Lead Tester
UK

The median Lead Tester salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 892 946 1162
Rank change year-on-year +54 +216 -348
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Tester 2 47 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.045% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.049% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 1 33 41
10th Percentile - £49,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £61,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £87,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +34.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £105,000 £78,750
90th Percentile - £122,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +21.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Lead Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Lead Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Tester in the UK

Lead Tester
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Tester.

Salary trend for Lead Tester in the UK

Lead Tester
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +79 2 £75,000 -14.29% 3
London +124 1 £75,000 -14.29% 1
Work from Home +46 1 £75,000 -14.29% 1
South West -24 1 - -
UK excluding London -25 1 - - 2

Lead Tester Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Lead Tester 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 Tester in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) NeoLoad
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) CCSAS
1 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Red Team
1 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) OpenAI
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response

Lead Tester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (50.00%) NeoLoad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (50.00%) Purple Team
1 1 (50.00%) Red Team
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCSAS
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) OpenAI