Quality Assurance Engineer
UK
The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
The first table below provides salary 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 | |
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| Rank | 644 | 586 | 449 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -58 | -137 | +19 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer | 273 | 395 | 1,371 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.26% | 0.42% | 0.81% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.27% | 0.46% | 0.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 201 | 312 | 758 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,750 | £31,250 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -4.76% | +10.53% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 99,552 | 86,380 | 162,088 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.85% | 91.27% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,786 | 55,655 | 84,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,244 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.48% | +5.78% |
QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
QA Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer.
QA Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
QA Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the UK 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| UK excluding London | +1 | 210 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 55 |
| England | -83 | 205 | £45,000 | -16.67% | 64 |
| Work from Home | -46 | 100 | £52,500 | -8.70% | 30 |
| South East | -4 | 67 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 13 |
| London | -24 | 49 | £60,000 | - | 14 |
| Scotland | -36 | 46 | £52,500 | -25.00% | |
| South West | -6 | 39 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 12 |
| North of England | +24 | 24 | £45,000 | +5.88% | 5 |
| North West | -2 | 13 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 3 |
| East of England | -10 | 12 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 13 |
| Wales | +18 | 11 | £70,000 | +12.00% | 1 |
| Midlands | -18 | 11 | £40,000 | -21.95% | 5 |
| West Midlands | -16 | 9 | £40,000 | -23.81% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 8 | £35,000 | +12.90% | 1 |
| North East | -10 | 3 | £40,000 | -42.86% | 1 |
| East Midlands | -20 | 2 | £61,250 | +16.67% | 1 |
QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, QA Engineer 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 permanent job ads featuring QA Engineer in the job title.
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QA 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:
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