Test Architect Jobs

Test Architect
UK

The median Test Architect salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 710 901 956
Rank change year-on-year +191 +55 +211
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Architect 1 9 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.009% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.009% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - £54,400 -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -31.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £90,000
90th Percentile - £75,000 £108,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £55,000 -

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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £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 £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Test Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Architect in the UK

Test Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Architect.

Salary trend for Test Architect in the UK

Test Architect
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +151 1 £65,000 +18.18% 86
London +117 1 £65,000 +18.18% 4

Test Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Test Architect 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 Test Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing

Test Architect 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall