QA Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

Quality Assurance Engineer
England > East of England

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in the East of England is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 150 135
Rank change year-on-year -10 -15 +106
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 14 24 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.42% 0.58% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.61% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 0
10th Percentile £52,650 - -
25th Percentile - £30,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +51.43% - -
75th Percentile £56,375 - -
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -0.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 3,043 3,958 2,140
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 94.96% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,748 2,046 1,447
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 the East of England.

QA Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Salary histogram for QA Engineer in the East of England

QA Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +17 4 £60,000 +100.00% 2
Cambridgeshire +2 3 £53,000 +51.43% 1
Essex - 3 £53,000 -
Suffolk - 3 £53,000 -
Norfolk +11 1 £35,000 +16.67%
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 23 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 East of England region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) QA
2 11 (78.57%) Selenium
3 10 (71.43%) JIRA
3 10 (71.43%) Test Automation
4 9 (64.29%) Agile
4 9 (64.29%) Defect Tracking
4 9 (64.29%) ISTQB
4 9 (64.29%) Manual Testing
4 9 (64.29%) Process Improvement
4 9 (64.29%) Project Management
4 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
4 9 (64.29%) Test Scripting
4 9 (64.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
5 2 (14.29%) Cypress.io
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (14.29%) FMEA
5 2 (14.29%) ISO 9001
5 2 (14.29%) Playwright
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
6 1 (7.14%) API Testing
6 1 (7.14%) Azure
6 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (7.14%) BDD
6 1 (7.14%) BrowserStack
6 1 (7.14%) CI/CD
6 1 (7.14%) DevOps
6 1 (7.14%) GitHub

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.14%) BrowserStack
1 1 (7.14%) GitHub
1 1 (7.14%) Sauce Labs
Development Applications
1 11 (78.57%) Selenium
2 10 (71.43%) JIRA
3 2 (14.29%) Cypress.io
4 1 (7.14%) JMeter
4 1 (7.14%) Postman
General
1 9 (64.29%) Law
1 9 (64.29%) Legal
2 2 (14.29%) Aviation
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) IoT
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 9 (64.29%) Defect Tracking
2 9 (64.29%) Manual Testing
2 9 (64.29%) Process Improvement
2 9 (64.29%) Project Management
2 9 (64.29%) Software Testing
2 9 (64.29%) Test Scripting
2 9 (64.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 2 (14.29%) FMEA
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) API Testing
4 1 (7.14%) BDD
4 1 (7.14%) DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) High Availability
4 1 (7.14%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Software Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) ISTQB
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (14.29%) ISO 9001
3 1 (7.14%) Accessibility