Does QinetiQ pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, QinetiQ employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at QinetiQ. This rating has decreased by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at QinetiQ?

57% of QinetiQ employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated QinetiQ 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at QinetiQ?

Engineer (41) , Project Manager (39) , Systems Engineer (32) , Software Engineer (26) , Manager (18) , Senior Software Engineer (15) , Senior Consultant (14) , Senior Systems Engineer (12) , Consultant (11) , Principal Engineer (11) , Senior Project Manager (11) , Principal Consultant (10) , Senior Engineer (10) , Analyst (9) , Program Manager (9)

What are the pros of working at QinetiQ according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great and majority of people really care about the work they are doing" ((in 121 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 59 reviews)); "good benefits and 401K" ((in 54 reviews)); "Great opportunities and career path" ((in 25 reviews)); "Great colleagues and interesting work." ((in 24 reviews))

What are the cons of working at QinetiQ according to real employee reviews?

"Superficial middle management and poor at implementing a fair reward policy" ((in 64 reviews)); "low salary" ((in 35 reviews)); "Leadership remains poor when compared to the norm and the EC do a poor job of enabling others, preferring a top down dictatorship approach." ((in 30 reviews)); "No career progression." ((in 20 reviews)); "The senior management is generally apathetic and the company is, unfortunately for its people, rudderless." ((in 20 reviews))

What are employees saying about QinetiQ redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about QinetiQ redundancy and their outlook for job security at QinetiQ in 2026.

QinetiQ Reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(989 total reviews)

Steve Wadey

60% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.5

Diversity and inclusion

3.1

Culture and values

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

QinetiQ has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 989 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The QinetiQ employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace and defence industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

989 reviews

5.0

10 Dec 2017

Make QinetiQ great again - great company for a while but lost its way...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Worked for 3 CEO's. The first was well intentioned and a decent human but inept. The second who I worked with for his entire time was a true leader that was shaping QinetiQ into a progressive organisation that had a clear mission, vision and values and was well on its way to achieving it. I have never seen an organisation transform itself in these 3 years. Working for the previous CEO was without doubt the greatest career experience I have and am likely to have as an employee and has shown me what true leadership can do.

Cons

Distinct (negative) change in culture reflecting change in CEO's. Went from progressive disciplined meritocracy under CEO number 2 with vibrant energy to a loosely run Canberra based boys ex services based boys club (some of whom are/were criminally incompetent yet operated with abandon). In a few months most of the operational gains that had been built in the years prior and discipline that had been built vaporised - talk about own goal...

1.0

4 Feb 2026

Terrible place to work

Consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Better than being unemployed and that’s about it.

Cons

Worse management any employee will come across. Senior managers are the most toxic in QINETIQ

QinetiQ Response

3mo

Thank you for taking time out to share your feedback which is important to us. As a current employee, we would encourage you to speak with your line leader and/or GEV representative. Alternatively you can contact me via glassdoor@qinetiq.com

1.0

22 Feb 2021

Good Opportunities, Poor Benefits and Progression

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Unique opportunities for interesting work given the primary client is the Australian Defence Force

Cons

While there are unique opportunities, they are rare and can be difficult to actually get with the in-fighting and politics in upper management. There is also always talk about expanding into new ventures to widen the type of work we would be doing, unfortunately it is nothing more than empty talk with no attempt made by any of the managers to even explore new types of work. These same managers then wonder why staff are leaving for companies that actually prefer to look outwards. On top of all this, despite all the “assurance” the remuneration is well below market rate and you better be prepared to fight for even a modest pay rise (and don’t expect any pay rise outside the new financial year).

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