QA Engineer Jobs in the South West

Quality Assurance Engineer
England > South West

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in the South West is £50,000 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 252 236 264
Rank change year-on-year -16 +28 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 43 19 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.41% 0.29% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.33% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 17 18 36
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,125 £43,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 10,157 5,725 8,324
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 88.79% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,334 3,659 5,114
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,750 £68,750 £65,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in the South West

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for QA Engineer in the South West

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Engineer in the South West

QA Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the South West 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
Dorset -15 19 £60,000 +22.45%
Devon -7 7 £62,500 +108.33% 3
Gloucestershire -14 6 £54,000 +35.00%
Somerset +1 5 - - 2
Bristol -18 4 £45,000 +38.46% 2
Wiltshire - 2 £37,500 -
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 12 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 across the South West region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) QA
2 18 (41.86%) Manufacturing
3 11 (25.58%) Test Automation
4 10 (23.26%) Cost Reduction
5 8 (18.60%) Agile
6 7 (16.28%) JIRA
6 7 (16.28%) Manual Testing
6 7 (16.28%) Mobile App
6 7 (16.28%) Acceptance Criteria
7 5 (11.63%) Postman
8 4 (9.30%) REST
8 4 (9.30%) Scrum
8 4 (9.30%) SQL
8 4 (9.30%) Social Skills
9 3 (6.98%) Product Ownership
9 3 (6.98%) SDLC
9 3 (6.98%) API Testing
9 3 (6.98%) ISEB
9 3 (6.98%) BDD
9 3 (6.98%) Cypress.io
10 2 (4.65%) TeamCity
10 2 (4.65%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (4.65%) Artificial Intelligence
10 2 (4.65%) Selenium
10 2 (4.65%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (4.65%) Hedge funds
10 2 (4.65%) Agile Testing
10 2 (4.65%) User Stories
10 2 (4.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (4.65%) Test Planning

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (4.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.33%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (16.28%) JIRA
2 5 (11.63%) Postman
3 3 (6.98%) Cypress.io
4 2 (4.65%) GitLab
4 2 (4.65%) Selenium
4 2 (4.65%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (4.65%) TeamCity
5 1 (2.33%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (2.33%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 18 (41.86%) Manufacturing
2 4 (9.30%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Automotive
3 2 (4.65%) Finance
3 2 (4.65%) Games
4 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.33%) Aviation
4 1 (2.33%) Electronics
4 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) REST
2 2 (4.65%) .NET
2 2 (4.65%) .NET Framework
2 2 (4.65%) JSON
2 2 (4.65%) Swagger
2 2 (4.65%) XML
3 1 (2.33%) Nightwatchjs
3 1 (2.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.98%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (4.65%) Hedge funds
3 2 (4.65%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.33%) Replication
4 1 (2.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Android
1 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.58%) Test Automation
2 10 (23.26%) Cost Reduction
3 8 (18.60%) Agile
4 7 (16.28%) Acceptance Criteria
4 7 (16.28%) Manual Testing
5 4 (9.30%) Scrum
6 3 (6.98%) API Testing
6 3 (6.98%) BDD
6 3 (6.98%) SDLC
7 2 (4.65%) Agile Testing
7 2 (4.65%) Defect Management
7 2 (4.65%) Exploratory Testing
7 2 (4.65%) Fintech
7 2 (4.65%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (4.65%) SDET
7 2 (4.65%) Software Delivery
7 2 (4.65%) Software Testing
7 2 (4.65%) Test Planning
7 2 (4.65%) User Experience
7 2 (4.65%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) SQL
2 2 (4.65%) C#
2 2 (4.65%) Java
3 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.33%) MATLAB
3 1 (2.33%) Python
3 1 (2.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.98%) ISEB
2 2 (4.65%) ISTQB
2 2 (4.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) ISO 14001
2 1 (2.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle