Quality Engineer jobs in the UK

Live quality engineer roles plus reconciled 2026 salary data by region.

2260 live quality engineer roles

Quality Inspector

City, Belfast

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Mydas Recruitment are experts in the sourcing and supply of Engineers to leading organisations.

Manufacturing & Production
3 days ago View job

Quality Engineer

Watford, Hertfordshire

£42,000

An established precision engineering and manufacturing business is looking for an Quality Engineer / CMM Operator to join its quality team.

Engineering Contract
4 days ago View job

Quality Inspector

Craigavon, County Armagh

£40,000

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our client, an industry leader in Northern Ireland's manufacturing sector, based in Portadown.

Manufacturing & Production Permanent
3 days ago View job

Quality Engineer

Stone

£50,000–£70,000

Carmichael are seeking a Quality Engineer to join the team on a permanent basis to work in Aylesbury on a major infrastructure project.

Engineering Permanent
7 hours ago Apply on WhatJobs

Quality Engineer

Tewkesbury

£40,000–£45,000

Excellent opportunity to join a leading manufacturing and engineering business in a Quality Engineering role supporting customer requirements…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
7 hours ago Apply on WhatJobs

Quality Engineer

Manchester

£50,000–£72,000

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a North American headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA.

Engineering
7 hours ago Apply on WhatJobs
Employer not disclosed

Quality Engineer

Telford

up to £460 p/d Umbrellainside IR35

Quality Engineers are the custodians of quality within the scrum team, who implement the COTAX Modernisation Test Strategy and Project Test…

IT & Technology
1 day ago Apply on WhatJobs

Quality Engineering AI Lead

Norwich

£100,000

This is a great job for someone who has hands-on applied AI experience, and deep understanding of Quality Engineering space, and wants to shape how…

IT & Technology Part-time
1 day ago Apply on WhatJobs

Senior Quality Engineer

London

£75,000–£85,000 depending on experience

Attest is a trusted data provider to brands like Netflix, Unilever, Nestlé and Reddit, connecting them to 150+ million consumers across 59 countries.

Hybrid IT & Technology
1 day ago Apply on WhatJobs

Quality Inspector

Flint

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With a track record of 50 years in the nuclear energy sector, Boccard is ideally placed to serve this new era of nuclear as a leading specialist in…

Manufacturing & Production
1 day ago Apply on WhatJobs

Quality Inspector

Redditch

Up to £22.80 per Hour

An established precision engineering and manufacturing business is currently seeking Quality Inspectors to join its Quality team in Redditch.

Manufacturing & Production
1 day ago Apply on WhatJobs

Quality Engineer salary by region (2026)

RegionSalary range (median)
East of England (indicative)
6 live adverts
£42,500 – £55,000 (midpoint £48,750)
South East (indicative)
2 live adverts
£35,000 – £48,000 (midpoint £46,875)
London (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£38,000 – £52,000 (midpoint £45,000)
South West (indicative)
5 live adverts
£42,500 – £50,000 (midpoint £43,500)
North East (indicative)
5 live adverts
£31,000 – £45,863 (midpoint £43,000)
Wales (indicative)
5 live adverts
£29,000 – £46,000 (midpoint £42,500)
Northern Ireland
23 live adverts
£39,069 – £45,000 (£40,000 · 25th–75th pct)
North West (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£33,000 – £45,000 (midpoint £39,000)
Scotland (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£33,000 – £45,000 (midpoint £39,000)
Yorkshire (indicative)
1 live advert
£32,000 – £44,000 (midpoint £37,500)
Midlands (indicative)
1 live advert
£33,000 – £45,000 (midpoint £33,000)

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. Sector quality standards set the ceiling: AS9100 (aerospace), IATF 16949 (automotive) and ISO 13485 (medical devices) experience pays above general ISO 9001 work. Root-cause fluency (8D, Six Sigma) and supplier-quality/audit exposure (CQI/IRCA) are the strongest levers; inspection roles sit below engineer grades but CMM programming narrows the gap.
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FAQs

What does a quality engineer earn in the UK?

Indicatively £32,000–£52,000 permanent, with regulated-sector (aerospace, automotive, medical) experience at the top.

What does a quality inspector earn?

Typically £28,000–£38,000, rising with CMM programming and aerospace inspection experience.

Which quality qualifications matter most?

Six Sigma (green/black belt), CQI/IRCA auditor training, and sector standards such as AS9100 or IATF 16949.

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