Test Leader Job Trends in Staines

Test Lead
Surrey > Staines

The median Test Lead salary in Staines is £67,500 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 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Staines 11.48% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.07% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median annual salary £62,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Staines

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staines. 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 Staines with a recognized job title 58 35 25
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.08% 63.64% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 48 28 17
10th Percentile £33,800 - £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £41,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.15% -18.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
Surrey median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Staines

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 Staines.

Test Leader job vacancy trend in Staines

Test Leader
Salary Trend in Staines

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Staines.

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Staines

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines

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 Staines region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) End-to-End Testing
2 4 (57.14%) QA
2 4 (57.14%) Regression Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Service Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
2 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) API Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Cross-Browser Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
3 3 (42.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) JIRA
3 3 (42.86%) Logistics
3 3 (42.86%) Non-Functional Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Postman
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines 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 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
1 3 (42.86%) Postman
1 3 (42.86%) Selenium
1 3 (42.86%) SoapUI
1 3 (42.86%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (42.86%) WebDriver
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
1 7 (100.00%) Legal
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (42.86%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) End-to-End Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Regression Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Service Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
2 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) API Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Cross-Browser Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Logistics
3 3 (42.86%) Non-Functional Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) Test Management
3 3 (42.86%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
1 3 (42.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA