The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Tester
Rank 206 216 215
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Tester 5 7 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.095% 0.117% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.121% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 1
Average salary £54,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.00% +14.28%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £34,500 £41,750
% change year-on-year
+15.94% -17.36%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5046 5762 4985
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 95.44% 95.91% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4059 5051 4360
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Tester
South East

Lead Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey Lead Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lead Tester across the Surrey region.

Surrey Lead Tester Salary Trend

Lead Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Tester within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 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
Reigate - 5 £54,000 -
Lead Tester
South East

Lead Tester
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey region that cited Lead Tester 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 Lead Tester in their job title.

1 8 (88.89%) .NET
1 8 (88.89%) HP
1 8 (88.89%) ISEB
1 8 (88.89%) QuickTest Pro
1 8 (88.89%) Waterfall
2 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 7 (77.78%) Test Automation
2 7 (77.78%) Regression Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Scrum
2 7 (77.78%) VBA
3 6 (66.67%) SQL
3 6 (66.67%) XML
4 5 (55.56%) XSLT
4 5 (55.56%) VB.NET
4 5 (55.56%) C#
4 5 (55.56%) Visual Studio
4 5 (55.56%) Selenium
4 5 (55.56%) TDD
5 4 (44.44%) Finance
6 1 (11.11%) Windows
6 1 (11.11%) Linux
6 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
6 1 (11.11%) Data Management
6 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
6 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting

Lead Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey region that cited Lead Tester 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 Lead Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (88.89%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) XML
3 5 (55.56%) XSLT
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 8 (88.89%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (55.56%) Visual Studio
2 5 (55.56%) Selenium
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Waterfall
2 7 (77.78%) Test Automation
2 7 (77.78%) Regression Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Scrum
3 5 (55.56%) TDD
4 1 (11.11%) Data Management
4 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
4 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) VBA
2 6 (66.67%) SQL
3 5 (55.56%) VB.NET
3 5 (55.56%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) ISEB
2 7 (77.78%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) HP