Test Leader Jobs in the Thames Valley

Test Lead
South East > Thames Valley

The median Test Lead salary in the Thames Valley is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 - 242
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 4 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.12% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £55,700 - -
25th Percentile £62,000 - £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.48%
75th Percentile £78,750 - £49,500
90th Percentile £79,500 - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +36.84% -8.65% -16.80%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,895 6,641 5,251
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.17% 94.60% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,218 4,545 3,088
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,750 £87,500
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 the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in the Thames Valley

Test Leader
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Test Leader in the Thames Valley

Test Leader
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Leader in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Leader in the Thames Valley

Test Leader
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 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
Oxfordshire - 2 £77,500 - 2
Berkshire - 1 £55,000 - 6
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 6
Test Leader
South East

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 30 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 Thames Valley region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Test Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Traceability Matrix
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
4 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Resilience Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (25.00%) Concur
4 1 (25.00%) Escalation Management
4 1 (25.00%) Conflict Management
4 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Financials
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Test Management
4 1 (25.00%) Conflict Management
4 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (25.00%) Escalation Management
4 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Resilience Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos
1 1 (25.00%) Concur
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP