Test Leader Jobs in the North West

Test Lead
England > North West

The median Test Lead salary in the North West is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 288 285
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 7 7 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.088% 0.071% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.075% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 13
10th Percentile - £51,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -18.52%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,500 - £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £53,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.28% -17.31% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 7,314 9,309 7,031
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 94.56% 89.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,013 7,154 4,104
10th Percentile £26,955 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,345 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in the North West

Test Leader
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Test Leader in the North West

Test Leader
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Leader in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Leader in the North West

Test Leader
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Lancashire - 5 £47,500 -
Manchester +48 1 £47,500 -20.83% 6
Cheshire +1 1 £75,000 +50.00% 1
Test Leader
England

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, 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 North West region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Retail
1 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow
1 5 (71.43%) IT Audit
1 5 (71.43%) ITGC
1 5 (71.43%) QA
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 1 (14.29%) Playwright
3 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) BDD
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) SpecFlow
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Selenium
3 1 (14.29%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Finance

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
1 1 (14.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 5 (71.43%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
1 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) IT Audit
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (14.29%) BDD
3 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ITGC
1 5 (71.43%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow