QA Test Engineer Jobs in Bournemouth

Quality Assurance Test Engineer
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Quality Assurance Test Engineer salary in Bournemouth is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Test Engineer 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 1.67% - 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £38,400
25th Percentile £33,500 - £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £54,000
75th Percentile £36,500 - £57,000
90th Percentile - - £57,600
Dorset median annual salary £35,000 - £54,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 59 600 138
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.33% 93.31% 77.97%
Number of salaries quoted 39 304 112
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £60,313
90th Percentile £75,500 £73,375 £83,750
Dorset median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% +5.26% -5.00%

QA Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Test Engineer in Bournemouth

QA Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

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

Salary trend for QA Test Engineer in Bournemouth

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 Bournemouth region featuring QA Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA