Junior QA Engineer Jobs in England

Junior Quality Assurance Engineer
UK > England

The median Junior Quality Assurance Engineer salary in England is £36,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 671 827 919
Rank change year-on-year +156 +92 +200
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior QA Engineer 2 5 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.006% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.006% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 9
10th Percentile £32,875 £27,800 £25,900
25th Percentile £33,438 £28,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £30,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +5.26% -24.00%
75th Percentile £38,438 £30,750 £40,000
90th Percentile £38,625 £31,800 £48,750
UK median annual salary £36,250 £29,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year +22.88% +3.51% -24.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 43,811 81,137 82,278
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,794 60,555 52,271
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,280 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.41% -12.50% -

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 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
London +108 2 £36,250 +21.85% 2
Junior QA Engineer
UK

Junior QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, 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 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Playwright
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality

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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA