QA Engineer Jobs in England
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Engineer
Rank 518 528 601
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 346 368 278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.344% 0.325% 0.233%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.364% 0.342% 0.247%
Number of salaries quoted 304 333 217
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,200 £27,500 £29,800
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 95030 107492 112528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.80% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 79926 92829 95737
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Engineer
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QA Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England QA Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the England region.

England QA Engineer Salary Trend

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England QA Engineer Salary Histogram

QA Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +90 198 £45,000 +5.88%
South East -54 48 £35,000 +2.94%
East of England +1 42 £32,500 -16.12%
South West +24 25 £35,000 +27.27%
Yorkshire -21 15 £40,000 +28.00%
West Midlands -17 9 £35,000 +16.66%
North East - 6 £35,000 -
North West -18 2 £25,250 -11.40%
East Midlands -21 2 £31,750 -15.33%
QA Engineer
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QA Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited QA Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with QA Engineer in their job title.

1 862 (100.00%) QA
2 406 (47.10%) Selenium
3 364 (42.23%) Agile Software Development
4 303 (35.15%) Java
5 283 (32.83%) SQL
6 231 (26.80%) Software Testing
7 226 (26.22%) Automated Testing
8 224 (25.99%) Scrum
9 217 (25.17%) Test Scripting
10 199 (23.09%) Degree
11 179 (20.77%) C#
12 173 (20.07%) ISEB
13 157 (18.21%) E-Commerce
14 156 (18.10%) Test Automation
15 143 (16.59%) Cucumber
16 137 (15.89%) UNIX
17 134 (15.55%) Windows
18 127 (14.73%) WebDriver
18 127 (14.73%) Manual Testing
19 118 (13.69%) Automation Testing
20 117 (13.57%) Linux
21 116 (13.46%) TDD
22 115 (13.34%) ISTQB
23 114 (13.23%) .NET
24 113 (13.11%) Performance Testing
25 111 (12.88%) Finance
26 110 (12.76%) Regression Testing
27 96 (11.14%) Microsoft
27 96 (11.14%) BDD
28 86 (9.977%) JavaScript

QA Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited QA Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with QA Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 114 (13.23%) .NET
2 68 (7.889%) HTML
3 58 (6.729%) soapUI
4 53 (6.148%) SOAP
5 40 (4.640%) Web Services
6 38 (4.408%) CSS
7 32 (3.712%) J2EE
8 28 (3.248%) Gherkin
9 22 (2.552%) XML
10 16 (1.856%) Grails
11 12 (1.392%) ASP.NET
12 10 (1.160%) Flash
12 10 (1.160%) Natural Language Processing
13 8 (0.928%) DOM
13 8 (0.928%) JSON
14 7 (0.812%) J2SE
15 6 (0.696%) Apache Flex
15 6 (0.696%) Java EE
15 6 (0.696%) REST
16 5 (0.580%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 16 (1.856%) Tomcat
2 11 (1.276%) Apache
3 8 (0.928%) Confluence
4 6 (0.696%) IIS
4 6 (0.696%) Magento
5 5 (0.580%) Drupal
6 4 (0.464%) MS Exchange
6 4 (0.464%) CMS
7 3 (0.348%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.232%) ActiveMQ
9 1 (0.116%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.116%) WordPress
9 1 (0.116%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.116%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 55 (6.381%) MS Excel
2 17 (1.972%) MS Office
3 8 (0.928%) Photoshop
4 7 (0.812%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.116%) ZBrush
5 1 (0.116%) Mudbox
5 1 (0.116%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 5 (0.580%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.464%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.116%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.193%) TCP/IP
2 46 (5.336%) HTTP
3 45 (5.220%) Internet
4 25 (2.900%) VLAN
5 22 (2.552%) IPv6
6 15 (1.740%) SMTP
6 15 (1.740%) LAN
7 14 (1.624%) SSL
7 14 (1.624%) HTTPS
7 14 (1.624%) LDAP
7 14 (1.624%) Firewall
8 13 (1.508%) WAN
9 12 (1.392%) DNS
10 11 (1.276%) UMTS
10 11 (1.276%) GSM
11 10 (1.160%) NAS
12 6 (0.696%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.464%) RIP
14 3 (0.348%) ZigBee
15 2 (0.232%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (4.988%) SQL Server
2 26 (3.016%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (2.552%) MySQL
