Quality Engineer
UK
The median Quality Engineer salary in the UK is £40,000 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 | 697 | 806 | 918 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +109 | +112 | -71 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer | 209 | 140 | 356 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.20% | 0.15% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.21% | 0.16% | 0.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 134 | 63 | 195 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,500 | £42,000 | £38,627 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £44,375 | £45,491 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £66,911 | £62,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.22% | +7.92% | +12.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £48,750 | £77,542 | £73,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,000 | £87,419 | £93,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -13.04% | +27.78% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 99,838 | 86,540 | 162,414 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.86% | 91.29% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,991 | 55,953 | 84,888 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,676 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,238 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.49% | +5.76% |
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 2 June 2024.
Quality Engineer
Top 17 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 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +65 | 200 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 160 |
| England | +110 | 165 | £40,000 | -40.22% | 165 |
| South East | +36 | 81 | £39,000 | -23.90% | 41 |
| South West | +2 | 33 | £37,500 | -25.00% | 33 |
| Wales | - | 33 | £35,000 | - | 9 |
| Midlands | +7 | 30 | £45,000 | - | 27 |
| West Midlands | +6 | 28 | £45,000 | - | 22 |
| Work from Home | +29 | 17 | £65,000 | -2.86% | 38 |
| North of England | +22 | 10 | £40,000 | -30.43% | 28 |
| East of England | -5 | 6 | £47,000 | - | 13 |
| North West | -7 | 6 | £45,000 | - | 15 |
| Scotland | -80 | 6 | £40,000 | -9.09% | 6 |
| London | +70 | 5 | £40,000 | -43.33% | 15 |
| North East | - | 3 | £40,000 | - | 6 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £45,000 | - | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +42 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 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 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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