The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 22 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 of England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 251 254 255
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 14 20 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.169% 0.226% 0.107%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.177% 0.233% 0.112%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 10
Average salary £52,500 £41,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.50% +20.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £41,050 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,750 £48,550 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+1.25% -
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7911 8567 8894
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.39% 96.65% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6899 7165 7627
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England Test Leader Salary Trend

Test Leader
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Leader across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Test Leader Salary Histogram

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 of England region over the 3 months to 22 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
Hertfordshire 0 11 £52,500 +26.50%
Essex - 3 - -
Test Leader
England

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 22 (64.71%) ISEB
2 18 (52.94%) Test Scripting
3 17 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 17 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 16 (47.06%) HP Quality Center
4 16 (47.06%) User Acceptance Testing
5 15 (44.12%) QA
6 14 (41.18%) MS Project
6 14 (41.18%) MS Visio
7 12 (35.29%) Test Management
7 12 (35.29%) Integration Testing
8 11 (32.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (29.41%) ISTQB
10 9 (26.47%) SAP
11 8 (23.53%) Windows
11 8 (23.53%) SAP FI
12 7 (20.59%) Risk Management
12 7 (20.59%) SAP FI/CO
12 7 (20.59%) SAP CO
12 7 (20.59%) SQL
12 7 (20.59%) LAN
12 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
12 7 (20.59%) SAN
12 7 (20.59%) Windows XP
12 7 (20.59%) Windows 7
13 5 (14.71%) Agile Software Development
13 5 (14.71%) Retail
13 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
14 4 (11.76%) Automated Testing
14 4 (11.76%) Regression Testing

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 2 (5.882%) HTML
1 2 (5.882%) .NET
2 1 (2.941%) Web Services
2 1 (2.941%) XML
2 1 (2.941%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 17 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 14 (41.18%) MS Project
2 14 (41.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (23.53%) SAP FI
2 7 (20.59%) SAP FI/CO
2 7 (20.59%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.941%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.941%) SAP Retail
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) LAN
1 7 (20.59%) SAN
2 3 (8.824%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 3 (8.824%) TestDirector
1 3 (8.824%) LoadRunner
2 2 (5.882%) WinRunner
3 1 (2.941%) JUnit
3 1 (2.941%) Bugzilla
3 1 (2.941%) FogBugz
3 1 (2.941%) Selenium
General
1 5 (14.71%) Retail
2 4 (11.76%) Finance
3 3 (8.824%) Publishing
4 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.882%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.824%) STB
2 2 (5.882%) Mainframe
2 2 (5.882%) EPoS
3 1 (2.941%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.941%) EMV
3 1 (2.941%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
2 7 (20.59%) Windows XP
2 7 (20.59%) Windows 7
3 4 (11.76%) UNIX
4 1 (2.941%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Test Scripting
2 17 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 16 (47.06%) User Acceptance Testing
4 12 (35.29%) Test Management
4 12 (35.29%) Integration Testing
5 11 (32.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (20.59%) Risk Management
7 5 (14.71%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
8 4 (11.76%) Automated Testing
8 4 (11.76%) Regression Testing
8 4 (11.76%) E-Commerce
9 3 (8.824%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (8.824%) Stress Testing
10 2 (5.882%) Security Testing
10 2 (5.882%) Performance Testing
10 2 (5.882%) Web Testing
10 2 (5.882%) Test Automation
10 2 (5.882%) TMap
10 2 (5.882%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) SQL
2 2 (5.882%) Java
3 1 (2.941%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.941%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (64.71%) ISEB
2 10 (29.41%) ISTQB
3 2 (5.882%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (44.12%) QA
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (47.06%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) SAP
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.824%) Citrix
4 2 (5.882%) hybris
4 2 (5.882%) RedPrairie
4 2 (5.882%) JDA
4 2 (5.882%) HP
5 1 (2.941%) Oracle
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The role includes the line and task management of the team, helping define and implement the test strategy, producing test effort estimates and resourcing and scheduling requests for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
The role includes the line and task management of the team, helping define and implement the test strategy, producing test effort estimates and resourcing and scheduling requests for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Essex, South East
We are looking for a Test Lead to join PDD's Customer Technology division whose objective is to constantly improve, enhance and maintain the Set Top Box (STB)...
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 22 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, South East
The scope of the intelligent trading programme is to add intelligence and automation into the processes and decisions that are taken daily within the commercial area.The Test...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 May 2013