Quality Engineer Job Trends in Shropshire

Quality Engineer
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Quality Engineer salary in Shropshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 1.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £27,000 - -
25th Percentile £33,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £54,375 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 - £43,750

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 387 94 219
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.32% 95.92% 93.19%
Number of salaries quoted 239 70 155
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% +2.15% -11.43%
75th Percentile £55,000 £59,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.19% +6.60% -4.76%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Quality Engineer job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Quality Engineer
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for Quality Engineer job vacancies in Shropshire.

Salary distribution trend for Quality Engineer job vacancies in Shropshire

Quality Engineer
Salary Histogram in Shropshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quality Engineer in Shropshire over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Quality Engineer in Shropshire

Quality Engineer
Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Engineer within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 19 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Telford - 6 £50,000 - 5
Quality Engineer
West Midlands

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 19 March 2026, Quality 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 Shropshire region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) QA
1 3 (50.00%) QMS
1 3 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (33.33%) CAPA
2 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (16.67%) BDD
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Git
3 1 (16.67%) GitLab
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Pair Programming
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Spring
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
General
1 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) QMS
1 3 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (33.33%) CAPA
2 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) BDD
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Pair Programming
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility