Average Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer Salary in Germany

Annual Base Salary - 62.364,00 €/year

The average annual salary of Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer is 62.364,00 €

45.760,00 €
Low
62.364,00 €
Average
74.550,00 €
High

The starting salary of Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer is between 38.896,00 € and 45.760,00 € whereas the maximum salary range is between 74.550,00 € and 85.733,00 €.

Minimum Annual PayMaximum Annual Pay
38.896,00 €85.733,00 €
Bonus Range: Tooltip
521,00 € - 12.360,00 €
521,00 €
85.733,00 €
Profit Sharing: Tooltip
3.150,00 € - 31.930,00 €
3.150,00 €
85.733,00 €
  • Currency : EUR
  • Annual Salary : 62.364,00 €
  • Weekly Pay : 1.100,00 €
  • Fortnightly Salary : 2.201,00 €
  • Monthly Salary : 4.768,00 €

Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer Salary Comparison by Gender

Female
Male

This pie chart demonstrates the gender share for Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer. As indicated, the golden colour represents the percentage share for women and the green represents the percentage share for men.

As shown in the chart, male employees are involved significantly more as Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer compared to female. Their involvement is 73% while of female is only 27%.

Salary Distribution Based on Years of Experience

The line graph shows Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer salary in Germany on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer having experience between 1-4 years, their salary is around 51.976,58 €.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer salary would increase again to a total of 60.344,82 €, adding 8.368,24 € from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, another increase in salary will be added to a total of 64.068,07 €.

Prominent Skills Affecting Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer Salary

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer's salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer is System Testing which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 17% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in System Testing.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be GUI Test Automation with 1%. It can be said that GUI Test Automation skill will unlikely impact the salary.

Compensation Statistics Based on Experience Levels

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Senior Quality Assurance (QA) / Test Automation Engineer. Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is 54.257,00 € whereas the highest earning is 65.482,00 € which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Late Career person will earn the maximum salary of 65.482,00 € at 5%. So to summerize, Early Career earns 13% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 0% less than the average salary, Late Career earns 5% more than the average salary.