The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 23 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 115 106 103
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 4 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.218% 0.069% 0.182%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.232% 0.071% 0.190%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 3
Average salary £34,250 £43,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.26% +8.75%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1727 1409 1581
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.01% 97.44% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1495 1270 1426
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% -1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Leader
South East

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Test Leader Salary Trend

Test Leader
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Leader across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Abingdon - 1 £36,000 -
Test Leader
South East

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (44.44%) QA
2 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) FitNesse
3 2 (22.22%) Cucumber
3 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Concordion
3 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
4 1 (11.11%) WebDriver
4 1 (11.11%) Automation Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Web Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Selenium
4 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
4 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
4 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
4 1 (11.11%) ISEB
4 1 (11.11%) Middleware
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (11.11%) Middleware
1 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) FitNesse
1 2 (22.22%) Cucumber
1 2 (22.22%) Concordion
2 1 (11.11%) WebDriver
2 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
1 2 (22.22%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Web Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
3 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) C
3 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) QA