Head of Test Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Test
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Test salary in the UK excluding London is £78,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 739 - 849
Rank change year-on-year - - -157
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Test 16 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.022% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% - 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 - £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £86,485 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £78,750 - £100,000
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,720 52,840 68,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,860 30,029 42,498
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Test
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Test in the UK excluding London

Head of Test
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Test in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Head of Test in the UK excluding London

Head of Test
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Test in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Test in the UK excluding London

Head of Test
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Test within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
East of England - 11 £70,000 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £86,485 -
Midlands - 4 £86,485 -
South West - 1 £82,500 -
Head of Test
UK

Head of Test Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Head of Test 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of Test in the job title.

1 13 (81.25%) QA
2 7 (43.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (43.75%) Regression Testing
2 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
2 7 (43.75%) Line Management
3 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (31.25%) .NET
3 5 (31.25%) Python
3 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
4 4 (25.00%) YAML
4 4 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (25.00%) C#
4 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (25.00%) SQL
4 4 (25.00%) VB
4 4 (25.00%) Node.js
4 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
4 4 (25.00%) React
4 4 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 4 (25.00%) Functional Testing
4 4 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (25.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 4 (25.00%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (25.00%) Docker
4 4 (25.00%) DevOps
4 4 (25.00%) Police
4 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) GitOps

Head of Test Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) BrowserStack
1 1 (6.25%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (25.00%) NoSQL
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Appium
1 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) JMeter
1 1 (6.25%) Postman
1 1 (6.25%) REST Assured
1 1 (6.25%) Selenium
1 1 (6.25%) Serenity BDD
1 1 (6.25%) SpecFlow
1 1 (6.25%) TestDirector
General
1 4 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (25.00%) Police
2 1 (6.25%) Electronics
2 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) .NET
2 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (25.00%) Node.js
2 4 (25.00%) React
2 4 (25.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 4 (25.00%) YAML
3 1 (6.25%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Line Management
1 7 (43.75%) Regression Testing
1 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
1 7 (43.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (25.00%) Functional Testing
3 4 (25.00%) GitOps
3 4 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (6.25%) BDD
5 1 (6.25%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (6.25%) Product Management
5 1 (6.25%) QA Automation
5 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) C#
2 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 4 (25.00%) VB
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
3 1 (6.25%) C
3 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (81.25%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) ISO 9001
2 1 (6.25%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft