Test Leader Job Trends in the City of London

Test Lead
Central London > City of London

The median Test Lead salary in the City of 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 124 163 175
Rank change year-on-year +39 +12 +105
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 1 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.064% 0.25% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.27% 0.17%
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 -
Central London median annual salary £71,000 £76,000 £75,750
% change year-on-year -6.58% +0.33% +16.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,488 2,604 3,011
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 93.84% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 1,730 2,703
10th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,470 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +1.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 the City of London.

Test Leader job vacancy trend in the City of London

Test Leader
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in the City of London

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 City of 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 the City of 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