The first table below looks at the demand for the QA Leader role in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Quality Assurance Lead
Rank 141 125 -
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -
Permanent jobs requiring a QA Leader 6 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.231% 0.331% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.241% 0.340% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 0
Average salary £40,000 £40,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.23% -
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-8.33% +5.88%
All Job Titles
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2491 2057 1752
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 95.81% 97.40% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2022 1784 1498
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
QA Leader
West Yorkshire

QA Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds QA Leader Jobs Demand Trend

QA Leader
Salary Trend

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

Leeds QA Leader Salary Trend

QA Leader
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region that cited QA 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 QA Leader in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 8 (100.00%) QA
2 7 (87.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Java
2 7 (87.50%) .NET
3 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Selenium

QA Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region that cited QA 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 QA Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (87.50%) .NET
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Automated Testing
2 7 (87.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) QA