QA Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Quality Assurance Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 216 254
Rank change year-on-year -12 +38 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 30 30 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.41% 0.54% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.60% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 23 21 30
10th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £37,313
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £59,688
90th Percentile - - £65,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,986 5,002 7,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.50% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,713 3,047 4,149
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,375 £41,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,278 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in the Thames Valley

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for QA Engineer in the Thames Valley

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for QA Engineer in the Thames Valley

QA Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 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
Oxfordshire -8 14 £40,000 -30.43% 2
Berkshire +13 10 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Buckinghamshire -15 6 £58,750 +27.03% 2
QA Engineer
South East

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, 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 across the Thames Valley region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) QA
2 15 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 14 (46.67%) Agile
4 12 (40.00%) Degree
5 7 (23.33%) Manual Testing
5 7 (23.33%) Scrum
5 7 (23.33%) SQL
6 6 (20.00%) Test Scripting
7 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
7 5 (16.67%) Selenium
7 5 (16.67%) Python
7 5 (16.67%) Manufacturing
7 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
8 4 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (13.33%) Games
9 3 (10.00%) Cucumber
9 3 (10.00%) LTE
9 3 (10.00%) Data Management
9 3 (10.00%) LabVIEW
9 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
9 3 (10.00%) Regression Testing
9 3 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (10.00%) Wireless
9 3 (10.00%) C#
9 3 (10.00%) Bluetooth
9 3 (10.00%) GSM
9 3 (10.00%) ISDN
9 3 (10.00%) PSTN
9 3 (10.00%) UMTS

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) 5G
1 3 (10.00%) Bluetooth
1 3 (10.00%) GSM
1 3 (10.00%) ISDN
1 3 (10.00%) LTE
1 3 (10.00%) PSTN
1 3 (10.00%) UMTS
1 3 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Selenium
2 3 (10.00%) Cucumber
2 3 (10.00%) LabVIEW
3 2 (6.67%) Cypress.io
3 2 (6.67%) Jenkins
3 2 (6.67%) JIRA
3 2 (6.67%) Postman
4 1 (3.33%) Appium
4 1 (3.33%) JMeter
4 1 (3.33%) JUnit
4 1 (3.33%) Mockito
4 1 (3.33%) SpecFlow
4 1 (3.33%) WebDriver
General
1 5 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 4 (13.33%) Games
2 4 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Finance
5 1 (3.33%) Health Technology
5 1 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) Playwright
2 1 (3.33%) .NET
2 1 (3.33%) Middleware
2 1 (3.33%) Spring
2 1 (3.33%) Spring Boot
2 1 (3.33%) Web Services
2 1 (3.33%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Acoustics
1 3 (10.00%) Satnav
2 2 (6.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.33%) Life Science
3 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.33%) SCADA
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 14 (46.67%) Agile
3 7 (23.33%) Manual Testing
3 7 (23.33%) Scrum
4 6 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Coaching
6 3 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (10.00%) Data Management
6 3 (10.00%) QA Automation
6 3 (10.00%) Regression Testing
7 2 (6.67%) API Testing
7 2 (6.67%) Performance Testing
7 2 (6.67%) Scenario Testing
7 2 (6.67%) SDET
7 2 (6.67%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (6.67%) Use Case
8 1 (3.33%) Analytical Thinking
8 1 (3.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) Python
3 3 (10.00%) C#
4 2 (6.67%) Java
4 2 (6.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (6.67%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.33%) MuleSoft
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle