Test Engineer Jobs in London

Test Engineer
England > London

The median Test Engineer salary in London is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 482 435
Rank change year-on-year +120 -47 +131
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 31 25 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.24% 0.10% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.11% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 20 17 145
10th Percentile £39,883 £30,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.60% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £78,029
England median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £54,082
% change year-on-year +22.22% -16.79% +3.01%

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 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £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 £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in London

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Test Engineer in London

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in London

Test Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Central London +27 3 £54,250 -19.63% 1
West London +15 1 £75,000 +50.00% 7
Test Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (77.42%) Test Automation
2 16 (51.61%) Selenium
3 14 (45.16%) SQL
3 14 (45.16%) Validation
4 13 (41.94%) Agile
5 12 (38.71%) QA
6 11 (35.48%) Manual Testing
6 11 (35.48%) Azure
6 11 (35.48%) CI/CD
7 10 (32.26%) Degree
8 9 (29.03%) SC Cleared
8 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
8 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (29.03%) Postman
8 9 (29.03%) API Testing
9 8 (25.81%) Security Testing
9 8 (25.81%) DevOps
9 8 (25.81%) Software Testing
10 7 (22.58%) ISTQB
10 7 (22.58%) Scrum
10 7 (22.58%) JMeter
10 7 (22.58%) Analytics
10 7 (22.58%) Performance Testing
10 7 (22.58%) Test Scripting
10 7 (22.58%) OWASP
10 7 (22.58%) Git
11 6 (19.35%) Test Management
11 6 (19.35%) Test Strategy
11 6 (19.35%) JavaScript
11 6 (19.35%) Python

Test Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 11 (35.48%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (16.13%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (16.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (9.68%) AWS
5 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) 5G
1 4 (12.90%) Bluetooth
1 4 (12.90%) GSM
1 4 (12.90%) LTE
1 4 (12.90%) UMTS
1 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (12.90%) Wireless
2 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Big Data
1 4 (12.90%) Delta Lake
2 2 (6.45%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.23%) Power BI
3 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (51.61%) Selenium
2 9 (29.03%) Postman
3 7 (22.58%) Git
3 7 (22.58%) JMeter
4 6 (19.35%) JIRA
4 6 (19.35%) Robot Framework
5 5 (16.13%) Locust
6 4 (12.90%) Cypress.io
7 3 (9.68%) JUnit
7 3 (9.68%) SoapUI
8 2 (6.45%) LoadRunner
8 2 (6.45%) MSTest
8 2 (6.45%) NUnit
8 2 (6.45%) TestRail
9 1 (3.23%) Cucumber
9 1 (3.23%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (3.23%) REST Assured
9 1 (3.23%) TestComplete
9 1 (3.23%) TestNG
9 1 (3.23%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (12.90%) Electronics
1 4 (12.90%) Manufacturing
2 3 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.45%) Advertising
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Law
3 2 (6.45%) Legal
3 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Finance
4 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) pytest
1 5 (16.13%) YAML
2 4 (12.90%) Playwright
3 3 (9.68%) RESTful
4 2 (6.45%) .NET
4 2 (6.45%) .NET Framework
4 2 (6.45%) AngularJS
4 2 (6.45%) CSS
4 2 (6.45%) HTML
5 1 (3.23%) Gherkin
5 1 (3.23%) JSON
5 1 (3.23%) Middleware
5 1 (3.23%) Node.js
5 1 (3.23%) OpenCV
5 1 (3.23%) REST
5 1 (3.23%) Swagger
5 1 (3.23%) Web Services
5 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (3.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (77.42%) Test Automation
2 14 (45.16%) Validation
3 13 (41.94%) Agile
4 11 (35.48%) CI/CD
4 11 (35.48%) Manual Testing
5 9 (29.03%) API Testing
5 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (25.81%) DevOps
6 8 (25.81%) Security Testing
6 8 (25.81%) Software Testing
7 7 (22.58%) Analytics
7 7 (22.58%) OWASP
7 7 (22.58%) Performance Testing
7 7 (22.58%) Scrum
7 7 (22.58%) Test Scripting
8 6 (19.35%) Test Management
8 6 (19.35%) Test Strategy
9 5 (16.13%) Coaching
9 5 (16.13%) Data Validation
9 5 (16.13%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (45.16%) SQL
2 6 (19.35%) JavaScript
2 6 (19.35%) Python
3 3 (9.68%) C#
3 3 (9.68%) TypeScript
4 2 (6.45%) T-SQL
5 1 (3.23%) Bash
5 1 (3.23%) Java
5 1 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Degree
2 9 (29.03%) SC Cleared
2 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
3 7 (22.58%) ISTQB
4 4 (12.90%) HND
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.45%) CISSP
5 2 (6.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.23%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (38.71%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (16.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Kubernetes
1 5 (16.13%) Terraform
2 2 (6.45%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (3.23%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Databricks
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) HP
3 1 (3.23%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Reuters