Head of Test Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets

Head of Test
UK

As of 21 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of Test salary in the UK.

	6 months to 21 May 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	872
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Test	0	0	16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	-	-	0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category	-	-	0.017%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	16
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£65,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£78,750
75^th Percentile	-	-	£86,485
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK excluding London median annual salary	-	-	£78,750

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title	86,124	39,293	92,007
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	93.36%	89.47%	94.64%
Number of salaries quoted	56,991	22,669	67,426
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£30,000	£28,500
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£41,250	£38,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£57,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	-4.35%	+9.52%	-12.50%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£77,500	£71,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£100,000	£90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£50,000	£51,729	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-3.34%	+3.46%	-5.66%

Head of Test
Job Vacancy Trend

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