 - £635

All Vendors
Worcestershire

QinetiQ falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 45 21 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 31.91% 32.81% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 9 23
10th Percentile £524 £110 £200
25th Percentile £525 £126 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £288 £525
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -45.24% +6.60%
75th Percentile £650 £400 £668
90th Percentile £750 £556 £715
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £16.64 - £11.95
25th Percentile £18.09 £15.22 £14.13
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.13 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.35% -2.00% +4.40%
75th Percentile £50.50 - £45.88
90th Percentile £66.70 - £61.85
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.50 £21.80 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.80% -3.11% +26.98%

QinetiQ
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing QinetiQ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire.

QinetiQ job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

QinetiQ
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing QinetiQ.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing QinetiQ

QinetiQ
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing QinetiQ within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. 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
Malvern - 1 £675 -
QinetiQ
West Midlands

QinetiQ
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared