QA Engineer Job Trends in Oxford

Quality Assurance Engineer
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Oxford is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 61
Rank change year-on-year - - -7
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 0.28% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.67%
75th Percentile £55,000 - £42,500
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £46,250 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 340 213 563
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 93.83% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 237 125 449
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £29,400
25th Percentile £47,130 £47,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.21% +0.95%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £77,500
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -4.95%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxford

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxford

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Oxford.

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Oxford

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, 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 Oxford region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA