QA Engineer Jobs in Oxfordshire

Quality Assurance Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 106 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 12 21 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.71% 1.32% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 1.55% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 0
10th Percentile £35,625 £31,875 -
25th Percentile £38,125 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £56,250 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% - -
75th Percentile £41,875 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £47,500 - -
South East median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 1,609 1,353 1,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.72% 84.93% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,302 819 948
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,293 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,750 £65,000 £74,235
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in Oxfordshire

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in Oxfordshire.

Salary trend for QA Engineer in Oxfordshire

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Engineer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Engineer in Oxfordshire

QA Engineer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Wallingford - 5 £40,000 -
Oxford -12 1 £40,000 -13.51%
Banbury - 1 - - 1
QA Engineer
South East

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Oxfordshire region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) QA
2 5 (41.67%) Manufacturing
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Games
3 3 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Python
4 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Use Case
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Biomedicine
5 1 (8.33%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (8.33%) Security Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Test Scripting
5 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
5 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (8.33%) SDLC
5 1 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (8.33%) Sprint Review
5 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Web Development
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) JIRA
5 1 (8.33%) Selenium
5 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
5 1 (8.33%) C#

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
1 1 (8.33%) Selenium
General
1 5 (41.67%) Manufacturing
2 3 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Agile
1 3 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (16.67%) Use Case
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (8.33%) Biomedicine
3 1 (8.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (8.33%) SDLC
3 1 (8.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (8.33%) Sprint Review
3 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (8.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (8.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001