Quality Engineer Jobs in England

Quality Engineer
UK > England

The median Quality Engineer salary in England is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 682 779 961
Rank change year-on-year +97 +182 -140
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 182 115 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 114 52 138
10th Percentile - £42,500 £45,044
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £67,206 £65,250
Median % change year-on-year -40.48% +3.00% +18.64%
75th Percentile £45,000 £85,000 £82,625
90th Percentile £55,700 £89,609 £95,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £66,911 £62,250
% change year-on-year -40.22% +7.49% +13.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Quality Engineer in England

Quality Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quality Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Quality Engineer in England

Quality Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +26 87 £39,000 -23.90% 38
South West -7 36 £37,500 -25.00% 22
Midlands -13 33 £45,000 - 30
West Midlands +12 31 £45,000 - 20
North of England +1 10 £40,000 -25.58% 26
East of England -6 10 £47,000 - 8
London +58 6 £40,000 -43.33% 15
North West -18 6 £45,000 - 15
North East - 3 £40,000 - 5
East Midlands - 2 £45,000 - 10
Yorkshire +48 1 - - 7
Quality Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Quality 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 across the England region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 110 (60.44%) QA
2 79 (43.41%) Manufacturing
3 42 (23.08%) Electronics
4 32 (17.58%) Internal Audit
5 31 (17.03%) Product Requirements
6 30 (16.48%) FMEA
7 29 (15.93%) Collaborative Working
8 28 (15.38%) Automotive
9 18 (9.89%) ISO 9001
10 16 (8.79%) Aerospace
11 12 (6.59%) Test Automation
12 11 (6.04%) QMS
13 10 (5.49%) Degree
13 10 (5.49%) Cost Reduction
14 9 (4.95%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (4.40%) ISO 14001
16 7 (3.85%) Agile
16 7 (3.85%) Code Quality
17 6 (3.30%) Root Cause Analysis
17 6 (3.30%) Test Scripting
17 6 (3.30%) Telecoms
18 5 (2.75%) Finance
18 5 (2.75%) Quality Management
18 5 (2.75%) Selenium
18 5 (2.75%) Security Cleared
18 5 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 4 (2.20%) Software Testing
19 4 (2.20%) Java
20 3 (1.65%) SQL

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:

Applications
1 3 (1.65%) Simulink
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.10%) AWS
2 1 (0.55%) Azure
2 1 (0.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.65%) 5G
1 3 (1.65%) Bluetooth
1 3 (1.65%) GSM
1 3 (1.65%) ISDN
1 3 (1.65%) LTE
1 3 (1.65%) PSTN
1 3 (1.65%) UMTS
1 3 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (1.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (2.75%) Selenium
2 3 (1.65%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.65%) Postman
2 3 (1.65%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.65%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (1.10%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.10%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.10%) JIRA
3 2 (1.10%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.55%) JMeter
4 1 (0.55%) Newman
4 1 (0.55%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.55%) Zephyr
General
1 79 (43.41%) Manufacturing
2 42 (23.08%) Electronics
3 28 (15.38%) Automotive
4 16 (8.79%) Aerospace
5 6 (3.30%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.75%) Finance
6 5 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.65%) Aviation
7 3 (1.65%) Games
7 3 (1.65%) Social Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Legal
8 2 (1.10%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.10%) Playwright
2 1 (0.55%) Sass
2 1 (0.55%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.65%) Acoustics
1 3 (1.65%) Robotics
1 3 (1.65%) Satnav
2 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (17.58%) Internal Audit
2 31 (17.03%) Product Requirements
3 30 (16.48%) FMEA
4 29 (15.93%) Collaborative Working
5 12 (6.59%) Test Automation
6 11 (6.04%) QMS
7 10 (5.49%) Cost Reduction
8 9 (4.95%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (3.85%) Agile
10 7 (3.85%) Code Quality
11 6 (3.30%) Root Cause Analysis
11 6 (3.30%) Test Scripting
12 5 (2.75%) Quality Management
13 4 (2.20%) Software Testing
14 3 (1.65%) Coaching
14 3 (1.65%) Critical Thinking
14 3 (1.65%) Data Management
14 3 (1.65%) SDET
14 3 (1.65%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.20%) Java
2 3 (1.65%) C#
2 3 (1.65%) MATLAB
2 3 (1.65%) Python
2 3 (1.65%) SQL
3 2 (1.10%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (5.49%) Degree
2 5 (2.75%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.65%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.55%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (0.55%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (60.44%) QA
2 18 (9.89%) ISO 9001
3 8 (4.40%) ISO 14001
4 3 (1.65%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (1.10%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.10%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.10%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.55%) COSHH
6 1 (0.55%) GDPR
6 1 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (0.55%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (1.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.55%) Denodo
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle
2 1 (0.55%) Talend