Senior QA Engineer Job Trends in Oxford

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Senior Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Oxford is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior QA Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 0.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £60,000 - £45,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 404 214 605
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.28% 92.64% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 269 122 466
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,938 £64,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £75,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -4.98%

Senior QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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 Oxford.

Senior QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxford

Senior QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxford

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Engineer job vacancies in Oxford

Senior QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 12 April 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 Oxford region featuring Senior QA Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Senior QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA