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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 202 213 194
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 18 14 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.341% 0.233% 0.373%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.358% 0.243% 0.395%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 20
Average salary £42,750 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.87% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
All Job Titles
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5024 5773 5069
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 95.26% 95.96% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4066 5050 4444
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 £28,000 £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%
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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Test Leader Salary Trend

Test Leader
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Leader across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Leatherhead - 5 £45,000 -
Reigate - 2 £60,000 -
Epsom - 2 £38,000 -
Test Leader
South East

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 25 (59.52%) Finance
2 19 (45.24%) C#
3 17 (40.48%) .NET
4 16 (38.10%) Selenium
4 16 (38.10%) User Acceptance Testing
4 16 (38.10%) Automation Testing
5 14 (33.33%) QA
6 9 (21.43%) WebDriver
7 8 (19.05%) QuickTest Pro
7 8 (19.05%) Advertising
7 8 (19.05%) SQL
7 8 (19.05%) Use Case
7 8 (19.05%) Time Management
8 7 (16.67%) Regression Testing
8 7 (16.67%) TDD
9 6 (14.29%) VB.NET
9 6 (14.29%) VBA
9 6 (14.29%) Visual Studio
9 6 (14.29%) XML
9 6 (14.29%) XSLT
9 6 (14.29%) Java
9 6 (14.29%) HP
9 6 (14.29%) Waterfall
10 5 (11.90%) Linux
10 5 (11.90%) C++
10 5 (11.90%) Banking
11 4 (9.524%) Software Testing
11 4 (9.524%) Degree
11 4 (9.524%) UNIX
11 4 (9.524%) OO

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 17 (40.48%) .NET
2 6 (14.29%) XML
2 6 (14.29%) XSLT
3 2 (4.762%) JSF
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.381%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.524%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 16 (38.10%) Selenium
2 9 (21.43%) WebDriver
3 8 (19.05%) QuickTest Pro
4 6 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (59.52%) Finance
2 8 (19.05%) Advertising
3 5 (11.90%) Banking
4 1 (2.381%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.524%) Cloud Computing
1 4 (9.524%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.90%) Linux
2 4 (9.524%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (38.10%) User Acceptance Testing
1 16 (38.10%) Automation Testing
2 8 (19.05%) Use Case
2 8 (19.05%) Time Management
3 7 (16.67%) Regression Testing
3 7 (16.67%) TDD
4 6 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 4 (9.524%) Software Testing
5 4 (9.524%) OO
5 4 (9.524%) Test Strategy
5 4 (9.524%) Test Automation
6 3 (7.143%) Automated Testing
7 2 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (4.762%) Performance Testing
8 1 (2.381%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 19 (45.24%) C#
2 8 (19.05%) SQL
3 6 (14.29%) VB.NET
3 6 (14.29%) VBA
3 6 (14.29%) Java
4 5 (11.90%) C++
5 1 (2.381%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (9.524%) Degree
2 2 (4.762%) DV Cleared
2 2 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) HP
2 2 (4.762%) Oracle