QA jobs in Thessaloniki, Greece
Thessaloniki is a city of about 318,000 people in Greece. For QA hiring it is a Tier B hub. It has 8 open QA roles, and Greece has 58 in total. The country's busiest listing hub is Athens with 27 roles. A mid-level QA Automation Engineer earns about €29k gross a year here, set from the national median with the B-tier pay index of 88.
Index vs Athens = 100. 12% below Athens. Estimated from tier, not measured.
Open QA roles in Thessaloniki
8 roles based in Thessaloniki, newest first. Pay is shown upfront.
Software Engineer in Test - AI Focus/AI Tooling (Remote, Greece or Cyprus)
QA Engineer - Automation & Manual (Remote/Thessaloniki)
Junior Business Analyst/Software Tester fluent in French
Junior Java Web Developer / Tester (Remote/Thessaloniki)
Quality Assurance Manager
Software Test Automation Engineer with German
What is hiring in Thessaloniki
Share of the 8 listings in Thessaloniki.
- QA Automation Engineer4 50%
- SDET1 12%
- Business / Test Analyst1 12%
- Manual QA Tester1 12%
- QA Lead / Manager1 12%
Pay in Thessaloniki
Mid-level gross pay in EUR, from the Greece median with a pay index of 88.
| Role | P10 | Median | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual QA Tester | €16k | €20k | €24k |
| QA Automation Engineer | €24k | €29k | €35k |
| SDET | €26k | €31k | €38k |
| QA Lead / Manager | €22k | €26k | €32k |
Country figures: Greece salary snapshot · QA Automation Engineer pay in Greece.
Working hours from Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki is on UTC+3 (EEST). A 09:00-17:00 day here shares 7 h with Central Europe (10:00-17:00 local), 1 h with US East, 0 h with US West, 6 h with London and 7 h with Central Europe.
Thessaloniki changes its clocks: UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 in summer. Today it is on UTC+3 (EEST). Europe moves its clocks on 25 Oct 2026 and the US on 1 Nov 2026. For that week US East and London overlap 4 h on a 09:00-17:00 day, against 3 h today.
Thessaloniki as a QA market
A Tier B city is a growing hub with regular listings.
Thessaloniki has about 318,000 residents (city-proper estimate, GeoNames). It is the 2nd largest of the 2 Greece cities we list.
Population: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). City-proper figures are not comparable across countries.
Employers in Greece hire QA mostly in SaaS, Cybersecurity, Gaming. Listings name Jira, TestRail, Playwright most often. 26 of 58 Greece roles are remote, against 88% of the listings based in Thessaloniki.
A rapidly growing QA outsourcing market centred on Athens, with large delivery centres for international software companies.
Hiring in Greece
- Contracts
- Employment contract, Fixed-term contract, Freelancer (service provider)
- Notice
- Notice is set by statute, rising with tenure.
- Paid leave
- Statutory minimum is 20 days on a five-day week, rising with service.
- Working week
- 40 hours is the legal week.
Typical values only. Full hiring guide for Greece. Flex work from Greece is open: how Flex works.
QA roles in Thessaloniki: jobs and pay
Open a role for local openings and the pay by level in Thessaloniki.
Manual QA Tester
Mid-level median €20k
QA Automation Engineer
Mid-level median €29k
SDET
Mid-level median €31k
QA Lead / Manager
Mid-level median €26k
Mobile QA Engineer
Mid-level median €25k
Performance Test Engineer
Mid-level median €35k
Security / Penetration Tester
Mid-level median €43k
Game QA Tester
Mid-level median €16k
Accessibility Tester
Mid-level median €23k
Business / Test Analyst
Mid-level median €21k
Data / ETL QA Engineer
Mid-level median €24k
Localization QA Tester
Mid-level median €12k
AI / LLM Evaluation QA
Mid-level median €25k
Release / DevOps Engineer
Mid-level median €35k
Technical Writer (QA / Docs)
Mid-level median €22k
QA jobs in Thessaloniki: FAQ
How much does a QA automation engineer earn in Thessaloniki?
A mid-level QA Automation Engineer in Thessaloniki earns about €29k gross a year, with a p10 to p90 band of €24k to €35k. Junior roles start near €22k and senior roles reach €37k. This applies a pay index of 88 (anchor city = 100) to the Greece median.
How many QA jobs are open in Thessaloniki?
Thessaloniki has 8 open QA roles today, 7 of them remote, and Greece has 58 in total. Remote roles in the same time zone are open to candidates here.
How much time-zone overlap does Thessaloniki have with US and European teams?
On a 09:00-17:00 day in Thessaloniki (UTC+3 (EEST)), the overlap is 1 h with US East, 0 h with US West, 6 h with London and 7 h with Central Europe. Thessaloniki changes its clocks: UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 in summer. Today it is on UTC+3 (EEST).
What does it cost to live in Thessaloniki compared with Athens?
Our approximate cost-of-living index for Thessaloniki is 86 against Athens at 100, and the pay index is 88. Both are tier-based estimates, not measured prices.
Which industries hire QA testers in Greece?
In Greece listings, the most common industries are SaaS, Cybersecurity, Gaming. The tools named most often are Jira, TestRail, Playwright.
How big is Thessaloniki and how does it rank as a QA talent pool?
Thessaloniki has about 318,000 residents (city-proper estimate, GeoNames). It is the 2nd largest of the 2 Greece cities we list. Population alone does not set pay: the pay index of 88 comes from the city tier, and the 8 local listings show how much QA hiring is visible today. Remote roles in the same time zone widen the pool for candidates here.
What notice period and paid leave should I expect in Greece?
Notice is set by statute, rising with tenure. Statutory minimum is 20 days on a five-day week, rising with service. These are typical values, not legal advice.