QA Engineer Job Trends in Portsmouth

Quality Assurance Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Portsmouth is £54,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 September 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 47 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 0.27% 1.10% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 1.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £49,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £40,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +36.25% - -
75th Percentile £59,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £54,500 £38,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +40.65% -22.50% -

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 355 519 212
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 95.05% 85.83%
Number of salaries quoted 162 400 176
10th Percentile £30,125 £25,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,518 £40,000 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,375 £45,000 £50,786
Median % change year-on-year +18.61% -11.39% -3.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,813
90th Percentile £78,625 £72,500 £79,375
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in Portsmouth

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 1 September 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 Portsmouth region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills

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

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA