QA Test Engineer Jobs in Northern Ireland

Quality Assurance Test Engineer
UK > Northern Ireland

As of 29 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Test Engineer salary in Northern Ireland.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.39% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £58,650 £37,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +56.40% -23.08% -11.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 222 709 824
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.72% 95.55% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 56 347 448
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,125 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £69,625 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £91,041 £87,500 £69,300
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

QA Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings that featured QA Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for QA Test Engineer in Northern Ireland

QA Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Test Engineer in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for QA Test Engineer in Northern Ireland

QA Test Engineer
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Test Engineer within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
County Antrim - 1 - -
QA Test Engineer
UK

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, QA Test 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 Northern Ireland region featuring QA Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (100.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Assurance