Quality Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Quality Engineer
England > North of England

The median Quality Engineer salary in the North of England is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 413 450
Rank change year-on-year +39 +37 -90
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 10 23 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.057% 0.14% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.15% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 9 15 2
10th Percentile £35,800 - £44,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £87,419 £60,625
90th Percentile - - £63,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £66,911 £65,000
% change year-on-year -40.22% +2.94% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,797 15,084 17,407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.97% 89.54% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 12,988 8,071 10,891
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,544 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Engineer in the North of England

Quality Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Quality Engineer in the North of England

Quality Engineer
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
North West +10 6 £45,000 - 19
North East - 3 £40,000 - 6
Yorkshire +62 1 - - 11
Quality Engineer
England

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 North of England region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) QA
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Postgraduate
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (10.00%) SDLC
3 1 (10.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (10.00%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (10.00%) Code Quality

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

General
1 4 (40.00%) Automotive
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (10.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (10.00%) SDLC
2 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Software Quality Assurance