Test Leader Jobs in London

Test Lead
England > London

The median Test Lead salary in London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 495 552
Rank change year-on-year +107 +57 +249
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 12 16 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.093% 0.068% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.072% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 54
10th Percentile £46,750 £52,400 £52,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £72,500 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -8.57% +29.63%
75th Percentile £87,500 £110,000 £93,750
90th Percentile - - £117,625
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +4.00%

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 11,605 22,296 31,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.22% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,225 16,647 23,618
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,444
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 £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in London

Test Leader
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Test Leader in London

Test Leader
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Leader in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Leader in London

Test Leader
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 Leader within the London region over the 6 months to 19 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
North London - 2 £61,250 -
Test Leader
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, Test Leader 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 Leader in the job title.

1 9 (75.00%) QA
2 8 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (58.33%) Software Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 7 (58.33%) Code Quality
4 6 (50.00%) Degree
4 6 (50.00%) JIRA
4 6 (50.00%) C#
4 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (50.00%) SQL
4 6 (50.00%) Python
4 6 (50.00%) MSTest
5 5 (41.67%) DevOps
5 5 (41.67%) Selenium
5 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (41.67%) CI/CD
6 4 (33.33%) Postman
6 4 (33.33%) Playwright
6 4 (33.33%) Virtual Team
6 4 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
6 4 (33.33%) Test Planning
6 4 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
6 4 (33.33%) Confluence
6 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 4 (33.33%) SpecFlow
6 4 (33.33%) Test Management
6 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
7 3 (25.00%) Cypress.io

Test Leader 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 3 (25.00%) GitHub
1 3 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (25.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Bluetooth
1 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) FlexRay
1 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) JIRA
1 6 (50.00%) MSTest
2 5 (41.67%) Selenium
3 4 (33.33%) Postman
3 4 (33.33%) SpecFlow
4 3 (25.00%) Cypress.io
4 3 (25.00%) Jenkins
4 3 (25.00%) JMeter
4 3 (25.00%) Mocha
4 3 (25.00%) NUnit
4 3 (25.00%) SoapUI
5 1 (8.33%) Bitbucket
5 1 (8.33%) JUnit
5 1 (8.33%) TestComplete
5 1 (8.33%) TestNG
5 1 (8.33%) TestRail
General
1 7 (58.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Automotive
4 1 (8.33%) Electronics
4 1 (8.33%) Games
4 1 (8.33%) iGaming
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) Playwright
2 3 (25.00%) Jest
2 3 (25.00%) Swagger
2 3 (25.00%) Web Services
2 3 (25.00%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (8.33%) Infotainment
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Manual Testing
1 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Code Quality
2 7 (58.33%) Software Testing
3 5 (41.67%) CI/CD
3 5 (41.67%) DevOps
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
4 4 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Test Management
4 4 (33.33%) Test Planning
4 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 4 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 3 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (25.00%) Defect Management
5 3 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
5 3 (25.00%) Microservices
5 3 (25.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C#
1 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (50.00%) Python
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) Java
2 3 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) QA
2 3 (25.00%) GDPR
2 3 (25.00%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (8.33%) JTAG
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) VMware