The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 121 104 -
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.109% 0.061% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.115% 0.064% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £60,000 £34,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+76.47% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+4.93% +5.19%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1738 1553 1307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.46% 95.04% 93.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1485 1382 1122
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Leader
West Midlands

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Test Leader across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Test Leader Jobs Demand Trend

Test Leader
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Leader across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Test Leader Salary Trend

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Test Leader in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Test Leader in their job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Finance
1 6 (54.55%) Test Strategy
2 5 (45.45%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) HP
3 4 (36.36%) ISEB
3 4 (36.36%) Performance Testing
3 4 (36.36%) ISEB Practitioner
3 4 (36.36%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (27.27%) Release Management
4 3 (27.27%) Security Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Integration Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) ISTQB
5 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
5 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
6 1 (9.091%) System Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Test Management
6 1 (9.091%) WebLogic Integration
6 1 (9.091%) TIBCO
6 1 (9.091%) Advertising
6 1 (9.091%) SUSE
6 1 (9.091%) C
6 1 (9.091%) SQL
6 1 (9.091%) VB
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle
6 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
6 1 (9.091%) WebLogic
6 1 (9.091%) UNIX
6 1 (9.091%) HPUX
6 1 (9.091%) Linux

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Test Leader in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Test Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) WebLogic Integration
1 1 (9.091%) WebLogic
1 1 (9.091%) Apache
1 1 (9.091%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (9.091%) MS Access
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) SUSE
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
1 1 (9.091%) HPUX
1 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Test Strategy
2 5 (45.45%) Project Management
3 4 (36.36%) Performance Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Release Management
4 3 (27.27%) Security Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Integration Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
5 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
6 1 (9.091%) System Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Test Management
6 1 (9.091%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) C
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
1 1 (9.091%) VB
1 1 (9.091%) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) ISEB
1 4 (36.36%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (18.18%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) HP
2 1 (9.091%) TIBCO
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle
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