QA Engineer Job Trends in Southampton

Quality Assurance Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Southampton is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £45,000 £53,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.89% +33.75% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 927 416 764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 97.88% 98.58%
Number of salaries quoted 736 277 562
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £74,875
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Southampton

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Southampton.

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Southampton

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 13 October 2026, QA 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 Southampton region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA