QA Engineer Job Trends in Wokingham

Quality Assurance Engineer
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Wokingham is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wokingham 1.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £61,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 58 21 24
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.31% 45.65% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 42 13 20
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,625 £50,000 £42,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £70,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +24.44% +2.27%
75th Percentile £50,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £115,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'QA Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Wokingham

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Wokingham

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Wokingham.

Salary distribution trend for QA Engineer job vacancies in Wokingham

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, QA Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Wokingham region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Health Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA