QA Test Engineer Job Trends in Taunton

Quality Assurance Test Engineer
Somerset > Taunton

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

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Test Engineer 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Taunton 3.70% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 178 32 26
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.18% 72.73% 76.47%
Number of salaries quoted 146 23 16
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £12,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £21,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -21.57% +16.20%
75th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £46,250 £65,625
Somerset median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%

QA Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

QA Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Taunton

QA Test Engineer
Salary Trend in Taunton

Salary distribution trend for QA Test Engineer job vacancies in Taunton.

Salary distribution trend for QA Test Engineer job vacancies in Taunton

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton

For the 6 months to 19 September 2026, QA Test 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 Taunton region featuring QA Test Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) QA
2 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Exploratory Testing
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) JMeter
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) Load Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Manual Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Playwright
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Selenium
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) SQL

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 2 (28.57%) JMeter
1 2 (28.57%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Playwright
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Exploratory Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Load Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Manual Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) QA