QA Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 1,140 open QA jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 285 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are automation, test-automation and agile.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | year | £47,500 | £54,030 | £65,750 | 38 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- automation 31%
- test-automation 22%
- agile 18%
- api 15%
- ci-cd 15%
- ai 14%
- python 13%
- playwright 11%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 194 · 17%
- Remote 78 · 7%
- Onsite 44 · 4%
Visa sponsorship offered in 24% of the 89 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 204
- Lead 74
- Principal 22
- Junior 19
- Staff 13
- Middle 9
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 110
- 501-1000 employees 83
- 51-200 employees 32
- 11-50 employees 7
- 201-500 employees 6
- 1-10 employees 2
Oil Programme QA Lead
Leads end-to-end QA for Trafigura’s Oil Programme, coordinating testing across two new integrated systems (Atlas and Titan) and ensuring UAT readiness for a commodities trading platform migration.
Senior SDET - Framework Team
Lead the build-out of an AI-augmented test automation framework using Playwright and TypeScript to improve quality gates, reduce flaky tests, and shift testing left in a cloud-based clinical system.
Senior Product/Quality Assurance Engineer
Senior PA/QA Engineer at ClearSpace ensuring space missions meet safety, reliability, and regulatory standards through quality management and compliance with ISO/EN standards.
QA Lead Engineer
Lead QA for Motorola’s surveillance cameras, designing automated test pipelines in Python to validate firmware and software for public safety systems.
Application Tester
QA Tester role validating .NET/C# applications with SQL/Oracle, using Azure DevOps, XRAY, and JIRA to design and execute manual/automated tests for functionality, performance, and security.
Automation Tester
Test and validate an AI-powered mobile companion for a Tier 1 investment bank, focusing on AI/LLM reliability and agentic QA workflows.
Test Engineer | Active SC Required | Bristol (Fully On-Site)
Hands-on technical tester for a secure Microsoft 365/SharePoint/Azure migration in a Defence environment, validating features and workflows throughout the programme.
QA Analyst
QA Analyst writes and executes test cases for .NET and web apps in an Agile team, reports bugs, and tracks fixes to ensure quality releases.
Senior Java Test Automation Engineer - Remote & Flexible
Build and maintain Java-based test automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or Karate to ensure robust coverage across functional, API, and integration layers.
Software Test Engineer
Test Engineer who designs test cases, runs manual and automated tests, and works with devs to ensure software quality in complex systems.
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Build and maintain automated tests for a UK fintech’s global payment platform, validating API-first flows and integrations with Playwright and Java-based tools.