Lead Test Engineer
UK
The median Lead Test Engineer salary in the UK is £67,500 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 | 695 | 893 | 923 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +198 | +30 | +254 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Test Engineer | 14 | 19 | 39 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.018% | 0.040% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.028% | 0.019% | 0.044% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,000 | - | £44,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,100 | £40,000 | £44,528 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £45,996 | £54,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +46.75% | -15.22% | -16.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £56,184 | £62,563 |
| 90th Percentile | £81,500 | £65,000 | £78,382 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £63,650 | £40,000 | £53,996 |
| % change year-on-year | +59.13% | -25.92% | +2.85% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 50,066 | 97,923 | 88,829 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.36% | 94.81% | 91.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,124 | 69,761 | 56,179 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,750 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Lead Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Lead Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Lead Test Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Test Engineer.
Lead Test Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Test Engineer over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.
Lead Test Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Test Engineer within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +191 | 12 | £63,650 | +59.13% | 8 |
| England | +155 | 12 | £63,650 | +59.13% | 8 |
| Work from Home | +118 | 5 | £61,250 | +26.29% | 4 |
| South West | +107 | 4 | - | - | |
| North of England | +54 | 4 | £75,000 | +38.46% | 5 |
| South East | +85 | 3 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 2 |
| North West | +10 | 3 | £78,750 | +45.38% | 4 |
| London | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £59,800 | - | 1 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | - | - |
Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Lead Test Engineer 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 featuring Lead Test Engineer in the job title.
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Lead Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: