Software Quality Engineer Job Trends in Exeter

Software Quality Engineer
Devon > Exeter

The median Software Quality Engineer salary in Exeter is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Quality Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 0.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £42,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 425 157 308
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.08% 95.15% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 312 131 248
10th Percentile £28,213 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £43,207
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -18.99% +1.66%
75th Percentile £58,750 £46,375 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £62,375
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% +5.88%

Software Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, Software Quality 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 Exeter region featuring Software Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing

Software Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance