Test Leader Job Trends in Warwickshire

Test Lead
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median Test Lead salary in Warwickshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 March 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 65 79
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Leader 3 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Warwickshire 0.33% 0.36% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.38% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £61,250 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -30.56% +80.00%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £92,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £70,079 £43,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +61.10% -51.67% +80.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 821 532 877
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 95.34% 91.93%
Number of salaries quoted 382 217 540
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +23.53% -19.05%
75th Percentile £71,875 £70,000 £60,188
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Test Leader job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Test Leader
Salary Trend in Warwickshire

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Warwickshire.

Salary distribution trend for Test Leader job vacancies in Warwickshire

Test Leader
Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 29 March 2026. 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
Warwick - 2 £60,000 -
Test Leader
West Midlands

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire

For the 6 months to 29 March 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 Warwickshire region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Dynatrace
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) LoadRunner
1 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dynatrace
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft