Test Leader Jobs in the Midlands

Test Lead
England > Midlands

The median Test Lead salary in the Midlands is £52,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 September 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 242 332
Rank change year-on-year -32 +90 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 15 15 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.15% 0.24% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.26% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 28
10th Percentile £40,675 £48,850 £38,025
25th Percentile £41,688 £51,563 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.76% +13.51%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,625 £65,625
90th Percentile - £67,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £76,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +21.60% - +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 9,773 5,866 11,156
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 92.52% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5,650 4,130 7,166
10th Percentile £28,119 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £38,057
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,439 £77,500 £78,385
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +6.19%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Test Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in the Midlands

Test Leader
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Test Leader in the Midlands

Test Leader
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Leader in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Leader in the Midlands

Test Leader
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 September 2024. 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
West Midlands -7 13 £42,250 -23.18% 2
East Midlands -30 2 £60,000 +17.07%
Test Leader
England

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 7 September 2024, Test Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) DevOps
2 8 (53.33%) Regression Testing
3 7 (46.67%) SAP
3 7 (46.67%) Manual Testing
3 7 (46.67%) System Integration Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (40.00%) Test Scripting
4 6 (40.00%) Performance Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (40.00%) Azure
4 6 (40.00%) Software Testing
5 5 (33.33%) ISTQB
5 5 (33.33%) Agile
6 4 (26.67%) Selenium
6 4 (26.67%) SQL
7 3 (20.00%) ERP
7 3 (20.00%) Siemens
7 3 (20.00%) Salesforce
7 3 (20.00%) MHP
7 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (20.00%) Scrum
7 3 (20.00%) PLM
7 3 (20.00%) TDD
7 3 (20.00%) Integration Testing
7 3 (20.00%) Test Management
7 3 (20.00%) SaaS
7 3 (20.00%) Cucumber
7 3 (20.00%) BDD
7 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
1 6 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (20.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Selenium
2 3 (20.00%) Cucumber
2 3 (20.00%) SpecFlow
3 1 (6.67%) Appium
3 1 (6.67%) JUnit
3 1 (6.67%) TestNG
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) MHP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) DevOps
2 8 (53.33%) Regression Testing
3 7 (46.67%) Manual Testing
3 7 (46.67%) System Integration Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Performance Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Software Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (40.00%) Test Scripting
5 5 (33.33%) Agile
6 3 (20.00%) ATDD
6 3 (20.00%) BDD
6 3 (20.00%) ERP
6 3 (20.00%) Functional Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Integration Testing
6 3 (20.00%) PLM
6 3 (20.00%) Scrum
6 3 (20.00%) TDD
6 3 (20.00%) Test Management
6 3 (20.00%) Test Planning
6 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) SAP
2 3 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 3 (20.00%) Siemens