Senior QA Engineer Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Senior Quality Assurance Engineer salary in Tyne and Wear is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior QA Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £61,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £57,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 2,600 632 1,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.67% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,956 405 597
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,087 £25,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £28,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £72,500 £80,000
North East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% - -10.00%

Senior QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Senior QA Engineer job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Senior QA Engineer
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Engineer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Salary distribution trend for Senior QA Engineer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Senior QA Engineer
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior QA Engineer within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 2 October 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 4 £57,500 - 2
Senior QA Engineer
North East

Senior QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 2 October 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Senior QA Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Playwright
3 2 (50.00%) QA Automation
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) SDET
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) .NET
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) API Integration
4 1 (25.00%) API Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) Case Management
4 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
4 1 (25.00%) GitHub
4 1 (25.00%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security

Senior QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub Copilot
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Playwright
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) CSS
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) Node.js
2 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 2 (50.00%) SDET
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Case Management
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) SFIA
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft