Senior QA Engineer Jobs in Cambridge

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Senior Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Cambridge is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 82 80
Rank change year-on-year +41 -2 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior QA Engineer 3 1 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 1.14% 0.100% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 0.10% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £42,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.71% - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £53,000 £42,500 -
% change year-on-year +24.71% - -

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 243 972 798
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 97.10% 84.80%
Number of salaries quoted 153 749 385
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £31,200
25th Percentile £38,750 £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 £66,250 £73,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

Senior QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior QA Engineer in Cambridge

Senior QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Senior QA Engineer in Cambridge

Senior QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior QA Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Defect Tracking

Senior 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 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 3 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA