Test Leader Job Trends in Solihull

Test Lead
West Midlands > Solihull

The median Test Lead salary in Solihull is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Solihull 0.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £43,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +37.93% -51.67% +80.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Solihull

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Solihull. 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 Solihull with a recognized job title 107 148 192
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 91.93% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 80 85 146
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £54,375 £47,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £81,250 £68,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £49,995
% change year-on-year -6.87% +7.39% -4.77%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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 Solihull.

Test Leader job vacancy trend in Solihull

Test Leader
Salary Trend in Solihull

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Solihull.

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Solihull

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull

For the 6 months to 15 February 2026, 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 Solihull region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
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%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft