Quality Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Quality Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Quality Engineer salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 June 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 313 303
Rank change year-on-year +71 -10 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 5 35 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.074% 0.24% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.26% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 £30,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% - -
75th Percentile £70,625 £50,000 -
90th Percentile £72,500 £52,000 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £40,000 £70,588
% change year-on-year +43.75% -43.33% +5.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,176 13,614 7,614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.23% 89.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,862 9,628 4,506
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,592
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £67,150
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Engineer in the Midlands

Quality Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Quality Engineer in the Midlands

Quality Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 June 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
East Midlands +52 3 £65,000 +44.44% 9
West Midlands +35 2 - - 17
Quality Engineer
England

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 22 June 2025, Quality 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 Midlands region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
1 3 (60.00%) SDLC
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Groovy
2 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Katalon Studio
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Teamcenter
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Tableau
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Mechatronics
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) CAN bus

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Selenium
2 2 (40.00%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (20.00%) GitLab
3 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CAN bus
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) SDLC
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Six Sigma
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Mechatronics
3 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) QMS
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) Groovy
3 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) QA