Test Leader Jobs in the South East

Test Lead
England > South East

The median Test Lead salary in the South East is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 380 437
Rank change year-on-year -11 +57 -89
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 14 29 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.085% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.21% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10 17 42
10th Percentile - - £47,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -16.80% +19.05%
75th Percentile £51,250 £56,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £53,875 - £75,875
England median annual salary £51,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.15% +8.33% -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 15,515 13,804 18,906
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.69% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,273 8,655 12,709
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Test Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in the South East

Test Leader
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in the South East.

Salary trend for Test Leader in the South East

Test Leader
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -5 10 £47,500 -40.63% 3
Berkshire +22 2 - -
Thames Valley +3 2 - - 2
Kent - 2 - -
Test Leader
England

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Test Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 11 (78.57%) QA
3 10 (71.43%) Selenium
3 10 (71.43%) Test Strategy
3 10 (71.43%) Software Testing
3 10 (71.43%) ISTQB
4 8 (57.14%) E-Commerce
4 8 (57.14%) ISEB
4 8 (57.14%) SaaS
4 8 (57.14%) Web Testing
4 8 (57.14%) Line Management
4 8 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (28.57%) Agile
6 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
7 2 (14.29%) Test Assurance
7 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 2 (14.29%) Postman
7 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
7 2 (14.29%) Robotic Automation
7 2 (14.29%) SDLC
7 2 (14.29%) API Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Swagger
7 2 (14.29%) TestRail
7 2 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (14.29%) JIRA
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (14.29%) Benchmarking

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
Development Applications
1 10 (71.43%) Selenium
2 2 (14.29%) Cypress.io
2 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Postman
2 2 (14.29%) TestRail
3 1 (7.14%) SoapUI
3 1 (7.14%) SpecFlow
General
1 8 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Swagger
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
2 1 (7.14%) SOAP
2 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 10 (71.43%) Software Testing
2 10 (71.43%) Test Strategy
3 8 (57.14%) E-Commerce
3 8 (57.14%) Line Management
3 8 (57.14%) Web Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (14.29%) Agile Testing
5 2 (14.29%) API Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Benchmarking
5 2 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Robotic Automation
5 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) SDLC
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Test Management
5 2 (14.29%) Test Planning
5 2 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) ISTQB
2 8 (57.14%) ISEB
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (78.57%) QA