QA Engineer Jobs in the South East

Quality Assurance Engineer
England > South East

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in the South East is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 322 369
Rank change year-on-year -9 +47 -135
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 62 71 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.49% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.54% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 43 46 115
10th Percentile £36,500 £30,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £54,164 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.30% -5.80% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,797 13,155 19,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 90.38% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,357 8,270 12,438
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in the South East

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for QA Engineer in the South East

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Engineer in the South East

QA Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley +12 29 £45,000 -16.28% 6
Hampshire -4 26 £39,000 -22.00% 2
Oxfordshire 0 13 £40,000 -30.43%
Berkshire +28 11 £55,000 +10.00% 3
Buckinghamshire -19 5 £58,750 +27.03% 3
Surrey -1 4 £45,000 -35.71% 3
Kent -2 2 £50,000 - 1
East Sussex - 1 £45,000 -
QA Engineer
England

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 South East region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 62 (100.00%) QA
2 26 (41.94%) Manufacturing
2 26 (41.94%) Test Automation
3 19 (30.65%) Internal Audit
3 19 (30.65%) Collaborative Working
3 19 (30.65%) FMEA
3 19 (30.65%) Product Requirements
4 17 (27.42%) Electronics
4 17 (27.42%) Agile
5 13 (20.97%) SQL
6 12 (19.35%) Degree
6 12 (19.35%) Test Scripting
7 10 (16.13%) Selenium
8 8 (12.90%) Manual Testing
8 8 (12.90%) Scrum
8 8 (12.90%) Jenkins
9 7 (11.29%) QA Automation
9 7 (11.29%) Postman
9 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (11.29%) JIRA
9 7 (11.29%) Software Testing
10 6 (9.68%) API Testing
10 6 (9.68%) DevOps
10 6 (9.68%) Azure
10 6 (9.68%) Cucumber
10 6 (9.68%) CI/CD
11 5 (8.06%) Python
12 4 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (6.45%) Social Skills
13 3 (4.84%) Critical Thinking

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.68%) Azure
2 4 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.84%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) 5G
1 3 (4.84%) Bluetooth
1 3 (4.84%) GSM
1 3 (4.84%) ISDN
1 3 (4.84%) LTE
1 3 (4.84%) PSTN
1 3 (4.84%) UMTS
1 3 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (4.84%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 10 (16.13%) Selenium
2 8 (12.90%) Jenkins
3 7 (11.29%) JIRA
3 7 (11.29%) Postman
4 6 (9.68%) Cucumber
5 3 (4.84%) Cypress.io
5 3 (4.84%) Git
5 3 (4.84%) LabVIEW
5 3 (4.84%) SpecFlow
6 2 (3.23%) JBehave
6 2 (3.23%) JMeter
6 2 (3.23%) JUnit
6 2 (3.23%) Mockito
6 2 (3.23%) TeamCity
7 1 (1.61%) Appium
7 1 (1.61%) TestComplete
General
1 26 (41.94%) Manufacturing
2 17 (27.42%) Electronics
3 4 (6.45%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.84%) Games
4 3 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.23%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.23%) Agriculture
5 2 (3.23%) Aviation
5 2 (3.23%) Health Technology
5 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.23%) Retail
6 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Finance
6 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) Swagger
2 2 (3.23%) Gherkin
2 2 (3.23%) Playwright
2 2 (3.23%) Spring
2 2 (3.23%) Spring Boot
2 2 (3.23%) Web Services
2 2 (3.23%) WireMock
3 1 (1.61%) .NET
3 1 (1.61%) Middleware
3 1 (1.61%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.84%) Acoustics
1 3 (4.84%) Satnav
2 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.23%) IoT
2 2 (3.23%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.23%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.61%) Life Science
3 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.61%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.94%) Test Automation
2 19 (30.65%) Collaborative Working
2 19 (30.65%) FMEA
2 19 (30.65%) Internal Audit
2 19 (30.65%) Product Requirements
3 17 (27.42%) Agile
4 12 (19.35%) Test Scripting
5 8 (12.90%) Manual Testing
5 8 (12.90%) Scrum
6 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (11.29%) QA Automation
6 7 (11.29%) Software Testing
7 6 (9.68%) API Testing
7 6 (9.68%) CI/CD
7 6 (9.68%) DevOps
8 3 (4.84%) Coaching
8 3 (4.84%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (4.84%) Critical Thinking
8 3 (4.84%) Data Management
8 3 (4.84%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.97%) SQL
2 5 (8.06%) Python
3 2 (3.23%) C#
3 2 (3.23%) Java
4 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (19.35%) Degree
2 3 (4.84%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (3.23%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Docker
1 2 (3.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.61%) MuleSoft
1 1 (1.61%) Oracle