Test Leader Job Trends in Central London

Test Lead
London > Central London

The median Test Lead salary in Central London is £71,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 180 182
Rank change year-on-year +38 +2 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 1 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.054% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.23% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £71,200 £67,300
25th Percentile £70,500 £73,000 £68,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £76,000 £75,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +0.33% +16.54%
75th Percentile £71,500 £79,063 £82,500
90th Percentile - £79,625 -
London median annual salary £73,000 £76,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.95% +12.59% -6.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,750 3,013 3,273
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 94.27% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,446 1,975 2,948
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,750 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £54,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £94,875 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +5.63%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Test Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Test Leader job vacancy trend in Central London

Test Leader
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Central London

Test Leader
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the Central London region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
City of London +39 1 £71,000 -6.58% 5
Test Leader
London

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Test Leader 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 Central London region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Siebel
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) NUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Siebel