Quality Engineer
UK
The median Quality Engineer daily rate in the UK is £256 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 550 | 629 | 809 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +79 | +180 | -106 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Quality Engineer | 21 | 58 | 35 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.049% | 0.10% | 0.040% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.053% | 0.11% | 0.042% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 46 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £57 | £350 | £412 |
| 25th Percentile | £104 | £378 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £256 | £523 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -51.12% | -4.91% | +69.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £581 | £573 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £588 | £580 | £678 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £256 | £523 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -51.12% | -2.70% | +8.59% |
| 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 excluding London median hourly rate | £28.48 | - | £45.20 |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 39,507 | 53,867 | 83,506 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.60% | 95.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,718 | 37,620 | 58,687 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £544 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.40% | +3.52% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,672 | 1,498 | 2,036 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.29 | £19.13 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Quality Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer.
Quality Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Quality Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
Quality Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Quality Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
Quality Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +85 | 20 | £308 | -41.26% | 154 |
| UK excluding London | +39 | 14 | £256 | -51.12% | 153 |
| Work from Home | +101 | 6 | £255 | -51.43% | 44 |
| South East | +36 | 5 | £360 | - | 36 |
| London | +81 | 4 | £575 | +9.94% | 14 |
| South West | - | 4 | £61 | - | 27 |
| North of England | +16 | 2 | - | - | 34 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £256 | - | 3 |
| Midlands | - | 2 | £256 | - | 22 |
| North West | +21 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
| North East | -4 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 16 |
Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 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 job ads featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.
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Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: