Quality Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Quality Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Quality Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £360 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 454 599
Rank change year-on-year +120 +145 -127
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 7 14 16
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.056% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.059% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 11
10th Percentile £192 £368 £424
25th Percentile £255 £428 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% -4.55% +24.01%
75th Percentile £405 £550 £619
90th Percentile £432 £578 £700
UK median daily rate £360 £523 £550
% change year-on-year -31.17% -4.91% +69.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.75 - -
Median hourly rate £36.50 - -
75th Percentile £37.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £28.48 - £45.20

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,102 23,924 42,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.36% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,465 16,894 30,368
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 548 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.27
25th Percentile £23.37 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.87 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Quality Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Quality Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Quality Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Quality Engineer.

Quality Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Quality Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Quality Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Quality Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) QA
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (42.86%) BT
3 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (42.86%) Customer-Centricity
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (42.86%) Customer Experience
4 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) Information Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (14.29%) QMS
5 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Azure
5 1 (14.29%) JMeter
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 1 (14.29%) Automotive
5 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 1 (14.29%) DMAIC
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) PLM

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JMeter
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Customer Experience
2 3 (42.86%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) DMAIC
4 1 (14.29%) Information Management
4 1 (14.29%) Kaizen
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) PLM
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) QMS
4 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
2 1 (14.29%) HNC
2 1 (14.29%) HND
2 1 (14.29%) IRCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (14.29%) ISO 14001
2 1 (14.29%) ISO 9001
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) BT
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP