The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 19 June 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 144 153 147
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 8 7 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.245% 0.205% 0.224%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.257% 0.218% 0.239%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 7
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £47,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -18.08%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+4.93% +5.19%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3114 3217 3353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 95.20% 94.23% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1951 2316 2528
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Leader
UK

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh +1 4 £42,250 +8.33%
Glasgow -9 4 £40,000 +3.89%
Test Leader
UK

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 11 (64.71%) QA
1 11 (64.71%) HP Quality Center
2 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
3 7 (41.18%) ISEB
3 7 (41.18%) QuickTest Pro
3 7 (41.18%) Test Automation
4 6 (35.29%) Banking
5 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (29.41%) Automated Testing
5 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
5 5 (29.41%) ISTQB
5 5 (29.41%) MS Project
5 5 (29.41%) Project Planning
5 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Test Management
6 4 (23.53%) SQL
7 3 (17.65%) LoadRunner
7 3 (17.65%) HP
8 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (11.76%) ETL
8 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
8 2 (11.76%) Web Testing
8 2 (11.76%) Non-Functional Testing
9 1 (5.882%) Jenkins
9 1 (5.882%) Concordion
9 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
9 1 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
9 1 (5.882%) System Testing

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Applications
1 5 (29.41%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (41.18%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (17.65%) LoadRunner
3 1 (5.882%) Jenkins
3 1 (5.882%) Concordion
3 1 (5.882%) WebDriver
3 1 (5.882%) Cucumber
3 1 (5.882%) Selenium
3 1 (5.882%) Eclipse
3 1 (5.882%) Ant
3 1 (5.882%) JUnit
General
1 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Banking
3 1 (5.882%) Retail
3 1 (5.882%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Test Automation
2 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (29.41%) Automated Testing
2 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
2 5 (29.41%) Project Planning
2 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (29.41%) Test Management
3 2 (11.76%) ETL
3 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Performance Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Web Testing
3 2 (11.76%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (5.882%) System Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Performance Management
4 1 (5.882%) TDD
4 1 (5.882%) Scrum
4 1 (5.882%) Integration Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) ISEB
2 5 (29.41%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.882%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (64.71%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (64.71%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (5.882%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) HP
3 1 (5.882%) Oracle
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