Quality Assurance Engineer
UK
The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 591 | 636 | 577 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +45 | -59 | -119 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer | 101 | 265 | 452 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.19% | 0.27% | 0.43% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.22% | 0.28% | 0.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 88 | 198 | 352 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,375 | £36,025 | £33,525 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £40,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -9.09% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £60,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,500 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.78% | -10.00% | -4.76% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
QA Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer.
QA Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
QA Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| England | +68 | 93 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 161 |
| London | +97 | 46 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 82 |
| UK excluding London | +62 | 46 | £53,000 | +17.78% | 101 |
| Work from Home | +129 | 42 | £58,750 | +11.90% | 87 |
| Midlands | +81 | 16 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 11 |
| South East | +57 | 12 | £42,500 | - | 20 |
| East Midlands | +57 | 12 | £56,250 | +7.14% | 3 |
| East of England | +58 | 8 | £53,000 | +32.50% | 18 |
| North of England | +72 | 4 | £74,900 | +57.68% | 25 |
| West Midlands | +42 | 4 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 8 |
| South West | +76 | 3 | £35,000 | -36.36% | 15 |
| Yorkshire | +75 | 2 | £51,150 | +4.92% | 7 |
| North West | +23 | 2 | £90,000 | +89.47% | 13 |
| Scotland | +89 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Wales | +36 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 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 featuring QA Engineer in the job title.
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QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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