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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 46 56 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 6 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 2.076% 2.825% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.182% 2.857% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £52,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
+4.93% +5.19%
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
275 350 518
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 95.16% 98.87% 97.19%
Number of salaries quoted 210 236 380
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,300 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Leader
Hertfordshire

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Test Leader Salary Trend

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 10 (90.91%) HP Quality Center
2 9 (81.82%) MS Project
2 9 (81.82%) MS Excel
2 9 (81.82%) MS Visio
2 9 (81.82%) ISEB
2 9 (81.82%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (72.73%) Integration Testing
4 7 (63.64%) QA
5 6 (54.55%) Test Management
5 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
5 6 (54.55%) SAP
5 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (54.55%) Test Strategy
6 5 (45.45%) Windows
6 5 (45.45%) SAP FI
6 5 (45.45%) ISTQB
6 5 (45.45%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (45.45%) SAP CO
7 4 (36.36%) SAN
7 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
7 4 (36.36%) LAN
7 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
7 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
8 3 (27.27%) Citrix
8 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
9 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
10 1 (9.091%) TDD
10 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
10 1 (9.091%) Validation

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 1 (9.091%) .NET
Applications
1 9 (81.82%) MS Project
1 9 (81.82%) MS Excel
1 9 (81.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (45.45%) SAP FI
1 5 (45.45%) SAP FI/CO
1 5 (45.45%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) SAN
1 4 (36.36%) LAN
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Windows 7
2 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
3 1 (9.091%) Linux
3 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (72.73%) Integration Testing
3 6 (54.55%) Test Management
3 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
3 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (54.55%) Test Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (9.091%) TDD
6 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Validation
6 1 (9.091%) Scrum
6 1 (9.091%) Manual Testing
6 1 (9.091%) Project Management
6 1 (9.091%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.091%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) Java
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) ISEB
2 5 (45.45%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) QA
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (90.91%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) SAP
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) HP