Head of Test Jobs in England

Head of Test
UK > England

The median Head of Test salary in England is £78,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 - 1179
Rank change year-on-year - - -269
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Test 16 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.017% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 - £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £86,485 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £78,750 - £100,000
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Test
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Test in England

Head of Test
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Test in England.

Salary trend for Head of Test in England

Head of Test
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Test in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Test in England

Head of Test
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Test within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
East of England - 11 £70,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £86,485 -
Midlands - 4 £86,485 -
South West - 1 £82,500 -
Head of Test
UK

Head of Test Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Head of Test 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 across the England region featuring Head of Test in the job title.

1 13 (81.25%) QA
2 7 (43.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (43.75%) Regression Testing
2 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
2 7 (43.75%) Line Management
3 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (31.25%) .NET
3 5 (31.25%) Python
3 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
4 4 (25.00%) YAML
4 4 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (25.00%) C#
4 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (25.00%) SQL
4 4 (25.00%) VB
4 4 (25.00%) Node.js
4 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
4 4 (25.00%) React
4 4 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 4 (25.00%) Functional Testing
4 4 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (25.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 4 (25.00%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (25.00%) Docker
4 4 (25.00%) DevOps
4 4 (25.00%) Police
4 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) GitOps

Head of Test Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) BrowserStack
1 1 (6.25%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (25.00%) NoSQL
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Appium
1 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
1 1 (6.25%) Git
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
1 1 (6.25%) JMeter
1 1 (6.25%) Postman
1 1 (6.25%) REST Assured
1 1 (6.25%) Selenium
1 1 (6.25%) Serenity BDD
1 1 (6.25%) SpecFlow
1 1 (6.25%) TestDirector
General
1 4 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 4 (25.00%) Police
2 1 (6.25%) Electronics
2 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) .NET
2 4 (25.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (25.00%) Node.js
2 4 (25.00%) React
2 4 (25.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 4 (25.00%) YAML
3 1 (6.25%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Line Management
1 7 (43.75%) Regression Testing
1 7 (43.75%) Test Automation
1 7 (43.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 4 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 4 (25.00%) Functional Testing
3 4 (25.00%) GitOps
3 4 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (6.25%) BDD
5 1 (6.25%) Innovative Thinking
5 1 (6.25%) Product Management
5 1 (6.25%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (6.25%) QA Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) C#
2 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 4 (25.00%) VB
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
3 1 (6.25%) C
3 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (81.25%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) ISO 9001
2 1 (6.25%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft