Test Leader Job Trends in Devon

Test Lead
South West > Devon

The median Test Lead salary in Devon is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £61,250 - £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 544 446 308
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.45% 94.69% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 354 221 245
10th Percentile £26,650 £28,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,125 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,491 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% -3.35% +13.51%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £54,175
90th Percentile £70,875 £70,000 £63,900
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,997 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.84% -0.96% +5.00%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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 Devon.

Test Leader job vacancy trend in Devon

Test Leader
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Devon.

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Devon

Test Leader
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the Devon region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Plymouth - 1 £47,500 -
Test Leader
South West

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 31 December 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 Devon region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA