The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands 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 21 May 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 164 161 141
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 5 8 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.162% 0.236% 0.678%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.170% 0.248% 0.706%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 23
Average salary £36,250 £37,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.97% +16.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,700 £35,500 £29,300
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,250 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+0.62% -
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2934 3222 3400
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 95.04% 94.99% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2514 2881 2910
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,650 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Leader
England

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Test Leader Salary Trend

Test Leader
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicestershire - 2 £31,750 -
Northamptonshire -1 1 £36,250 +2.11%
Nottinghamshire -3 1 £42,500 -5.55%
Derbyshire - 1 £42,500 -
Test Leader
England

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 10 (62.50%) Selenium
2 8 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (43.75%) SQL
4 6 (37.50%) Configuration Management
4 6 (37.50%) Automated Testing
4 6 (37.50%) Software Testing
5 5 (31.25%) ISEB
5 5 (31.25%) Automation Testing
6 4 (25.00%) Retail
7 3 (18.75%) Validation
7 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
8 2 (12.50%) Degree
8 2 (12.50%) Test Management
8 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 2 (12.50%) WebDriver
8 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (12.50%) IBM
8 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 2 (12.50%) C#
8 2 (12.50%) Java
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
9 1 (6.250%) JUnit
9 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
9 1 (6.250%) SOAP
9 1 (6.250%) Linux
9 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
9 1 (6.250%) .NET
9 1 (6.250%) Middleware
9 1 (6.250%) Performance Testing
9 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 Development
1 1 (6.250%) SOAP
1 1 (6.250%) .NET
1 1 (6.250%) Middleware
1 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
1 1 (6.250%) soapUI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (62.50%) Selenium
2 8 (50.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (12.50%) WebDriver
4 1 (6.250%) JUnit
4 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
4 1 (6.250%) NUnit
4 1 (6.250%) TeamCity
General
1 4 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.250%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.250%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Configuration Management
1 6 (37.50%) Automated Testing
1 6 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Automation Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Validation
3 3 (18.75%) Test Strategy
4 2 (12.50%) Test Management
4 2 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.250%) Performance Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Change Management
5 1 (6.250%) Waterfall
5 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
5 1 (6.250%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (6.250%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) C#
2 2 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) ISEB
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) IBM
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft