Test Leader Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 557 580 591
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 326 343 299
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.302% 0.284% 0.240%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.319% 0.300% 0.255%
Number of salaries quoted 233 274 280
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £35,000 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Test Leader Salary Trend

Test Leader
Salary Histogram

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

Test Leader Salary Histogram

Test Leader
Top 30 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 UK 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
England +13 306 £45,000 -
London +41 140 £55,000 +4.76%
South East +3 52 £45,000 +3.44%
North West +15 32 £42,000 +5.00%
South West +6 31 £42,500 +19.71%
Yorkshire -4 19 £40,000 -
West Yorkshire -10 19 £40,000 -
City of London -24 19 £50,000 -13.04%
Surrey +11 18 £42,750 +6.87%
Berkshire +1 18 £45,750 +1.66%
Bristol -6 15 £42,500 +12.58%
Manchester -10 15 £45,000 -14.28%
East of England -3 14 £52,500 +26.50%
Leeds -24 13 £40,000 -
Wiltshire +17 10 £40,000 +17.64%
Hertfordshire +3 10 £52,500 +26.50%
Cheshire +1 10 £32,500 -18.75%
Scotland -2 10 £38,750 +0.64%
West Midlands -15 10 £42,500 +30.76%
Reading 0 9 £57,500 +4.54%
Northwich - 9 £32,500 -
Watford +11 7 £52,500 -
Wales -2 6 £37,000 +13.84%
East Midlands -6 6 £35,625 -5.62%
Deeside - 6 £37,000 -
Flintshire - 6 £37,000 -
North Wales - 6 £37,000 -
Edinburgh +7 5 £37,500 -3.84%
Liverpool - 5 £42,000 -
Leatherhead - 5 £45,000 -

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 291 (41.28%) QA
2 235 (33.33%) ISEB
3 180 (25.53%) Finance
4 176 (24.96%) Test Scripting
5 168 (23.83%) ISTQB
6 153 (21.70%) HP Quality Center
7 145 (20.57%) Test Strategy
8 142 (20.14%) Software Testing
9 123 (17.45%) User Acceptance Testing
10 121 (17.16%) Java
11 118 (16.74%) Agile Software Development
12 111 (15.74%) HP
13 107 (15.18%) SQL
14 101 (14.33%) Selenium
15 97 (13.76%) Test Management
16 95 (13.48%) Performance Testing
17 89 (12.62%) Automated Testing
18 85 (12.06%) Degree
19 83 (11.77%) Automation Testing
20 77 (10.92%) .NET
20 77 (10.92%) QuickTest Pro
21 67 (9.504%) Microsoft
21 67 (9.504%) E-Commerce
22 64 (9.078%) JIRA
23 63 (8.936%) Test Automation
23 63 (8.936%) Windows
23 63 (8.936%) LoadRunner
24 61 (8.652%) Banking
25 59 (8.369%) C#
26 58 (8.227%) Scrum

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 77 (10.92%) .NET
2 26 (3.688%) XML
3 24 (3.404%) Web Services
4 20 (2.837%) soapUI
5 15 (2.128%) SOAP
6 12 (1.702%) REST
7 8 (1.135%) ASP.NET
7 8 (1.135%) HTML
7 8 (1.135%) Middleware
8 7 (0.993%) JSF
8 7 (0.993%) XSLT
9 5 (0.709%) Flash
9 5 (0.709%) JSON
10 4 (0.567%) ASP
10 4 (0.567%) XML Schema
11 3 (0.426%) J2EE
11 3 (0.426%) RESTful
12 2 (0.284%) Ruby on Rails
12 2 (0.284%) Ajax
12 2 (0.284%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 15 (2.128%) BizTalk Server
2 14 (1.986%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.993%) CMS
3 7 (0.993%) WebLogic
3 7 (0.993%) Apache
4 5 (0.709%) WebLogic Integration
4 5 (0.709%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.567%) Documentum
6 3 (0.426%) MS Exchange
6 3 (0.426%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (0.426%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.142%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.142%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.142%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.142%) Confluence
Applications
1 43 (6.099%) MS Excel
2 19 (2.695%) MS Project
3 17 (2.411%) MS Visio
4 16 (2.270%) MS Office
5 3 (0.426%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (2.553%) SAP FI
2 17 (2.411%) SAP CO
2 17 (2.411%) SAP FI/CO
3 9 (1.277%) SAP SD
4 6 (0.851%) SAP FI-GL
4 6 (0.851%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.709%) SAP MM
5 5 (0.709%) SAP IS-U
6 4 (0.567%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.426%) Oracle HRMS
7 3 (0.426%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.426%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 3 (0.426%) Taleo
8 2 (0.284%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.142%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.142%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.142%) VisionPLUS
9 1 (0.142%) LatentZero
9 1 (0.142%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.142%) SAP MRS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.106%) Internet
2 24 (3.404%) HTTP
3 8 (1.135%) LAN
4 7 (0.993%) 3G
4 7 (0.993%) SAN
5 6 (0.851%) FTP
5 6 (0.851%) 2G
6 4 (0.567%) VLAN
6 4 (0.567%) SMS
6 4 (0.567%) Broadband
7 3 (0.426%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.426%) 4G
8 2 (0.284%) VPN
8 2 (0.284%) WAN
8 2 (0.284%) GSM
8 2 (0.284%) Firewall
9 1 (0.142%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.142%) MPLS
9 1 (0.142%) DVB
9 1 (0.142%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.411%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.702%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.277%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (1.277%) Big Data
4 5 (0.709%) MS Access
5 2 (0.284%) MySQL
6 1 (0.142%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.142%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.142%) DataStage
6 1 (0.142%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.142%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 101 (14.33%) Selenium
2 77 (10.92%) QuickTest Pro
3 64 (9.078%) JIRA
4 63 (8.936%) LoadRunner
5 38 (5.390%) Cucumber
6 32 (4.539%) WebDriver
7 21 (2.979%) JMeter
8 15 (2.128%) OpenSTA
9 14 (1.986%) WATIR
10 13 (1.844%) Git (software)
11 12 (1.702%) Jenkins
12 11 (1.560%) Visual Studio
12 11 (1.560%) FitNesse
13 10 (1.418%) JUnit
13 10 (1.418%) TestDirector
14 8 (1.135%) WinRunner
14 8 (1.135%) Maven
15 7 (0.993%) Eclipse
15 7 (0.993%) Concordion
16 6 (0.851%) RSpec
General
1 180 (25.53%) Finance
2 61 (8.652%) Banking
3 46 (6.525%) Retail
4 39 (5.532%) Telecoms
5 20 (2.837%) Legal
6 17 (2.411%) Publishing
6 17 (2.411%) Billing
7 16 (2.270%) Aerospace
8 15 (2.128%) Investment Banking
8 15 (2.128%) Games
9 14 (1.986%) Manufacturing
10 13 (1.844%) Advertising
11 12 (1.702%) Front Office
12 5 (0.709%) Wholesale Banking
13 4 (0.567%) Marketing
13 4 (0.567%) Back Office
14 2 (0.284%) Music
14 2 (0.284%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.284%) Automotive
14 2 (0.284%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.823%) Mobile App
2 33 (4.681%) iPhone
3 30 (4.255%) iPad
4 28 (3.972%) Computer Science
5 21 (2.979%) Client/Server
6 20 (2.837%) Derivative
7 13 (1.844%) Equities
7 13 (1.844%) Open Source
8 12 (1.702%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.560%) Blackberry
10 10 (1.418%) EPoS
10 10 (1.418%) Mainframe
11 9 (1.277%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.135%) Social Network
12 8 (1.135%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.993%) Equity Derivative
13 7 (0.993%) Statistics
13 7 (0.993%) New Media
14 6 (0.851%) Handset
15 5 (0.709%) STB
Operating Systems
1 63 (8.936%) Windows
2 54 (7.660%) UNIX
3 34 (4.823%) Linux
4 33 (4.681%) Apple iOS
5 21 (2.979%) Android
6 16 (2.270%) Windows XP
7 12 (1.702%) Windows Server 2008
8 11 (1.560%) Windows 7
9 7 (0.993%) SUSE
9 7 (0.993%) HPUX
10 6 (0.851%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.709%) Windows Phone
12 4 (0.567%) AIX
13 2 (0.284%) Solaris
13 2 (0.284%) OpenVMS
13 2 (0.284%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.284%) zOS
14 1 (0.142%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (24.96%) Test Scripting
2 145 (20.57%) Test Strategy
3 142 (20.14%) Software Testing
4 123 (17.45%) User Acceptance Testing
5 118 (16.74%) Agile Software Development
6 97 (13.76%) Test Management
7 95 (13.48%) Performance Testing
8 89 (12.62%) Automated Testing
9 83 (11.77%) Automation Testing
10 67 (9.504%) E-Commerce
11 63 (8.936%) Test Automation
12 58 (8.227%) Scrum
13 53 (7.518%) Integration Testing
14 50 (7.092%) TDD
15 47 (6.667%) Waterfall
16 45 (6.383%) Regression Testing
17 39 (5.532%) System Testing
18 36 (5.106%) Stakeholder Management
18 36 (5.106%) Project Management
19 33 (4.681%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 121 (17.16%) Java
2 107 (15.18%) SQL
3 59 (8.369%) C#
4 27 (3.830%) Ruby
5 17 (2.411%) VB
6 13 (1.844%) VBScript
7 12 (1.702%) Python
8 11 (1.560%) C++
9 10 (1.418%) C
10 9 (1.277%) VBA
11 8 (1.135%) Perl
12 7 (0.993%) JavaScript
12 7 (0.993%) VB.NET
13 5 (0.709%) FoxPro (VFP)
13 5 (0.709%) ABAP
14 3 (0.426%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.426%) Groovy
15 2 (0.284%) Bash shell
15 2 (0.284%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.284%) PHP
Qualifications
1 235 (33.33%) ISEB
2 168 (23.83%) ISTQB
3 85 (12.06%) Degree
4 29 (4.113%) Security Cleared
5 22 (3.121%) ISEB Practitioner
6 10 (1.418%) NVQ Level 3
6 10 (1.418%) HNC
7 7 (0.993%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.851%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.284%) PMP
9 2 (0.284%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.142%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.142%) HP AIS
10 1 (0.142%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (41.28%) QA
2 13 (1.844%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.142%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 12 (1.702%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.142%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 153 (21.70%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.142%) Puppet
Vendors
1 111 (15.74%) HP
2 67 (9.504%) Microsoft
3 56 (7.943%) SAP
4 49 (6.950%) Oracle
5 7 (0.993%) hybris
6 6 (0.851%) CA
6 6 (0.851%) Citrix
7 5 (0.709%) TIBCO
7 5 (0.709%) Cisco
8 4 (0.567%) Siebel
8 4 (0.567%) IBM
8 4 (0.567%) Salesforce.com
8 4 (0.567%) Ericsson
8 4 (0.567%) Cognizant
9 3 (0.426%) BT
9 3 (0.426%) Mercator
9 3 (0.426%) JDA
9 3 (0.426%) Fidessa
9 3 (0.426%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (0.426%) Ceridian
Test Lead (FitNesse, Test, ISEB/ISTQB)
Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom
To help provide guidance and assistance in client requirements definition.The candidate Test Lead must have - Qualified to ISEB/ISTQB Foundation level - Software testing. - Experience of using test...
OpenBet
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Test Lead (FitNesse)
West London
Qualified to ISEB/ISTQB Foundation level - Software testing. Experience of using test tools, enterprise and open source... Detailed knowledge of both Manual and Automated Testing. Experience of testing...
OpenBet Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 10 May 2013
Test Lead
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Test Lead your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Strong track record within testing and quality assurance Excellent knowledge of testing methodologies, industry standards, and tools.....
