Hybrid/Remote QA Tester Contract Job Trends

Quality Assurance Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Quality Assurance Tester daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 315 385
Rank change year-on-year +27 +70 +135
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 21 8 14
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.066% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.071% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 12
10th Percentile £322 £306 £440
25th Percentile £398 £379 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £588
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -25.53% +30.56%
75th Percentile £479 £473 £650
90th Percentile £553 £521 £684
UK median daily rate £450 £453 £509
% change year-on-year -0.55% -11.01% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £70.00
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £80.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,410 11,305 17,430
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 93.20% 94.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,159 7,102 12,209
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 196 379
10th Percentile £14.89 £19.45 £17.11
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.42 £25.98
Median hourly rate £41.68 £42.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -16.00% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.15 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.13 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +55.71%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Tester' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

QA Tester job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

QA Tester
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid QA Tester job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid QA Tester job vacancies

QA Tester
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing QA Tester over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

QA Tester daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, QA Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) QA
2 14 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 9 (42.86%) Agile
3 9 (42.86%) JIRA
4 7 (33.33%) Azure
4 7 (33.33%) Data Validation
4 7 (33.33%) Validation
5 6 (28.57%) API Testing
5 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 6 (28.57%) DevOps
5 6 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
5 6 (28.57%) Selenium
5 6 (28.57%) SQL
5 6 (28.57%) Test Management
5 6 (28.57%) Test Scripting
6 5 (23.81%) AWS
6 5 (23.81%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (19.05%) Python
7 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
7 4 (19.05%) SDLC
7 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
7 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
7 4 (19.05%) Test Strategy
8 3 (14.29%) Accessibility
8 3 (14.29%) AI
8 3 (14.29%) Data Quality
8 3 (14.29%) Defect Management
8 3 (14.29%) Defect Tracking
8 3 (14.29%) Degree
8 3 (14.29%) Gherkin

QA Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) AWS
2 5 (23.81%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.52%) GitHub
4 1 (4.76%) GCP
4 1 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (4.76%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) ServiceMax
4 1 (4.76%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) MySQL
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (42.86%) JIRA
2 6 (28.57%) Selenium
3 3 (14.29%) TestRail
4 2 (9.52%) Cucumber
4 2 (9.52%) Git
4 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
4 2 (9.52%) Postman
4 2 (9.52%) REST Assured
4 2 (9.52%) TestNG
4 2 (9.52%) Zephyr
5 1 (4.76%) JUnit
5 1 (4.76%) WebDriver
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Gherkin
2 2 (9.52%) Playwright
2 2 (9.52%) REST
2 2 (9.52%) SOAP
3 1 (4.76%) Great Expectations
3 1 (4.76%) pytest
3 1 (4.76%) RESTful
3 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Android
1 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Mac OS X
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 9 (42.86%) Agile
3 7 (33.33%) Data Validation
3 7 (33.33%) Validation
4 6 (28.57%) API Testing
4 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 6 (28.57%) DevOps
4 6 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
4 6 (28.57%) Test Management
4 6 (28.57%) Test Scripting
5 4 (19.05%) SDLC
5 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
5 4 (19.05%) Test Strategy
6 3 (14.29%) AI
6 3 (14.29%) Defect Management
6 3 (14.29%) Defect Tracking
6 3 (14.29%) Manual Testing
6 3 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
6 3 (14.29%) Refactoring
6 3 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) Python
3 3 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) Kotlin
4 1 (4.76%) Ruby
4 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 3 (14.29%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.76%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 2 (9.52%) Databricks
3 1 (4.76%) Duck Creek
3 1 (4.76%) Guidewire
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