QA Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Quality Assurance Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 80 70
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.15% 0.70% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.74% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -30.43% +39.39%
75th Percentile £43,750 £50,938 £61,250
90th Percentile - £52,625 -
South East median annual salary £54,500 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.74% -17.39% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 634 1,084 656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.42% 90.86%
Number of salaries quoted 372 602 527
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,854 £38,620 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% -

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 12 October 2025, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Hedge funds
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA