Quality Engineer Jobs in the South East

Quality Engineer
England > South East

The median Quality Engineer salary in the South East is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

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

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 321 359
Rank change year-on-year +24 +38 +132
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 2 73 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.022% 0.43% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.46% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1 41 5
10th Percentile - £35,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £38,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -23.81% -41.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £48,750 £66,250
90th Percentile - £50,000 £73,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £40,000 £67,206
% change year-on-year +43.75% -40.48% +3.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 8,004 15,797 13,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.47% 93.98% 90.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,536 11,357 8,268
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Quality Engineer in the South East

Quality Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Quality Engineer in the South East

Quality 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 Quality Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
Hampshire +20 1 - - 8
West Sussex - 1 £62,500 - 1
Quality Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Quality 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 Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) CSQE
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) SDET
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making

Quality 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
1 1 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Industry 4.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDET
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CSQE
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA