Quality Engineer Jobs in the South West

Quality Engineer
England > South West

The median Quality Engineer salary in the South West is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 265 313
Rank change year-on-year +6 +48 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 34 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.33% 0.046% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.052% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +78.57%
75th Percentile £40,188 £53,125 £66,875
90th Percentile £56,000 £53,500 £70,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £67,206 £65,500
% change year-on-year -40.48% +2.60% +19.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 10,047 5,743 8,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 88.78% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 7,286 3,669 5,113
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,750 £68,750 £65,720
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,300 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +9.09%

Quality Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Quality Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Quality Engineer in the South West

Quality Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Quality Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Quality Engineer in the South West

Quality Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Quality Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Quality Engineer in the South West

Quality Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Quality Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Dorset - 17 £35,000 - 1
Devon - 9 £36,250 - 9
Somerset -6 4 - - 5
Bristol +6 2 £38,500 -23.00% 5
Gloucestershire - 2 £54,000 - 3
Quality Engineer
England

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, 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 across the South West region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (85.29%) QA
2 19 (55.88%) Manufacturing
3 10 (29.41%) Cost Reduction
4 3 (8.82%) Quality Management
4 3 (8.82%) ISO 9001
5 2 (5.88%) MATLAB
5 2 (5.88%) Simulink
5 2 (5.88%) Electronics
5 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.88%) Automotive
5 2 (5.88%) Legal
5 2 (5.88%) Robotics
5 2 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.88%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (5.88%) QMS
5 2 (5.88%) Aviation
5 2 (5.88%) Code Quality
6 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (2.94%) Customer Service
6 1 (2.94%) Functional Safety
6 1 (2.94%) Internal Audit
6 1 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement Process
6 1 (2.94%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (2.94%) NVQ Level 4
6 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.94%) ISO 14001
6 1 (2.94%) DMAIC

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Simulink
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (5.88%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 19 (55.88%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.88%) Aerospace
2 2 (5.88%) Automotive
2 2 (5.88%) Aviation
2 2 (5.88%) Electronics
2 2 (5.88%) Legal
2 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Cost Reduction
2 3 (8.82%) Quality Management
3 2 (5.88%) Code Quality
3 2 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (5.88%) QMS
4 1 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement Process
4 1 (2.94%) Customer Service
4 1 (2.94%) DMAIC
4 1 (2.94%) Internal Audit
4 1 (2.94%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (2.94%) NVQ Level 4
1 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (85.29%) QA
2 3 (8.82%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.94%) ISO 14001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft