Quality Engineer Contracts in England

Quality Engineer
UK > England

The median Quality Engineer daily rate in England is £308 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 592 751
Rank change year-on-year +61 +159 -110
Contract jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 20 45 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.095% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.10% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 37 22
10th Percentile £57 £350 £408
25th Percentile £107 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year -41.14% -4.91% +69.23%
75th Percentile £584 £573 £614
90th Percentile £593 £580 £693
UK median daily rate £256 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -48.87% -9.09% +69.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £21.99 - -
25th Percentile £24.28 - -
Median hourly rate £28.48 - £45.20
75th Percentile £33.05 - -
90th Percentile £35.57 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.48 - £45.20

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,226 44,888 67,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,546 31,942 48,134
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,314 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.57 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Engineer in England

Quality Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Quality Engineer in England

Quality Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Quality Engineer in England

Quality Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Quality Engineer in England

Quality Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Quality Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Quality Engineer in England

Quality Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
South East +15 6 £360 - 39
London +75 4 £575 +19.79% 14
South West - 4 £61 - 32
North of England +6 2 - - 29
East Midlands - 2 £256 - 4
Midlands - 2 £256 - 26
North West +21 1 - - 15
North East -5 1 - - 6
East of England - 1 - - 13
Quality Engineer
UK

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 job ads across the England region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (65.00%) QA
2 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (25.00%) SQL
4 5 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 4 (20.00%) BT
5 4 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 4 (20.00%) ETL
5 4 (20.00%) Agile
5 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 4 (20.00%) Data Governance
5 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
5 4 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 3 (15.00%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (15.00%) Data Transformation
6 3 (15.00%) Data Validation
6 3 (15.00%) Data Integration
6 3 (15.00%) Relational Database
6 3 (15.00%) Data Structures
6 3 (15.00%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (15.00%) Data Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) Degree
6 3 (15.00%) Validation
6 3 (15.00%) ISO 9001

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (10.00%) Confluence
2 1 (5.00%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) dbt
2 1 (5.00%) SaaS
2 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (15.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) JMeter
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (10.00%) Automotive
5 1 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (20.00%) Agile
2 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 4 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 4 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (20.00%) ETL
2 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 3 (15.00%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (15.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (15.00%) Data Integration
3 3 (15.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (15.00%) Data Transformation
3 3 (15.00%) Data Validation
3 3 (15.00%) Validation
4 2 (10.00%) Conflict Management
4 2 (10.00%) Scrum
4 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (10.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) NVQ Level 3
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) HNC
3 1 (5.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (65.00%) QA
2 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
3 3 (15.00%) ISO 9001
4 2 (10.00%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (5.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) BT
2 1 (5.00%) Informatica
2 1 (5.00%) SAP