4 10 (1.160%) Text Mining
5 8 (0.928%) RDBMS
5 8 (0.928%) Big Data
6 7 (0.812%) HBase
7 6 (0.696%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (0.696%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (0.696%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.580%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (0.580%) SQL Server 2000
9 4 (0.464%) MS Access
9 4 (0.464%) SQL Server 2005
10 3 (0.348%) Oracle 11g
10 3 (0.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.232%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.116%) Apache Hive
12 1 (0.116%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 406 (47.10%) Selenium
2 143 (16.59%) Cucumber
3 127 (14.73%) WebDriver
4 83 (9.629%) QuickTest Pro
5 64 (7.425%) JIRA
6 50 (5.800%) FitNesse
7 48 (5.568%) JMeter
8 43 (4.988%) JUnit
8 43 (4.988%) Team Foundation Server
9 35 (4.060%) Visual Studio
10 25 (2.900%) LoadRunner
10 25 (2.900%) Jenkins
11 22 (2.552%) JBehave
12 20 (2.320%) RSpec
12 20 (2.320%) SpecFlow
13 19 (2.204%) Subversion
14 15 (1.740%) Bugzilla
15 14 (1.624%) Maven
15 14 (1.624%) TestComplete
16 13 (1.508%) WATIR
General
1 111 (12.88%) Finance
2 68 (7.889%) Telecoms
3 56 (6.497%) Games
4 38 (4.408%) Marketing
5 29 (3.364%) Banking
6 23 (2.668%) Legal
7 22 (2.552%) Retail
8 20 (2.320%) Online Betting
8 20 (2.320%) Publishing
9 17 (1.972%) Electronics
10 10 (1.160%) Financial Institution
10 10 (1.160%) Front Office
11 9 (1.044%) Investment Banking
12 8 (0.928%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.812%) Polish Language
13 7 (0.812%) Law
14 5 (0.580%) Music
14 5 (0.580%) Advertising
14 5 (0.580%) Multimedia
15 4 (0.464%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 79 (9.165%) Computer Science
2 61 (7.077%) Open Source
3 25 (2.900%) iPhone
4 22 (2.552%) iPad
5 19 (2.204%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.204%) Client/Server
5 19 (2.204%) Online Games
6 18 (2.088%) SaaS
7 16 (1.856%) Life Science
8 14 (1.624%) Derivative
9 12 (1.392%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.160%) Grid Computing
10 10 (1.160%) Chemistry
10 10 (1.160%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.044%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
12 8 (0.928%) Mobile App
13 7 (0.812%) Psychology
13 7 (0.812%) N-Tier
14 6 (0.696%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (0.580%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 137 (15.89%) UNIX
2 134 (15.55%) Windows
3 117 (13.57%) Linux
4 36 (4.176%) Android
4 36 (4.176%) Apple iOS
5 19 (2.204%) Windows Vista
6 12 (1.392%) Windows Server 2008
7 11 (1.276%) Windows XP
8 10 (1.160%) CentOS
9 9 (1.044%) Windows Phone
9 9 (1.044%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (0.696%) Solaris
10 6 (0.696%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.580%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.348%) AIX
13 2 (0.232%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (42.23%) Agile Software Development
2 231 (26.80%) Software Testing
3 226 (26.22%) Automated Testing
4 224 (25.99%) Scrum
5 217 (25.17%) Test Scripting
6 157 (18.21%) E-Commerce
7 156 (18.10%) Test Automation
8 127 (14.73%) Manual Testing
9 118 (13.69%) Automation Testing
10 116 (13.46%) TDD
11 113 (13.11%) Performance Testing
12 110 (12.76%) Regression Testing
13 96 (11.14%) BDD
14 85 (9.861%) System Testing
15 78 (9.049%) Continuous Integration
16 73 (8.469%) Integration Testing
17 69 (8.005%) OO
18 64 (7.425%) User Stories
19 63 (7.309%) Test Strategy
19 63 (7.309%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 303 (35.15%) Java
2 283 (32.83%) SQL
3 179 (20.77%) C#
4 86 (9.977%) JavaScript
5 78 (9.049%) Python
6 69 (8.005%) Perl
7 68 (7.889%) PHP
8 66 (7.657%) Ruby
9 51 (5.916%) C
10 49 (5.684%) C++
11 18 (2.088%) Groovy
12 17 (1.972%) VB
13 15 (1.740%) VBScript
14 12 (1.392%) T-SQL
15 10 (1.160%) VB.NET
15 10 (1.160%) Lua
16 8 (0.928%) Tcl
16 8 (0.928%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.580%) ActionScript
18 4 (0.464%) VB6
Qualifications
1 199 (23.09%) Degree
2 173 (20.07%) ISEB
3 115 (13.34%) ISTQB
4 25 (2.900%) Postgraduate
5 7 (0.812%) MCSA
5 7 (0.812%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.464%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.232%) PhD
