Software Quality Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Quality Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Quality Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 753 760 837
Rank change year-on-year +7 +77 -169
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Quality Engineer 5 4 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.006% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.007% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £38,400 - £33,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +1.19% -9.19%
75th Percentile £50,500 £43,750 £43,313
90th Percentile £53,800 - £52,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +1.19% -9.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,438 55,416 67,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.30% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,143 31,373 42,828
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,368
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,725 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Software Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Software Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Quality Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Quality Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Quality Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Quality Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Quality Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Midlands - 3 £45,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £45,000 -
North of England - 1 £38,500 -
North East - 1 £38,500 -
South West - 1 £54,000 -
Software Quality Engineer
UK

Software Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Software 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 4 (80.00%) Automotive
3 3 (60.00%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) ISO 26262
4 2 (40.00%) QA
5 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (20.00%) SDLC
5 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 1 (20.00%) Process Management
5 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Electronics
5 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
5 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
5 1 (20.00%) Simulink
5 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (20.00%) Aviation
5 1 (20.00%) Robotics
5 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing

Software Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (20.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 4 (80.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Aviation
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (20.00%) Process Management
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Automotive SPICE
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 26262
2 2 (40.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Software Quality Assurance