Information & Communication Technology
Software Quality Assurance Specialist Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Lead / Specialist level · how we calculate this
The median Software Quality Assurance Specialist salary in Malaysia is RM 6,250 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 5,250 at the 10th percentile to RM 7,250 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Software Quality Assurance Specialist salaries fall between RM 5,625 and RM 6,875 per month.
P10
RM 5,250
P25
RM 5,625
Median
RM 6,250
P75
RM 6,875
P90
RM 7,250
Career ladder — entry to director
A composite role-family summary: titles matching this role family are grouped by seniority and their stored medians combined, weighted by how many observations each title carries. Steps built from few titles or mixed specialisms will be broad — the observation count next to each step shows how much data supports it. Internship, graduate, junior and experienced titles are kept as separate steps and never merged.
Junior
RM 2,975 – RM 3,255median RM 3,090
Mid
RM 3,530 – RM 4,885median RM 4,168
Senior
RM 4,762 – RM 6,292median RM 5,495
Lead / Specialist
RM 5,281 – RM 6,344median RM 5,813
Manager
RM 6,573 – RM 8,301median RM 7,346
Aggregated Malaysian market observations from the CheckFairPay market database, normalised to monthly gross basic pay. Pay varies by company, location, skills and total compensation — use as a directional guide. Read the full methodology.
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