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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 155 145 -
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 19 26 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.523% 0.816% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.550% 0.839% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 22 0
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3457 3099 2895
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.08% 97.24% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2758 2585 2426
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Leader
Yorkshire

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Test Leader Salary Trend

Test Leader
Salary Histogram

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -24 13 £40,000 -
Bradford - 3 - -
Wakefield - 1 £25,000 -
Test Leader
Yorkshire

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 23 (47.92%) QA
2 18 (37.50%) .NET
2 18 (37.50%) Automated Testing
3 17 (35.42%) User Acceptance Testing
4 16 (33.33%) LoadRunner
4 16 (33.33%) Java
4 16 (33.33%) Performance Testing
5 15 (31.25%) OpenSTA
5 15 (31.25%) JMeter
6 13 (27.08%) E-Commerce
6 13 (27.08%) Non-Functional Testing
7 10 (20.83%) Test Scripting
8 9 (18.75%) Test Management
9 7 (14.58%) Selenium
9 7 (14.58%) ISTQB
10 6 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (10.42%) ISEB
12 4 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
12 4 (8.333%) Finance
12 4 (8.333%) Degree
12 4 (8.333%) Software Testing
13 3 (6.250%) Logistics
13 3 (6.250%) Matrix Management
13 3 (6.250%) Workflow
13 3 (6.250%) SQL
13 3 (6.250%) Cucumber
13 3 (6.250%) Test Automation
13 3 (6.250%) Test Strategy
14 2 (4.167%) BDD
14 2 (4.167%) Tcl

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 18 (37.50%) .NET
2 1 (2.083%) HTML
2 1 (2.083%) XML Schema
2 1 (2.083%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.083%) Web Services
2 1 (2.083%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.083%) Internet
1 1 (2.083%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.083%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.083%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (33.33%) LoadRunner
2 15 (31.25%) OpenSTA
2 15 (31.25%) JMeter
3 7 (14.58%) Selenium
4 4 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (6.250%) Cucumber
6 1 (2.083%) Visual Studio
6 1 (2.083%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (8.333%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.167%) STB
2 1 (2.083%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.083%) UNIX
1 1 (2.083%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Automated Testing
2 17 (35.42%) User Acceptance Testing
3 16 (33.33%) Performance Testing
4 13 (27.08%) E-Commerce
4 13 (27.08%) Non-Functional Testing
5 10 (20.83%) Test Scripting
6 9 (18.75%) Test Management
7 6 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (8.333%) Software Testing
9 3 (6.250%) Logistics
9 3 (6.250%) Matrix Management
9 3 (6.250%) Workflow
9 3 (6.250%) Test Automation
9 3 (6.250%) Test Strategy
10 2 (4.167%) BDD
10 2 (4.167%) Scrum
10 2 (4.167%) TDD
11 1 (2.083%) CRM
11 1 (2.083%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (33.33%) Java
2 3 (6.250%) SQL
3 2 (4.167%) Tcl
3 2 (4.167%) Python
4 1 (2.083%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) ISTQB
2 5 (10.42%) ISEB
3 4 (8.333%) Degree
4 1 (2.083%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (47.92%) QA
2 1 (2.083%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.083%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (4.167%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.083%) HP