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Test Lead
Reading, Berkshire
As a Test Lead your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Strong track record within testing and quality assurance... ISEB) would be advantageous. Core project management skills: planning,...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Test Lead / Lead Test Analyst / Test Manager
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
An excellent opportunity has arisen within a leading organisation based in Cardiff. The organisation requires a Test Lead / Lead Tester to join its thriving Test team environment during...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Lead
Cambridge, East Anglia
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Test Lead at a Global manufacturing business based in Cambridge.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Senior Test Lead, Northwich, Cheshire - £30-35K
Northwich, North West
Senior Test Lead, Northwich, Cheshire - £30-35KOur client based in Northwich, Cheshire is currently looking for a Senior Test Lead. You will identify, define, and implement testing strategies...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Non Functional Test Lead
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The role includes the line and task management of the team, helping define and implement the test strategy, producing test effort estimates and resourcing and scheduling requests for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Non Functional Test Lead
Cambridge, East Anglia
The role includes the line and task management of the team, helping define and implement the test strategy, producing test effort estimates and resourcing and scheduling requests for...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Lead
Essex, South East
We are looking for a Test Lead to join PDD's Customer Technology division whose objective is to constantly improve, enhance and maintain the Set Top Box (STB)...
British Sky Broadcasting
Posted: 23 May 2013
Test Lead
Manchester, Lancashire
My client is looking to bring on board a Test Lead, the Test Lead will support company, departmental & project quality objectives through the planning, tracking, implementation & management of...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £30000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Test Lead / Manager - SAP FICO, GL
London
As Test Lead / Manager you'll be required to complete the Test Strategy, construct a meaningful Test Project Plan and oversee final preparation for system integration testing on...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Flexible Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Automation Test Leader
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, South East
The scope of the intelligent trading programme is to add intelligence and automation into the processes and decisions that are taken daily within the commercial area.The Test...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Senior Tester / Test Lead - to set up new test environment!
London
Key skills/experience needed :- Understanding of formal testing Understanding of the different types of testing Experience writing test plans- Experience writing and executing test scripts - Building regression test...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £50000 per annum + Good benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Tester/Test Lead
Crewe, North West
Tester- main duties will include Join an existing Agile team developing WPF .Net (Vb.net) applications and websites written with ASP.net/jQuery. Regression, performance and blackbox testing,...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 35k per year
Posted: 16 May 2013
QA Test Lead / Senior Tester - Mobile Testing
London
QA Test Lead / Senior Tester London to £60k... As the QA Test Lead / Senior Tester you will be responsible for leading a small, close knit testing team working...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + share options
Posted: 22 May 2013
QA Test Lead / Senior Tester - Mobile Testing
London
Job Role: QA Test Lead / Senior TesterLocation: LondonSalary: £45k to £60k + share optionsQA Test Lead / Senior Tester (Functional Testing iPhone / Android)... As the QA Test Lead / Senior Tester...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + share options
Posted: 22 May 2013
Test Lead
London
Edward Carter Solutions have an exciting opportunity for a Test Lead Consultant : My end user client in London has an excellent opportunity for a Test Lead who will...
Edward Carter Solutions
Salary: £50,000 + Excellent Benefits + Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Lead, Mobile Applications
City of London
Lead Tester, Mobile, Applications, Manual/Automation, Java, C Are you are looking for a new challenge in a cutting edge technology driven environment?... Are you a Mobile QA...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Good benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
IT Senior Test Lead
Bristol, Avon
Experience of SIT, UAT, PAT, message based testing... Experience of Test Environment requirements, management and configuration control. Experience of testing XML messaging, SOA and webservices (including use of...
Boeing
Salary: Competitive salary
Posted: 8 May 2013
Test Lead
London
Apple/ Blackberry Certification)... Experience in testing native / web applications on iOS, Android, Blackberry & Windows platforms... Significant experience in using test automation tools (including Selenium Web driver, SoapUI Pro,...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £60,000 to £65,000 per annum Holidays+ Pension + Health + Benefi
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Lead - Manchester
Manchester, Lancashire
In addition to this you will work with the technical design group to identify standards and areas for establishing high quality delivery working practices in System Testing, User...
Head Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Test Lead/Senior Tester - London
London
Great opportunity for a tester with experience testing high volume transaction engines to join an organisation in a lead role helping to oversee the testing of mobile apps...
E-Resourcing
Salary: £43000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
SIMULATIONS TEST LEAD - BRISTOL - £35k
Bristol, Avon
You will also need to have experience of auditing, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training... Due to the nature of the work and the sector, you will need to...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
PROJECT QUALITY MANAGER / TEST LEAD - £35k
Bristol, Avon
You will also need to have experience of auditing, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor training... Due to the nature of the work and the sector, you will need to...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
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