QA Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Quality Assurance Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Cambridge is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 80 73
Rank change year-on-year +42 -7 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 6 4 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 2.26% 0.40% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.44% 0.41% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £32,400 - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.33% -21.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile - £41,250 £48,750
90th Percentile - £42,750 -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £53,000 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +41.33% -21.05% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 246 974 796
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 97.11% 84.77%
Number of salaries quoted 155 750 384
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £31,150
25th Percentile £38,125 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £65,625 £73,250 £75,625
90th Percentile £82,250 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in Cambridge

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in Cambridge.

Salary trend for QA Engineer in Cambridge

QA Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Engineer in Cambridge over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for QA Engineer in Cambridge

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 Cambridge region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Selenium
2 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 4 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (50.00%) JIRA
3 3 (50.00%) Law
3 3 (50.00%) Legal
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
4 2 (33.33%) Cypress.io
4 2 (33.33%) Bash
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Python
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
5 1 (16.67%) Physics
5 1 (16.67%) CSS
5 1 (16.67%) HTML
5 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Task Automation

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Selenium
2 3 (50.00%) JIRA
3 2 (33.33%) Cypress.io
General
1 3 (50.00%) Law
1 3 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Manual Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 4 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Physics
4 1 (16.67%) Regression Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (16.67%) SDLC
4 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Bash
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility