Test Leader Job Trends in Belfast

Test Lead
County Antrim > Belfast

As of 1 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Lead salary in Belfast.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
County Antrim median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Belfast. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 236 378 281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 98.18% 97.23%
Number of salaries quoted 124 204 216
10th Percentile £30,225 £35,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,713 £36,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,375 £76,250
County Antrim median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Test Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Test Leader job vacancy trend in Belfast

Test Leader
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Belfast.

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Belfast

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, Test Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Belfast region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Datadog
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) FinOps
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Locust
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Datadog
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Locust
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) FinOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform