Test Specialist Jobs in London

Test Specialist
England > London

The median Test Specialist salary in London is £24,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 500 631 858
Rank change year-on-year +131 +227 -263
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Specialist 9 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.038% 0.011% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.012% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21,500 £46,250 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £52,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -53.33% -32.26% +10.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £60,938 £81,250
90th Percentile - £64,875 -
England median annual salary £24,500 £52,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -53.33% -32.26% +19.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,169 34,255 62,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 95.07% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,697 25,036 34,819
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Specialist in London

Test Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Test Specialist in London

Test Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Specialist in London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Specialist in London

Test Specialist
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 Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 - 3 £85,000 -
Test Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Test Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Test Automation
2 5 (55.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
3 4 (44.44%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) Thought Leadership
3 4 (44.44%) JMeter
3 4 (44.44%) LDAP
3 4 (44.44%) JIRA
3 4 (44.44%) Performance Testing
3 4 (44.44%) AWS
3 4 (44.44%) Confluence
4 3 (33.33%) Functional Testing
4 3 (33.33%) User Stories
4 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Time Management
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 3 (33.33%) Usability Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Process Management
4 3 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) TDD
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 3 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing

Test Specialist 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 (44.44%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
1 4 (44.44%) JMeter
2 1 (11.11%) Cypress.io
General
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) LDAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Test Automation
2 4 (44.44%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Performance Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Functional Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Process Management
3 3 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (33.33%) TDD
3 3 (33.33%) Time Management
3 3 (33.33%) Usability Testing
3 3 (33.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared