Junior QA Engineer Jobs in London

Junior Quality Assurance Engineer
England > London

The median Junior Quality Assurance Engineer salary in London is £36,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 504 609
Rank change year-on-year +110 +105 +269
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior QA Engineer 2 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.017% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.018% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £32,875 - -
25th Percentile £33,438 £28,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £29,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.85% -37.37% +26.67%
75th Percentile £38,438 £30,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £38,625 - -
England median annual salary £36,250 £30,000 £28,500
% change year-on-year +20.83% +5.26% -24.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,514 22,211 32,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 94.13% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,380 16,662 24,070
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Junior QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior QA Engineer in London

Junior QA Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Junior QA Engineer in London

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 London 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 London 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