Testing Manager Job Trends in London

Testing Manager
England > London

The median Testing Manager salary in London is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 393 461
Rank change year-on-year -42 +68 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Testing Manager 9 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.037% 0.008% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.009% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £63,250 - -
25th Percentile £64,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £69,375 - -
90th Percentile £69,750 - -
England median annual salary £70,000 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 22,402 11,032 18,397
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 91.40% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,383 7,195 12,238
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Testing Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Testing Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Testing Manager job vacancy trend in London

Testing Manager
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Testing Manager job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Testing Manager job vacancies in London

Testing 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 Testing Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 29 August 2026. 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 - -
Testing Manager
England

Testing Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 29 August 2026, Testing Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Testing Manager in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Actionable Insight
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (44.44%) Coaching
3 4 (44.44%) Dashboard Development
3 4 (44.44%) Fintech
3 4 (44.44%) Internal Audit
3 4 (44.44%) Quality Management
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 4 (44.44%) Validation
4 3 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (33.33%) Application Security
4 3 (33.33%) AWS
4 3 (33.33%) Azure
4 3 (33.33%) Bash
4 3 (33.33%) C
4 3 (33.33%) C#
4 3 (33.33%) C++
4 3 (33.33%) CCSAM
4 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 3 (33.33%) CREST Certified
4 3 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (33.33%) GCP
4 3 (33.33%) Go
4 3 (33.33%) GPEN
4 3 (33.33%) GXPN
4 3 (33.33%) Information Security
4 3 (33.33%) Java
4 3 (33.33%) Linux

Testing Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) GCP
2 2 (22.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JUnit
1 2 (22.22%) Selenium
1 2 (22.22%) TestNG
General
1 9 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Law
4 3 (33.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (33.33%) Public Cloud
2 3 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Actionable Insight
2 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (44.44%) Coaching
3 4 (44.44%) Dashboard Development
3 4 (44.44%) Fintech
3 4 (44.44%) Internal Audit
3 4 (44.44%) Quality Management
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (44.44%) Test Scripting
3 4 (44.44%) Validation
4 3 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (33.33%) Information Security
4 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Red Team
4 3 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
4 3 (33.33%) Tradecraft
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Bash
1 3 (33.33%) C
1 3 (33.33%) C#
1 3 (33.33%) C++
1 3 (33.33%) Go
1 3 (33.33%) Java
1 3 (33.33%) Objective-C
1 3 (33.33%) Perl
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 3 (33.33%) Python
1 3 (33.33%) Ruby
1 3 (33.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) CCSAM
2 3 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 3 (33.33%) GPEN
2 3 (33.33%) GXPN
2 3 (33.33%) OSCE
2 3 (33.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (22.22%) QA