Senior QA Engineer Job Trends in London

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
England > London

As of 12 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Quality Assurance Engineer salary in London.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 415 435
Rank change year-on-year +43 +20 +176
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior QA Engineer 2 18 17
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.014% 0.12% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.13% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 0 15 15
10th Percentile - £56,750 £52,500
25th Percentile - £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile - £80,625 £82,500
90th Percentile - £85,000 £88,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,668 14,309 17,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 92.69% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,385 8,261 14,080
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,216
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Senior QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior QA Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior QA Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Senior QA Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Senior QA Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Senior QA Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation

Senior QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA