Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
UK
The median Senior Quality Assurance Engineer salary in the UK is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 689 | 898 | 821 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +209 | -77 | +130 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior QA Engineer | 19 | 16 | 132 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.035% | 0.016% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.038% | 0.016% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 18 | 9 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £42,250 | £44,799 |
| 25th Percentile | £53,000 | £42,500 | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £54,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.86% | - | +12.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £63,625 | £72,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £64,875 | £74,250 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £45,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.78% | -30.77% | +23.81% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 49,581 | 97,268 | 88,998 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.39% | 94.79% | 91.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,819 | 69,389 | 56,377 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,875 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Senior QA Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior QA Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior QA Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior QA Engineer.
Senior QA Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior QA Engineer over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.
Senior QA Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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 |
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| England | +181 | 17 | £53,000 | -24.29% | 47 |
| UK excluding London | +202 | 14 | £53,000 | +17.78% | 36 |
| Work from Home | +122 | 11 | £53,000 | +3.41% | 31 |
| East of England | +49 | 9 | £53,000 | +24.71% | 8 |
| London | +100 | 5 | £62,500 | -10.71% | 23 |
| Midlands | +61 | 2 | £56,250 | -27.42% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +35 | 2 | £56,250 | -27.42% | 2 |
| South East | +98 | 1 | £61,500 | +36.67% | 11 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Senior QA Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Senior 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 featuring Senior QA Engineer in the job title.
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Senior QA Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: