Lead Test Engineer Jobs in England

Lead Test Engineer
UK > England

The median Lead Test Engineer salary in England is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 819 882 1110
Rank change year-on-year +63 +228 -273
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Test Engineer 14 45 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.049% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.053% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 9 27 20
10th Percentile - £44,500 £43,273
25th Percentile - £45,269 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -26.67% +21.95%
75th Percentile £53,250 £66,375 £81,688
90th Percentile £62,447 £78,382 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,996 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.37% -15.38% +5.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,510 84,770 126,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,250 53,679 75,658
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%

Lead Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Lead Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Test Engineer in England

Lead Test Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Test Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Lead Test Engineer in England

Lead Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Test Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Test Engineer in England

Lead Test Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Test Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
South East +12 6 £40,000 -23.81% 3
West Midlands +25 5 - -
Midlands +7 5 - -
North of England +37 1 £54,169 -1.51% 2
East of England +12 1 £85,000 +36.00% 5
South West -21 1 £48,500 -14.16% 3
North West - 1 £54,169 - 1
Lead Test Engineer
UK

Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Lead Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Lead Test Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (42.86%) Electronics
1 6 (42.86%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (28.57%) Automotive
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 2 (14.29%) .NET
4 2 (14.29%) Windows
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Cucumber
5 1 (7.14%) BDD
5 1 (7.14%) Splunk
5 1 (7.14%) Test Strategy
5 1 (7.14%) SpecFlow
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (7.14%) Functional Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Continuous Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) API Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Defect Management
5 1 (7.14%) Dynatrace
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (7.14%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (7.14%) Manual Testing
5 1 (7.14%) System Testing

Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (7.14%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Cucumber
1 1 (7.14%) LoadRunner
1 1 (7.14%) Selenium
1 1 (7.14%) SpecFlow
1 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 6 (42.86%) Electronics
2 4 (28.57%) Automotive
3 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (7.14%) PMI
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) CentOS
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Agile
1 3 (21.43%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
2 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (7.14%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (7.14%) API Testing
3 1 (7.14%) Backlog Management
3 1 (7.14%) BDD
3 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (7.14%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (7.14%) Defect Management
3 1 (7.14%) DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) Functional Testing
3 1 (7.14%) Iteration Planning
3 1 (7.14%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (7.14%) Performance Engineering
3 1 (7.14%) Performance Testing
3 1 (7.14%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (7.14%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (7.14%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C#
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) ISEB
1 1 (7.14%) ISTQB
1 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Dynatrace
2 1 (7.14%) Splunk