Live market evidence
QA Engineer Contract Job Market
Current QA Engineer contract demand, compensation evidence, technology mix, sources, and hiring velocity from Radar's normalized live inventory.
Updated November 12, 2026 from persisted Radar inventory.
Find my QA Engineer matches →Current opportunities
2,092
New · 24h
77
New · 7d
417
Sources represented
11
Compensation evidence
Current stated hourly rates
Based on 102 current listings with structured USD hourly evidence. This is observed listing data, not a salary estimate or guarantee.
- 25th percentile
- $45/hr
- Median
- $55/hr
- 75th percentile
- $60/hr
What is in this market
Contract types
- W2 Contract2,004
- 1099174
- C2c40
Top sources
- LinkedIn1,628
- Dice361
- Indeed47
- FreelancerMap24
- Upwork15
- Himalayas5
Relevant specialties
- Artificial Intelligence103
- Cloud20
- Data Platform7
- Generative Ai5
- Large Language Models5
- Agentic Ai4
Seniority
- Senior1,209
- Mid96
- Junior34
- Lead27
- Staff20
- Principal16
Remote mix
- Unknown1,704
- Onsite Or Hybrid276
- Remote112
Work arrangements
- Contract Duration96
- Ongoing Contract39
- Fixed Project8
- Freelance Ad Hoc2
Current examples
A bounded preview of current persisted jobs. Open a result for normalized facts or use RadarJobs for the full live set.
Test Engineer III
W2 Contract · Hauppauge, NY
R&D Software Quality Assurance Engineer III
W2 Contract · Loveland, CO
Senior Software Quality Engineer
W2 Contract · Louisville, KY
Software Test Manager
W2 Contract · Bedford, MA
QA Manager – Salesforce | AI-Powered
W2 Contract · Naperville, IL
Senior QA Engineer
W2 Contract · Austin, TX
Software Test Engineer
W2 Contract · Palo Alto, CA
Quality Assurance Engineer
W2 Contract · United States
Software QA Engineer IV
W2 Contract · Billerica, MA
Automated Test Engineer
W2 Contract · Washington DC-Baltimore Area
SDET
W2 Contract · Roanoke, TX
QA Automation Engineer (SDET), Web
W2 Contract · United States
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Methodology
Current live, classified QA Engineer opportunities with a 1099, C2C, or W-2 contract engagement in Radar's normalized inventory.
Global current inventory; location and remote status are reported as observed, including unknown values rather than inferring them.
Current counts use Radar liveness; new counts use the first-seen timestamp over rolling 24-hour and seven-day windows.
Compensation includes only structured USD hourly evidence. Ranges use the midpoint; single stated bounds use that bound. Statistics require at least 20 observations.
Listings and source classifications can change after the latest verification; observed postings are not a census of all contract work.