QA Engineer Jobs in Aberdeen

Quality Assurance Engineer
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Aberdeen is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 4 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 1.32% - 2.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% - 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £40,000
75th Percentile £47,813 - £43,750
90th Percentile £52,875 - £44,500
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +55.56% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Aberdeen

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 294 144 120
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 76.60% 93.02%
Number of salaries quoted 240 77 72
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,600 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in Aberdeen

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

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

Salary trend for QA Engineer in Aberdeen

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 29 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 Aberdeen region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) QA
1 4 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) System Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (75.00%) Aviation
3 1 (25.00%) TestOps
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Aviation
1 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) System Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) TestOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA