QA Software Engineer Job Trends in Bristol

Software Engineer - Quality Assurance
South West > Bristol

The median Software Engineer - Quality Assurance salary in Bristol is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Software Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £41,625 - -
25th Percentile £42,188 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 - -
75th Percentile £44,688 - -
90th Percentile £44,875 - -
South West median annual salary £43,750 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,648 1,676 1,522
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 95.44% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,190 1,017 1,274
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% -2.61% +8.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%

QA Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'QA Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

QA Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Bristol

QA Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for QA Software Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for QA Software Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

QA Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, QA Software Engineer job roles required 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 job ads across the Bristol region featuring QA Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOP
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services

QA Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOP
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA