The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT jobs advertised for the Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 36 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 4 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 2.439% 2.030% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.759% 2.051% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 0
Average salary £42,250 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.66% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+1.25% -
All Job Titles
Kingston Upon Thames
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
145 195 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 88.41% 98.98% 98.17%
Number of salaries quoted 137 194 161
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -9.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Leader
London

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames Test Leader Salary Trend

Test Leader
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 4 (66.67%) ISEB
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
1 4 (66.67%) QA
1 4 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) V-Model
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (33.33%) Social Network
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) C#
3 2 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) UNIX
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) OO
3 2 (33.33%) Big Data
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (33.33%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) UNIX
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) V-Model
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) ISEB
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA