Test Leader Job Trends in Swansea
Test Lead
West Wales > Swansea
The median Test Lead salary in Swansea is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 81 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent Test Leader jobs | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea | 0.55% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.63% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £48,750 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Wales median annual salary | £47,500 | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Swansea
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Swansea matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 10 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in Swansea matching a recognised job title | 474 | 43 | 118 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 87.45% | 89.58% | 100.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 328 | 28 | 87 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,250 | £30,275 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £37,733 | £30,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £45,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.22% | +12.50% | -11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £61,250 | £55,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £76,275 | £68,000 |
| West Wales median annual salary | £50,000 | £45,250 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.50% | +13.13% | -11.11% |
Test Leader Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Test Leader job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Swansea.
Test Leader Salary Trend in Swansea
Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Swansea.
Test Leader Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea
For the 6 months to 10 November 2026, Test Leader job ads cited 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 Test Leader job ads across the Swansea region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accessibility | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Agile | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | AWS Lambda | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Azure DevOps | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Community of Practice | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Cypress.io | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Data Strategy | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Defect Tracking | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | End-to-End Testing | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | GitHub | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | GitHub Actions | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | GitLab | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Integration Testing | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | ISTQB | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | ISTQB Advanced Certification | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Java | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Jenkins | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Jest | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | JIRA | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | JUnit | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Kanban | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Microservices | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Newman | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Node.js | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Non-Functional Testing | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Operational Acceptance Criteria | 100.0% | 3 |
Test Leader Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
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