Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Senior Quality Assurance Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £428, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
19 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
312 |
312 |
370 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
0 |
+58 |
+169 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Senior QA Engineer |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options |
0.020% |
0.017% |
0.023% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.021% |
0.018% |
0.025% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| 10th Percentile |
£388 |
£413 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£401 |
£431 |
- |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£428 |
£475 |
£380 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-10.00% |
+25.00% |
-30.91% |
| 75th Percentile |
£461 |
£531 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
£477 |
£558 |
- |
| UK median daily rate |
£469 |
£525 |
£380 |
| % change year-on-year |
-10.71% |
+38.16% |
-36.67% |
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 |
9,533 |
10,861 |
16,124 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title |
93.27% |
93.14% |
94.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
6,194 |
6,881 |
11,057 |
| 10th Percentile |
£329 |
£325 |
£325 |
| 25th Percentile |
£413 |
£413 |
£425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£513 |
£525 |
£525 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-2.38% |
- |
-4.55% |
| 75th Percentile |
£622 |
£638 |
£638 |
| 90th Percentile |
£720 |
£750 |
£738 |
| UK median daily rate |
£500 |
£525 |
£525 |
| % change year-on-year |
-4.76% |
- |
-4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
341 |
197 |
360 |
| 10th Percentile |
£15.18 |
£18.50 |
£17.59 |
| 25th Percentile |
£20.50 |
£23.50 |
£27.19 |
| Median hourly rate |
£45.46 |
£37.00 |
£53.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+22.86% |
-30.52% |
-3.18% |
| 75th Percentile |
£65.00 |
£64.50 |
£70.00 |
| 90th Percentile |
£70.00 |
£75.00 |
£87.55 |
| UK median hourly rate |
£25.50 |
£34.00 |
£44.50 |
| % change year-on-year |
-25.00% |
-23.60% |
+48.33% |
