Head of Testing Jobs in London

Head of Testing
England > London

The median Head of Testing salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 500 578
Rank change year-on-year +105 +78 +357
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Testing 1 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.030% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.032% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £95,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £100,000 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +26.58%
75th Percentile £77,500 £105,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% -26.32% -12.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 12,033 21,986 27,482
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 94.37% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,404 15,933 21,585
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.97% -11.83% -

Head of Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Head of Testing in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Testing in London

Head of Testing
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Testing in London.

Salary trend for Head of Testing in London

Head of Testing Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, Head of Testing 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 London region featuring Head of Testing in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) TestNG
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Head of Testing Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) TestNG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA