Lead Tester Jobs in London

Lead Tester
England > London

The median Lead Tester salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

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

 6 months to
15 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 504 612
Rank change year-on-year +106 +108 +237
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Tester 3 1 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.023% 0.004% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.005% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 19
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -14.29% +20.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £121,875
90th Percentile £85,500 - £122,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% -14.29% +29.63%

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 11,643 22,208 32,345
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.16% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,236 16,616 23,854
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Lead Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Tester in London

Lead Tester
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Tester in London.

Salary trend for Lead Tester in London

Lead Tester
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Tester in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Tester in London

Lead Tester Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Lead Tester 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 Lead Tester in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Postman
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
1 2 (66.67%) QA
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) API Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Swagger
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
1 2 (66.67%) XML
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) SoapUI
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Red Team
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless

Lead Tester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Postman
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
1 2 (66.67%) JSON
1 2 (66.67%) Swagger
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
1 2 (66.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) API Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Red Team
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
6 Lead Tester jobs in England