Software Quality Assurance Engineer
UK
The median Software Quality Assurance Engineer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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 24 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 884 | 931 | 1156 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +47 | +225 | -281 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software QA Engineer | 10 | 54 | 48 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.010% | 0.051% | 0.031% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.011% | 0.056% | 0.032% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 6 | 41 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £43,125 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,188 | £48,750 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £60,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.00% | +20.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £46,875 | - | £58,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,000 | - | £68,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £46,250 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.70% | -7.50% | +11.11% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 92,682 | 96,623 | 147,884 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.57% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,673 | 60,571 | 85,427 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.67% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Software QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software QA Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software QA Engineer.
Software QA Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software QA Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.
Software QA Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software QA Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 |
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| UK excluding London | -18 | 10 | £45,000 | -2.70% | |
| England | +87 | 5 | £38,500 | -35.83% | |
| Scotland | -65 | 5 | £45,000 | - | |
| Work from Home | +103 | 3 | £60,000 | - | |
| South West | -12 | 2 | £60,000 | +20.00% | |
| South East | -3 | 1 | £37,500 | -11.76% | |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £37,500 | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £37,500 | - | |
| North East | - | 1 | £38,500 | - | |
| North of England | - | 1 | £38,500 | - |
Software QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Software 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 featuring Software QA Engineer in the job title.
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Software QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: