QA Engineer Jobs in Milton Keynes

Quality Assurance Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Milton Keynes is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 59 68
Rank change year-on-year +25 +9 -
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.38% 0.32% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.34% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £42,375
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +13.51% -
75th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £52,188
90th Percentile - - £58,375
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year -9.52% +20.00% -2.78%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 238 584 657
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.84% 94.50% 93.19%
Number of salaries quoted 123 423 488
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £44,375 £40,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,150 £79,750 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in Milton Keynes

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 24 August 2025, 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 Milton Keynes region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) RFID
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Postman

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) RFID
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware