Junior QA Engineer Jobs in England

Junior Quality Assurance Engineer
UK > England

The median Junior Quality Assurance Engineer salary in England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 834 907 1141
Rank change year-on-year +73 +234 -296
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior QA Engineer 5 11 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.006% 0.012% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.013% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 8
10th Percentile £27,800 £25,900 £31,350
25th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £28,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -24.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £30,750 £40,000 £41,250
90th Percentile £31,800 £48,750 £42,375
UK median annual salary £29,500 £28,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +3.51% -24.00% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 81,157 82,189 127,880
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.48% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,579 52,238 74,819
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Junior QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior QA Engineer in England

Junior QA Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior QA Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Junior QA Engineer in England

Junior QA Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior QA Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
London +127 4 £29,750 -37.37%
Junior QA Engineer
UK

Junior QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Junior QA 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 England region featuring Junior QA Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) QA
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) JIRA
2 4 (80.00%) Sprint Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 4 (80.00%) Ubuntu
3 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (40.00%) Sprint Review
3 2 (40.00%) ClickUp
3 2 (40.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Trello
3 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Debian
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (20.00%) Data Security
4 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science

Junior QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) ClickUp
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Pipelines
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Ubuntu
3 2 (40.00%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Defect Tracking
1 4 (80.00%) Sprint Planning
1 4 (80.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Sprint Review
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle