QA Software Engineer Job Trends in England

Software Engineer - Quality Assurance
UK > England

The median Software Engineer - Quality Assurance salary in England 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 608 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Software Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.004% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - -
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 - -
UK median annual salary £43,750 - -

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 43,785 53,252 42,527
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 93.91% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 28,019 29,611 33,199
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,703 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,836 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.90% -3.61% -

QA Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

QA Software Engineer job vacancy trend in England

QA Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary distribution trend for QA Software Engineer job vacancies in England

QA Software 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 QA Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
South West - 2 £43,750 - 8
QA Software Engineer
UK

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

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 England 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 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:

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