QA Test Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Quality Assurance Test Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Quality Assurance Test Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 March 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - 106
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Test Engineer 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.19% - 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £36,625
25th Percentile £52,500 - £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £85,000 £64,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +32.81% +60.00% -40.74%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 997 522 1,480
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 85.43% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 723 354 1,222
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,488 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -4.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,750 £72,450
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

QA Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

QA Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

QA Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for QA Test Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for QA Test Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 26 March 2026, QA Test 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 Test Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS CodePipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamic Code Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 2 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 26262
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Polyspace
1 2 (100.00%) pytest
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) VectorCAST
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Safety
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy

QA Test 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS CodePipeline
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Polyspace
1 2 (100.00%) VectorCAST
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamic Code Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Static Code Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 26262
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Safety