Test Leader Jobs in Oxfordshire

Test Lead
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Test Lead salary in Oxfordshire is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £73,250 - -
25th Percentile £74,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £79,375 - -
90th Percentile £79,750 - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +36.84% -8.65% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 660 1,610 1,280
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.47% 95.83% 84.49%
Number of salaries quoted 349 1,280 785
10th Percentile £32,496 £29,000 £26,950
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £70,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in Oxfordshire

Test Leader
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Test Leader in Oxfordshire

Test Leader
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Oxford - 2 £77,500 -
Test Leader
South East

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 15 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Resilience Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS