Quality Assurance Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire
The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Cambridgeshire is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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 8 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 56 | 99 | 102 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +43 | +3 | +51 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire | 1.01% | 0.19% | 1.36% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.08% | 0.20% | 1.57% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,550 | - | £43,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,375 | £36,250 | £44,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £46,500 | £37,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.00% | -21.05% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £53,000 | £41,250 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £42,750 | £62,750 |
| East of England median annual salary | £53,000 | £40,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +32.50% | -15.79% | -9.52% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title | 463 | 1,465 | 1,274 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 93.35% | 93.79% | 86.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 310 | 1,132 | 595 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,900 | £27,000 | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £36,250 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £52,500 | £54,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.78% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £70,000 | £70,600 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,750 | £80,001 | £86,250 |
| East of England median annual salary | £50,967 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.30% | -13.64% | +10.00% |
QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire
Job postings that featured QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.
QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QA Engineer in Cambridgeshire.
QA Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire
Salary distribution for jobs citing QA Engineer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.
QA Engineer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QA Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Cambridge | +40 | 5 | £46,500 | +24.00% | 5 |
| QA Engineer East of England |
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QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire
For the 6 months to 8 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.
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QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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: