The first table below looks at the demand for the Quality Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Quality 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Engineer
Rank 820 863 769
Rank change year-on-year
+43 -94
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 42 35 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.029% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.031% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 39 32 81
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-0.70% +0.71%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £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%

Quality Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Quality Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Quality Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Quality Engineer within the UK.

Quality Engineer Salary Trend

Quality Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Quality Engineer over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Quality Engineer Salary Histogram

Quality Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Engineer within the UK 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
England +33 39 £38,750 +10.71%
London +47 22 £43,000 +22.85%
South West +7 7 £35,000 +30.84%
City of London - 6 £40,000 -
Wiltshire - 4 £35,000 -
Cheshire +8 3 £22,500 -3.22%
Northwich +5 3 £22,500 -3.22%
South East -3 3 £31,500 -16.00%
North West -13 3 £22,500 -3.22%
Bristol - 3 £37,500 -
Swindon - 3 £35,000 -
East Midlands -1 2 - -
Bedfordshire - 2 £35,000 -
Middlesex - 2 £31,500 -
East of England - 2 £35,000 -
Leicestershire -6 1 - -
West Midlands -20 1 £40,000 +23.07%
Essex - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Suffolk - 1 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Norfolk - 1 - -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
Peterborough - 1 - -
Norwich - 1 - -
Northampton - 1 - -
Luton - 1 - -
Birmingham - 1 £40,000 -
Leicester - 1 - -
Ipswich - 1 - -

Quality Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Quality 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 Quality Engineer in their job title.

1 108 (85.04%) QA
2 60 (47.24%) SQL
3 48 (37.80%) Selenium
4 43 (33.86%) Scrum
5 41 (32.28%) C#
6 34 (26.77%) Java
7 33 (25.98%) Test Automation
8 32 (25.20%) Automated Testing
9 28 (22.05%) Agile Software Development
9 28 (22.05%) Microsoft
10 27 (21.26%) Degree
11 26 (20.47%) Regression Testing
12 25 (19.69%) .NET
13 24 (18.90%) Performance Testing
14 22 (17.32%) Manual Testing
15 21 (16.54%) Test Scripting
15 21 (16.54%) OO
15 21 (16.54%) QuickTest Pro
16 20 (15.75%) WebDriver
17 19 (14.96%) Software Engineering
18 17 (13.39%) Apple iOS
18 17 (13.39%) iPad
18 17 (13.39%) Android
18 17 (13.39%) iPhone
18 17 (13.39%) TDD
18 17 (13.39%) OOP
18 17 (13.39%) B2B
19 16 (12.60%) UNIX
19 16 (12.60%) Windows
19 16 (12.60%) Security Cleared

Quality Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Quality 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 Quality Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (19.69%) .NET
2 14 (11.02%) SOAP
2 14 (11.02%) soapUI
2 14 (11.02%) Gherkin
3 6 (4.724%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.575%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.512%) MS Office
2 6 (4.724%) MS Excel
3 4 (3.150%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (3.150%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.937%) BSS
2 3 (2.362%) RIP
3 2 (1.575%) CTI
4 1 (0.787%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.787%) HTTP
4 1 (0.787%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.787%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.937%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.150%) RDBMS
2 4 (3.150%) MySQL
3 2 (1.575%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 48 (37.80%) Selenium
2 21 (16.54%) QuickTest Pro
3 20 (15.75%) WebDriver
4 14 (11.02%) Visual Studio
4 14 (11.02%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (6.299%) Cucumber
5 8 (6.299%) SpecFlow
6 7 (5.512%) JIRA
6 7 (5.512%) JMeter
7 5 (3.937%) NUnit
8 4 (3.150%) Subversion
9 2 (1.575%) TestPartner
10 1 (0.787%) JBehave
10 1 (0.787%) TestComplete
General
1 14 (11.02%) Finance
2 12 (9.449%) Electronics
3 9 (7.087%) Telecoms
4 7 (5.512%) Aerospace
5 6 (4.724%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.724%) Retail
6 5 (3.937%) Billing
7 4 (3.150%) Banking
8 2 (1.575%) Legal
8 2 (1.575%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.787%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.787%) Automotive
9 1 (0.787%) Advertising
9 1 (0.787%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.39%) iPad
1 17 (13.39%) iPhone
2 15 (11.81%) Computer Science
3 7 (5.512%) Client/Server
4 3 (2.362%) DTV
4 3 (2.362%) STB
4 3 (2.362%) Interactive TV
5 2 (1.575%) Equities
5 2 (1.575%) N-Tier
5 2 (1.575%) Firmware
5 2 (1.575%) Data Conversion
5 2 (1.575%) Derivative
5 2 (1.575%) Animation
5 2 (1.575%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.787%) SaaS
6 1 (0.787%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.787%) EPoS
6 1 (0.787%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.39%) Apple iOS
1 17 (13.39%) Android
2 16 (12.60%) UNIX
2 16 (12.60%) Windows
3 14 (11.02%) Linux
4 2 (1.575%) Solaris
5 1 (0.787%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (33.86%) Scrum
2 33 (25.98%) Test Automation
3 32 (25.20%) Automated Testing
4 28 (22.05%) Agile Software Development
5 26 (20.47%) Regression Testing
6 24 (18.90%) Performance Testing
7 22 (17.32%) Manual Testing
8 21 (16.54%) Test Scripting
8 21 (16.54%) OO
9 19 (14.96%) Software Engineering
10 17 (13.39%) TDD
10 17 (13.39%) OOP
10 17 (13.39%) B2B
11 16 (12.60%) Unit Testing
12 15 (11.81%) Integration Testing
12 15 (11.81%) Security Testing
12 15 (11.81%) Usability Testing
12 15 (11.81%) User Stories
13 14 (11.02%) RDF
14 12 (9.449%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 60 (47.24%) SQL
2 41 (32.28%) C#
3 34 (26.77%) Java
4 15 (11.81%) T-SQL
5 14 (11.02%) Perl
6 13 (10.24%) Python
7 5 (3.937%) VBScript
8 4 (3.150%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.362%) C++
10 2 (1.575%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.575%) VB
10 2 (1.575%) C
10 2 (1.575%) Ruby
11 1 (0.787%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.787%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (21.26%) Degree
2 16 (12.60%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.24%) ISEB
4 8 (6.299%) ISTQB
5 6 (4.724%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.150%) HNC
7 3 (2.362%) NVQ Level 3
8 2 (1.575%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 2 (1.575%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.787%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.787%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (85.04%) QA
2 15 (11.81%) ISO 9001
3 9 (7.087%) TickIT
4 3 (2.362%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.362%) DO-178B
4 3 (2.362%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.787%) DO-254
5 1 (0.787%) Basel III
5 1 (0.787%) Basel II
5 1 (0.787%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.787%) GMP
Systems Management
1 1 (0.787%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.724%) Oracle
3 5 (3.937%) Cerillion
3 5 (3.937%) Sybase
3 5 (3.937%) Salesforce.com
4 4 (3.150%) Adobe
5 3 (2.362%) Cisco
5 3 (2.362%) Teradata
5 3 (2.362%) ATG
6 2 (1.575%) Mitel
6 2 (1.575%) Sun
6 2 (1.575%) Avaya
6 2 (1.575%) Netezza
7 1 (0.787%) Wall Street Systems
7 1 (0.787%) HP
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
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
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
Oxfordshire
You will be involved in: Managing the QA process and Continuous Improvement of all suppliers Help suppliers to develop route cause solutions Handle complaints efficiently and to a...
Roc Search
Salary: £33000 per annum + bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
load and system testing... Criteria: - Knowledge of Java, Python, Perl or another scripting language... - Knowledge of standard web apps such as Javascript, CSS, HTML, AJAX and Flash... - Comfortable...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
A leading manufacturing company is looking for a Quality Engineer to add to their successful team. The company is based in Surrey and is the fastest growing company...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
A leading manufacturing company is looking to recruit a Quality Engineer to add to their successful team. Based from their site in Milton Keynes, the company are a...
Roc Search
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013