Hybrid/Remote Senior QA Analyst Contract Job Trends

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Quality Assurance Analyst daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 321 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior QA Analyst 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.021% 0.024% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.026% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £475 £594 -
90th Percentile - £620 -
UK median daily rate £450 £550 -
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

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 9,062 11,547 18,226
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 93.40% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,916 7,287 12,850
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 236 408
10th Percentile £14.00 £20.13 £16.89
25th Percentile £20.50 £28.34 £25.53
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% -16.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.14 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.16 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.38% -10.75% +68.35%

Senior QA Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior QA Analyst job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior QA Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Senior QA Analyst Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Senior QA Analyst 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 Senior QA Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Validation

Senior QA Analyst 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA