QA Engineer Job Trends in Bracknell
Quality Assurance Engineer
Berkshire > Bracknell
The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Bracknell is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 40 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent QA Engineer jobs | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Bracknell | 0.86% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.93% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £64,000 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £66,250 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Berkshire median annual salary | £60,000 | £57,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.35% | +15.00% | -16.67% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bracknell
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Bracknell matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in Bracknell matching a recognised job title | 321 | 161 | 344 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.24% | 96.41% | 97.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 210 | 142 | 280 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,925 | £28,200 | £40,363 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,813 | £35,125 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £56,750 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.16% | -18.93% | +27.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £74,063 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £85,000 | £88,000 |
| Berkshire median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -20.83% | +11.47% |
QA Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent QA Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bracknell.
QA Engineer Salary Trend in Bracknell
Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Bracknell.
QA Engineer Skill Set Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell
For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, QA Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent QA Engineer job ads across the Bracknell region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QA | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Test Automation | 100.0% | 3 |
| 3 | AI | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Playwright | 66.7% | 2 |
| 5 | AWS | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | C# | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Cypress.io | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | End-to-End Testing | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Fintech | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | GitHub | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | GitHub Copilot | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Infrastructure Automation | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | JavaScript | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Manual Testing | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Mentoring | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Observability | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Python | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Software Engineering | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Test Strategy | 33.3% | 1 |
| 5 | TypeScript | 33.3% | 1 |
QA Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior QA Engineer | 100.0% | 3 |
| 2 | QA Test Engineer | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Senior Test Engineer | 66.7% | 2 |