QA Engineer Job Trends in Coventry

Quality Assurance Engineer
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Coventry is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Coventry 0.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £61,500 £30,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +105.00% -23.08% -27.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 184 194 280
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.09% 93.72% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 81 98 249
10th Percentile £24,750 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £46,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,625 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,200 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.21% +4.40% -

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Coventry

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Coventry

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Coventry.

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Coventry

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, QA 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 Coventry region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) XML

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA