Quality Engineer Job Trends in Newmarket

Quality Engineer
Suffolk > Newmarket

The median Quality Engineer salary in Newmarket is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Quality Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newmarket 2.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.03% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Newmarket

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newmarket. 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 Newmarket with a recognized job title 33 248 18
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.84% 84.07% 78.26%
Number of salaries quoted 21 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +35.42% -20.00%
75th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £24,500
90th Percentile £52,500 - -
Suffolk median annual salary £40,000 £46,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year -14.44% +33.57% -22.22%

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newmarket

For the 6 months to 11 September 2026, Quality 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 Newmarket region featuring Quality Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis

Quality Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newmarket 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft