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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 177 167 159
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 15 6 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.366% 0.166% 0.278%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.383% 0.172% 0.290%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 11
Average salary £45,000 £52,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £52,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3913 3494 3793
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.56% 96.41% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3384 3103 3469
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £56,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Leader
North West

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Sale - 4 £45,000 -
Test Leader
North West

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 14 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 13 (61.90%) HP
3 12 (57.14%) ISEB
3 12 (57.14%) Test Scripting
3 12 (57.14%) ISTQB
4 11 (52.38%) HP Quality Center
5 10 (47.62%) Integration Testing
6 9 (42.86%) Security Testing
6 9 (42.86%) Release Management
7 8 (38.10%) ISEB Practitioner
7 8 (38.10%) Oracle
8 7 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
9 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
9 6 (28.57%) WebLogic
9 6 (28.57%) Apache
9 6 (28.57%) HPUX
9 6 (28.57%) Linux
9 6 (28.57%) SUSE
10 4 (19.05%) VB
10 4 (19.05%) FTP
10 4 (19.05%) LoadRunner
10 4 (19.05%) WebLogic Integration
10 4 (19.05%) TIBCO
10 4 (19.05%) FoxPro (VFP)
10 4 (19.05%) Tomcat
10 4 (19.05%) MS Access
10 4 (19.05%) N-Tier
10 4 (19.05%) SOA
10 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
11 3 (14.29%) Banking

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 Platforms
1 6 (28.57%) WebLogic
1 6 (28.57%) Apache
2 4 (19.05%) WebLogic Integration
2 4 (19.05%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) FTP
2 2 (9.524%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 4 (19.05%) MS Access
3 1 (4.762%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) LoadRunner
2 2 (9.524%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (9.524%) JUnit
2 2 (9.524%) QALoad
2 2 (9.524%) Selenium
2 2 (9.524%) jMock
2 2 (9.524%) JIRA
2 2 (9.524%) TestPartner
2 2 (9.524%) SilkPerformer
2 2 (9.524%) EasyMock
General
1 3 (14.29%) Banking
1 3 (14.29%) Advertising
2 2 (9.524%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) N-Tier
2 3 (14.29%) Mainframe
3 2 (9.524%) BBC
3 2 (9.524%) Interactive TV
3 2 (9.524%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) HPUX
1 6 (28.57%) Linux
1 6 (28.57%) SUSE
2 3 (14.29%) UNIX
3 2 (9.524%) Mac OS X
3 2 (9.524%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Performance Testing
2 12 (57.14%) Test Scripting
3 10 (47.62%) Integration Testing
4 9 (42.86%) Security Testing
4 9 (42.86%) Release Management
5 7 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
6 4 (19.05%) SOA
6 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (9.524%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (9.524%) TDD
7 2 (9.524%) Content Management
7 2 (9.524%) Business Analysis
7 2 (9.524%) Software Testing
7 2 (9.524%) BDD
7 2 (9.524%) Test Strategy
7 2 (9.524%) Test Management
7 2 (9.524%) Web Accessibility
7 2 (9.524%) Product Management
8 1 (4.762%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) VB
1 4 (19.05%) FoxPro (VFP)
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 2 (9.524%) Java
4 1 (4.762%) C
4 1 (4.762%) COBOL
4 1 (4.762%) JCL
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) ISEB
1 12 (57.14%) ISTQB
2 8 (38.10%) ISEB Practitioner
3 2 (9.524%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (9.524%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 11 (52.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) HP
2 8 (38.10%) Oracle
3 4 (19.05%) TIBCO
4 1 (4.762%) Unisys
Manchester, Lancashire
The role will be to support the company, department and project quality objectives through planning, tracking, implementation and management of risk based, quality assurance, test services... *Work with...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
My client is looking to bring on board a Test Lead, the Test Lead will support company, departmental & project quality objectives through the planning, tracking, implementation & management of...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
In addition to this you will work with the technical design group to identify standards and areas for establishing high quality delivery working practices in System Testing, User...
Head Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013