Junior QA Engineer Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Junior Quality Assurance Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Junior Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £28,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior QA Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.091% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 - -
75th Percentile £30,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £28,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 2,030 796 1,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 94.20% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,337 524 928
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £25,943
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -8.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

Junior QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior QA Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Junior QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Junior QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Junior QA Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Junior QA Engineer job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Junior QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 25 August 2026, Junior 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Junior QA Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation

Junior QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA