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 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 621 | 648 | 587 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +27 | -61 | -138 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer | 90 | 267 | 415 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.16% | 0.26% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.18% | 0.28% | 0.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 81 | 197 | 327 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £33,750 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £38,500 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.05% | -13.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £63,750 | £57,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,750 | £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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 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 28 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 | +42 | 83 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 648 |
| UK excluding London | +39 | 45 | £53,000 | +17.78% | 610 |
| Work from Home | +59 | 39 | £57,500 | +9.52% | 301 |
| London | +108 | 38 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 145 |
| East of England | +47 | 13 | £53,000 | +32.50% | 89 |
| South East | +33 | 10 | £42,500 | +6.25% | 171 |
| Midlands | +56 | 9 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 96 |
| East Midlands | +43 | 7 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 40 |
| North of England | +25 | 5 | £59,800 | +32.89% | 130 |
| South West | +83 | 4 | £43,750 | -7.89% | 67 |
| Yorkshire | +59 | 3 | £55,000 | +57.14% | 50 |
| Scotland | +83 | 2 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 30 |
| West Midlands | +56 | 2 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 48 |
| Wales | +38 | 2 | £60,000 | -14.29% | 24 |
| North West | -9 | 2 | £90,000 | +89.47% | 65 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 21 |
QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 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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