The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Tester
Rank 807 805 789
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Tester 34 61 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.034% 0.054% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.057% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 26 53 59
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,300 £29,400 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £55,000 £68,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £41,253
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -9.09%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Tester
UK

Lead Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Lead Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lead Tester across the England region.

England Lead Tester Salary Trend

Lead Tester
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Tester across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Lead Tester Salary Histogram

Lead Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Tester within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
North West +11 9 £40,000 +1.26%
London +45 8 £47,500 +4.39%
South East +5 7 £45,000 +12.50%
Yorkshire +3 5 £38,500 -6.09%
East of England -8 2 £42,500 -5.55%
West Midlands -24 2 £22,000 -31.25%
East Midlands -14 1 £42,500 +39.34%
Lead Tester
UK

Lead Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Lead Tester 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 Lead Tester in their job title.

1 32 (49.23%) QA
2 24 (36.92%) .NET
3 20 (30.77%) Regression Testing
4 18 (27.69%) Finance
5 16 (24.62%) Automated Testing
6 15 (23.08%) Scrum
7 14 (21.54%) SQL
7 14 (21.54%) ISEB
8 13 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
8 13 (20.00%) Java
9 12 (18.46%) HP
9 12 (18.46%) QuickTest Pro
9 12 (18.46%) Selenium
9 12 (18.46%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (16.92%) Software Testing
10 11 (16.92%) Waterfall
10 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
10 11 (16.92%) Manual Testing
11 10 (15.38%) Degree
11 10 (15.38%) VBA
11 10 (15.38%) Automation Testing
12 8 (12.31%) TDD
12 8 (12.31%) C#
13 7 (10.77%) XML
13 7 (10.77%) E-Commerce
13 7 (10.77%) Visual Studio
13 7 (10.77%) Test Scripting
13 7 (10.77%) Integration Testing
13 7 (10.77%) Test Strategy
14 6 (9.231%) Ethical Hacking

Lead Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Lead Tester 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 Lead Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (36.92%) .NET
2 7 (10.77%) XML
3 5 (7.692%) XSLT
4 2 (3.077%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (1.538%) Middleware
5 1 (1.538%) HTML
5 1 (1.538%) CSS
5 1 (1.538%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.615%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.538%) Apache
2 1 (1.538%) Tomcat
2 1 (1.538%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 5 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.538%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.538%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.538%) SAP MM
1 1 (1.538%) SAP Retail
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.077%) Internet
2 1 (1.538%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.077%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (18.46%) QuickTest Pro
1 12 (18.46%) Selenium
2 7 (10.77%) Visual Studio
3 5 (7.692%) Cucumber
4 3 (4.615%) JIRA
4 3 (4.615%) RSpec
5 2 (3.077%) WebDriver
6 1 (1.538%) JMeter
6 1 (1.538%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.538%) TestDirector
6 1 (1.538%) Subversion
6 1 (1.538%) NUnit
6 1 (1.538%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.538%) Git (software)
6 1 (1.538%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (27.69%) Finance
2 5 (7.692%) Games
3 4 (6.154%) Retail
4 3 (4.615%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.077%) Publishing
6 1 (1.538%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.615%) EPoS
2 1 (1.538%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.538%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.615%) UNIX
1 3 (4.615%) Windows
2 2 (3.077%) Linux
3 1 (1.538%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.538%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.77%) Regression Testing
2 16 (24.62%) Automated Testing
3 15 (23.08%) Scrum
4 13 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 12 (18.46%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (16.92%) Software Testing
6 11 (16.92%) Waterfall
6 11 (16.92%) Test Automation
6 11 (16.92%) Manual Testing
7 10 (15.38%) Automation Testing
8 8 (12.31%) TDD
9 7 (10.77%) E-Commerce
9 7 (10.77%) Test Scripting
9 7 (10.77%) Integration Testing
9 7 (10.77%) Test Strategy
10 6 (9.231%) Ethical Hacking
10 6 (9.231%) Penetration Testing
10 6 (9.231%) Change Management
11 5 (7.692%) Validation
11 5 (7.692%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.54%) SQL
2 13 (20.00%) Java
3 10 (15.38%) VBA
4 8 (12.31%) C#
5 5 (7.692%) VB.NET
6 4 (6.154%) Ruby
7 1 (1.538%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.538%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (21.54%) ISEB
2 10 (15.38%) Degree
3 3 (4.615%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (49.23%) QA
2 4 (6.154%) PCI DSS
2 4 (6.154%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (1.538%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.615%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (3.077%) WebInspect
3 1 (1.538%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 12 (18.46%) HP
2 5 (7.692%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.615%) JDA
3 3 (4.615%) hybris
3 3 (4.615%) RedPrairie
4 1 (1.538%) VMware
4 1 (1.538%) Oracle
4 1 (1.538%) SAP
London
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Hydrogen Group
Salary: £40000 - £50000.00 per annum + shares + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
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The two successful Agile Testers will be joining a highly proficient, successful and professional Scrum Team to work with the Product Owners, Developers and Scrum Masters on a...
Hudson
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + benefits & flexi
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
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Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + share options
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
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Salary: £45k to £60k + share options
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: £43000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Central London / West End
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West London
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Salary: Up to £49,000 per annum Up to £49,000 depending on level plus excellen
Posted: 7 May 2013