8 1 (0.116%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.116%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.116%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.116%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.116%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 862 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (0.232%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.116%) Basel III
3 1 (0.116%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.116%) Basel II
3 1 (0.116%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 25 (2.900%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.668%) NFS
3 16 (1.856%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (6.613%) HP Quality Center
2 17 (1.972%) Legato
Vendors
1 96 (11.14%) Microsoft
2 36 (4.176%) HP
3 27 (3.132%) Oracle
4 19 (2.204%) Cisco
5 17 (1.972%) Veritas
6 16 (1.856%) VMware
7 9 (1.044%) Nokia
8 8 (0.928%) Adobe
9 7 (0.812%) Facebook
9 7 (0.812%) Google
10 6 (0.696%) Avaya
10 6 (0.696%) Nortel
11 4 (0.464%) Hitachi
11 4 (0.464%) ATG
12 3 (0.348%) AccuRev
12 3 (0.348%) Sun
12 3 (0.348%) Borland
13 2 (0.232%) Telerik
13 2 (0.232%) Thunderhead
13 2 (0.232%) Atlassian
Quality Assurance/Test Engineer
East London
We are currently looking for an intelligent and motivated individual to join our quality assurance team. Responsibilities include: - Taking part in QA processes, testing existing and new product...
Retain International
Salary: Unspecified Competitive
Posted: 14 May 2013
QA Engineer - 40000 - Winnersh
Reading, Berkshire
Responsible for test automation within QA . Create, execute and maintain automated test scripts . Implement automation tests using Selenium Webdriver . Implement automation service tests using SoapU or JMeter . Exposure...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Analyst / QA Engineer - (Manual, Automation, Selenium, Webdriver)
Leatherhead, Surrey
On the automation side, the test environment focused on Selenium Webdriver in-depth knowledge of this, in addition to having worked in a C# / .Net environment is an...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Quality Assurance Engineer
Middlesex
A leading communications organisation in the Defence sector are looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join a busy area of their business. This is a great opportunity...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
QA Tester / Automation Engineer
South West London
An experienced QA Tester / Automation Engineer is required to join the development team, to take ownership of the development and maintenance of the core testing infrastructure... This is...
Blue Glue
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
QA Engineer
London
Further technologies you will be getting your hands dirty with include: -Selenium -Thorough knowledge of eCommerce -RHEL / CentOS -Agile / SCRUM -Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery -Scripting / Programming (Java or...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
QA Engineer Mobile Team
Surrey
Senior QA Engineer/E-commerce/Agile/IT Systems/Web/Non-Functional Testing. International E-commerce organisation are in need of a QA Engineer to join an established testing...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Quality Assurance Engineer
Cambridge, East Anglia
Quality Assurance Engineer £35-45k, Cambridge One of our largest clients are looking for a QA Engineer to join their development team which works on making the development...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Test Analyst / QA Engineer (ISEB / ISTQB)
Poole, Dorset
Any experience of C / C++, PHP, JavaScript, XML, HTML, Python or Java would be of particular interest. Skills required for the role of Test Analyst / QA Engineer: Scripting...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
QA Engineer - Mobile Products
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
QA Engineer - Software QA, Linux, IP, Wi-Fi, Mobile. A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Software QA professional with mobile software knowledge to get involved in technical Android...
Anderson Lamb
Salary: From £30,000 to £50,000 per annum plus benefits package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior QA Engineer/Analyst ? Webdriver, Java, Agile, TDD, Continuous Integration, Selenium
London
Senior QA Analyst Essential Experience: - Strong software testing experience working within an Agile software development environment - Strong automation experience using Selenium Webdriver in Java - Strong experience in Open...
TRG
Salary: 45000-55000 Per Annum Bonus, benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
QA Engineer
City, London
We are looking for a an individual with a real passion for work within the visual effects industry for a role within a leading visual effects firm in...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
QA Engineer
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
Key Functions: The QA Engineer role will be a dual role providing technical support to clients, internal and external teams and to progress any detailed technical issues through...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £25000 - £27500 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
QA Developer/ Developer in Test/ QA Engineer
City, London
Key Skills: QA Engineer, Automated Testing, Ruby, LUA, Selenium, Cucumber, SQL, Agile... *Knowledge of some of the following technologies (or equivalents): Ruby, LUA, Java, Flex, Actionscript, Selenium, Cucumber,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Validation Engineer / QA Engineer
Bracknell, Berkshire
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading digital broadcast organisation, near Bracknell, as a Validation Engineer. You will be fully responsible for the validation activities within...
set2recruit
Posted: 17 May 2013
Senior QA Engineer
South West
Venn Group... Senior QA Engineer Where: North Bristol Contract Type: Permanent Notice: Immediate Our client, a global software provider, require a highly skilled QA Engineer to join their...
Venn Group
Salary: £40000 - 50000 Per Annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
System Test Analyst / QA Engineer
West Midlands (County)
Experience of testing multiple applications written in various languages (including Visual Basic & HTML) which interface to a SQL server or Oracle database. - A working knowledge of Windows 2000,...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
QA Engineer (with Selenium), Web, to £65K + bonus + amazing benefits
London
Job description: Writing automated test cases using selenium webdriver using C# and Nunit... Responsibilities: You should be proficient using webdriver, Nunit, creating automated test scripts in C# using...
Progression Recruitment
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum plus 10% bonus plus amazing benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
QA Test Engineer / Senior Tester - Start-up
London
You will define the QA and test processes including building continuous integration processes (Hudson, Jenkins); an automated test framework (Selenium or similar) and develop test scripts within a...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £55k + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
QA Test Engineer / Senior Tester - Start-up
London
You will define the QA and test processes including building continuous integration processes (Hudson, Jenkins); an automated test framework (Selenium or similar) and develop test scripts within a...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £55k + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
QA Engineer
Berkshire
Senior QA TEST... Technical Skills & Experience Essential skills; - Good understanding of current Microsoft technologies: SQL Server (2005/2008), Windows 2008, 2003, XP, Windows 7, .NET (v2 / 3.5),...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
QA Engineer + need C#
Berkshire
Senior QA TEST... Technical Skills & Experience Essential skills; - Good understanding of current Microsoft technologies: SQL Server (2005/2008), Windows 2008, 2003, XP, Windows 7, .NET (v2 / 3.5),...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
QA Engineer with Oracle EBS, £35k to £45k, London
London
Test Analyst, London, £30k to £45k Experience with Oracle EBS or JDEdwards (World or EnterpriseOne) or other financial reporting package... If you are interested in applying you should...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Software QA Engineer - Sheffield
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Software QA Engineer needed to join this major provider of workflow solutions for the creative media industries... You will be responsible for the design, development and maintenance of...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 27,000
Posted: 21 May 2013
QA Test Engineer / Analyst
City of London
QA Test Engineer / Analyst I am looking for a QA Test Engineer / Analyst with FIX protocol experience to join a Global Financial Organisation on a permanent basis.
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 23 May 2013
QA Automation Engineer
Norwich, Norfolk
As a QA Automation Engineer you will: You will have a solid understanding of the Microsoft stack, object oriented development, and web application technologies... Mandatory Skills: Strong experience...
Pentasia Ltd
Salary: Unspecified (Depending on Experience)
Posted: 20 May 2013
Lead QA Engineer - BDD, FDD, TDD, Cucumber, JMeter
London
This leading publisher and education company based in the centre of London is looking for an experienced QA Engineer to join their team to support the QA function...
Futureheads Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 20 May 2013
QA Engineer - London
London
Requirements jUnit (or testNG, Cactus) Solid Oriented Object Language experience: Java (or C++, .NET, etc..) Any Scripting language: Unix Shell, MSDOS, Python, Perl Behaviour driven test: Concordion (or...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
QA Engineer - London
London
Requirements jUnit (or testNG, Cactus) Solid Oriented Object Language experience: Java (or C++, .NET, etc..) Any Scripting language: Unix Shell, MSDOS, Python, Perl. Behaviour driven test: Concordion (or...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
QA Engineer / Software Tester - ISEB - Stafford
Stafford, Staffordshire
Quality Assurance Engineer - Software tester - QA Analyst - ISEB... Experience across QA - functional testing, automation, manual testing. ISEB Foundation. Desirable: Experience with SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting...
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £25,000 to £32,000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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