QA Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Quality Assurance Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £64,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 215 232
Rank change year-on-year +48 +17 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 3 29 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.098% 0.43% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.45% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3 24 22
10th Percentile - £36,625 £32,875
25th Percentile £61,000 £40,000 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £45,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +42.22% -12.20% -6.82%
75th Percentile £67,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile - - £62,375
South East median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,511 6,377 5,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.90% 94.70% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,272 4,541 3,210
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in the Thames Valley

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for QA Engineer in the Thames Valley

QA Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 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
Buckinghamshire +38 2 £64,000 +8.94% 3
Berkshire +32 1 £65,000 +18.18% 2
QA Engineer
South East

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Online Games
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Games
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Client/Server
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Health Technology
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
3 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) NHS
3 1 (33.33%) MySQL
3 1 (33.33%) Unix
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Health Technology
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Client/Server
1 2 (66.67%) Online Games
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Ubuntu
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA