QA Test Engineer Jobs in England

Quality Assurance Test Engineer
UK > England

The median Quality Assurance Test Engineer salary in England is £38,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 836 829 1098
Rank change year-on-year -7 +269 -236
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Test Engineer 12 85 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.10% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.11% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 10 54 58
10th Percentile - £30,000 £40,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% -19.05% +27.27%
75th Percentile £43,750 £60,438 £66,250
90th Percentile £47,500 £70,000 £68,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £48,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.95% -7.14% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

QA Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured QA Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for QA Test Engineer in England

QA Test Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Test Engineer in England.

Salary trend for QA Test Engineer in England

QA Test Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Test Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
South East -34 8 £38,750 -35.42%
West Midlands -10 2 £42,500 -21.30% 1
East of England -13 2 £37,500 - 1
Midlands -14 2 £42,500 -21.30% 1
QA Test Engineer
UK

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, QA Test 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 England region featuring QA Test Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) QA
2 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 7 (58.33%) Agile
4 6 (50.00%) Software Testing
5 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
5 5 (41.67%) Degree
5 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 4 (33.33%) Selenium
6 4 (33.33%) Python
7 3 (25.00%) Regression Testing
7 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (25.00%) Biomedicine
8 2 (16.67%) Web Testing
8 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (16.67%) Product Requirements
8 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
8 2 (16.67%) UI Automator
8 2 (16.67%) Appium
8 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
8 2 (16.67%) DevOps
8 2 (16.67%) User Experience
8 2 (16.67%) SpecFlow
8 2 (16.67%) Gherkin
8 2 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (16.67%) Jenkins
8 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
8 2 (16.67%) JIRA
8 2 (16.67%) Computer Science

QA Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Selenium
2 2 (16.67%) Appium
2 2 (16.67%) Cucumber
2 2 (16.67%) JBehave
2 2 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (16.67%) SpecFlow
2 2 (16.67%) TeamCity
2 2 (16.67%) UI Automator
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Automotive
2 2 (16.67%) Games
2 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Gherkin
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Client/Server
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Android
1 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 2 (16.67%) Mac OS X
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 6 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (41.67%) Test Scripting
5 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 3 (25.00%) Biomedicine
6 3 (25.00%) Regression Testing
7 2 (16.67%) BDD
7 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 2 (16.67%) DevOps
7 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce
7 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
7 2 (16.67%) Product Requirements
7 2 (16.67%) Quality Management
7 2 (16.67%) Use Case
7 2 (16.67%) User Experience
7 2 (16.67%) Web Development
7 2 (16.67%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (8.33%) C#
3 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) QA