QA Engineer Jobs in Plymouth

Quality Assurance Engineer
Devon > Plymouth

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Plymouth is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 31 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 2 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 1.90% 1.89% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 1.96% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -28.00% +108.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Plymouth. 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 Plymouth with a recognized job title 95 255 113
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 96.59% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 70 196 90
10th Percentile £25,087 £28,000 £27,450
25th Percentile £25,132 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,850 £61,250 £57,625
Devon median annual salary £32,000 £45,000 £42,750
% change year-on-year -28.89% +5.26% -5.00%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in Plymouth

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Plymouth

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in Plymouth.

Salary trend for QA Engineer in Plymouth

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 1 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 Plymouth region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA

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

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA