Test Manager Jobs in London

Test Manager
England > London

The median Test Manager salary in London is £77,500 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 370 486 550
Rank change year-on-year +116 +64 +221
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 23 21 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.088% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.093% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 14 12 53
10th Percentile £60,750 £56,936 £57,500
25th Percentile £73,125 £63,112 £64,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -1.56% +14.29%
75th Percentile £106,250 £86,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,750 - £115,044
England median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -10.71% +16.67%

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 Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in London

Test Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Test Manager in London

Test Manager
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Test Manager in London

Test Manager
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 Manager 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 - 2 - - 1
Test Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Test Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 15 (65.22%) Test Automation
2 13 (56.52%) Test Strategy
3 12 (52.17%) Finance
4 10 (43.48%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (39.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
6 8 (34.78%) Agile
6 8 (34.78%) QA
7 7 (30.43%) Performance Testing
8 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (26.09%) Non-Functional Testing
8 6 (26.09%) DevOps
8 6 (26.09%) Test Management
8 6 (26.09%) Banking
9 5 (21.74%) Scrum
9 5 (21.74%) Project Management
9 5 (21.74%) Azure
9 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
10 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (17.39%) Defect Management
10 4 (17.39%) Regression Testing
11 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
11 3 (13.04%) Selenium
11 3 (13.04%) Wealth Management
11 3 (13.04%) Retail Banking
11 3 (13.04%) Private Banking
11 3 (13.04%) Degree
11 3 (13.04%) JIRA
11 3 (13.04%) Computer Science

Test Manager 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 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) BlazeMeter
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) OpenShift
3 1 (4.35%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Bluetooth
1 1 (4.35%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.35%) FlexRay
1 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
1 3 (13.04%) Selenium
2 2 (8.70%) JMeter
2 2 (8.70%) Postman
3 1 (4.35%) Cypress.io
3 1 (4.35%) GitLab
3 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.35%) JUnit
3 1 (4.35%) LoadRunner
3 1 (4.35%) TestRail
General
1 12 (52.17%) Finance
2 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Banking
4 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (13.04%) Private Banking
5 3 (13.04%) Retail Banking
6 2 (8.70%) Retail
7 1 (4.35%) Automotive
7 1 (4.35%) Electronics
7 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (4.35%) Law
7 1 (4.35%) Legal
7 1 (4.35%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Middleware
2 1 (4.35%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Infotainment
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Test Automation
2 13 (56.52%) Test Strategy
3 10 (43.48%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (39.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (34.78%) Agile
6 7 (30.43%) Performance Testing
7 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (26.09%) DevOps
7 6 (26.09%) Non-Functional Testing
7 6 (26.09%) Test Management
8 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (21.74%) Project Management
8 5 (21.74%) Scrum
9 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
9 4 (17.39%) Defect Management
9 4 (17.39%) Regression Testing
10 3 (13.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
10 3 (13.04%) Migration
10 3 (13.04%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Java
1 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.70%) ISTQB
2 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.35%) ISEB
3 1 (4.35%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (4.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (4.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) JTAG
2 1 (4.35%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Charles River
2 1 (4.35%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.35%) FIS
2 1 (4.35%) Sitecore
2 1 (4.35%) Workday