Performance Test Leader Job Trends

Performance Test Lead
UK

The median Performance Test Lead salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 773 - 826
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Performance Test Leader 5 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile - - £68,000
25th Percentile £52,500 - £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £77,500
75th Percentile £67,500 - £78,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £77,500

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 95,905 44,405 83,583
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 90.07% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 65,604 26,372 57,917
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.87%

Performance Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Performance Test Leader job vacancy trend in the UK

Performance Test Leader
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Performance Test Leader job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Performance Test Leader job vacancies in the UK

Performance Test Leader
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Test Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 28 July 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
London - 5 £65,000 -
England - 5 £65,000 - 1

Performance Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, Performance Test Leader 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 featuring Performance Test Leader in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Microservices
1 3 (60.00%) Observability
1 3 (60.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Scalability Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (40.00%) 3GPP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) MGW
2 2 (40.00%) MVNO
2 2 (40.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) Packet Switching
2 2 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) RTP
2 2 (40.00%) SGSN
2 2 (40.00%) SMPP

Performance Test Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (60.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) MGW
1 2 (40.00%) MVNO
1 2 (40.00%) Packet Switching
1 2 (40.00%) RTP
1 2 (40.00%) SGSN
1 2 (40.00%) SMPP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (40.00%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Microservices
1 3 (60.00%) Observability
1 3 (60.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Scalability Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (40.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle