QA Engineer Jobs in Cheshire

Quality Assurance Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Cheshire is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 August 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 84 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Engineer 2 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.18% 0.51% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.53% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £42,250 £47,750 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 -
90th Percentile £52,750 £62,250 -
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 811 1,310 581
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 74.34% 95.83% 86.72%
Number of salaries quoted 410 896 403
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,688 £57,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £88,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for QA Engineer in Cheshire

QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for QA Engineer in Cheshire

QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 3 August 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 Cheshire region featuring QA Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture

QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA