QA Test Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Quality Assurance Test Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Quality Assurance Test Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 274 280
Rank change year-on-year +34 +6 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Test Engineer 2 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.028% 0.029% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.032% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - - £48,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,000 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £54,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.30% +2.86% +31.25%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £40,000 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.95% -6.82% +37.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,646 6,198 6,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 90.07% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,104 3,390 4,835
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £63,563 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

QA Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Test Engineer in the West Midlands

QA Test Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Test Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for QA Test Engineer in the West Midlands

QA Test Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Test Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Staffordshire - 1 £42,500 -
QA Test Engineer
England

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, QA Test 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 West Midlands region featuring QA Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) QMS
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Biomedicine

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Biomedicine
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) QMS
1 2 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA