Quality Engineer
UK
The median Quality 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 | |
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| Rank | 679 | 715 | 813 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +36 | +98 | +88 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer | 32 | 197 | 151 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.059% | 0.19% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.065% | 0.20% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 122 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,490 | £30,500 | £42,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,231 | £36,250 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £40,000 | £66,911 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +43.75% | -40.22% | +7.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,750 | £50,000 | £77,542 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,886 | £60,000 | £87,419 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,507 | £40,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.27% | -20.00% | -9.09% |
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% |
Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Quality Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer.
Quality Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Quality Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Quality Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality 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 | +31 | 29 | £57,500 | +43.75% | 505 |
| UK excluding London | +28 | 20 | £48,507 | +21.27% | 479 |
| Work from Home | +122 | 18 | £57,500 | -11.54% | 77 |
| South West | +94 | 7 | £71,991 | +91.98% | 58 |
| London | +121 | 6 | £67,500 | +68.75% | 93 |
| Yorkshire | +67 | 6 | £48,507 | - | 37 |
| North of England | +37 | 6 | £48,507 | +21.27% | 91 |
| East of England | +42 | 3 | £45,750 | -2.66% | 77 |
| Wales | +19 | 2 | £36,000 | +2.86% | 14 |
| West Midlands | +38 | 1 | - | - | 45 |
| Midlands | +32 | 1 | - | - | 86 |
| South East | +13 | 1 | £62,500 | +58.23% | 139 |
Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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 featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.
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Quality 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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