Senior etl tester vs etl lead

The differences between senior etl testers and etl leads can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a senior etl tester, becoming an etl lead takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, an etl lead has an average salary of $106,442, which is higher than the $97,296 average annual salary of a senior etl tester.

The top three skills for a senior etl tester include test plan, test cases and data validation. The most important skills for an etl lead are sql server, architecture, and data warehouse.

Senior etl tester vs etl lead overview

	Senior ETL Tester	ETL Lead
Yearly salary	$97,296	$106,442
Hourly rate	$46.78	$51.17
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	18,774	31,461
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	44	43
Years of experience	4	6

Senior etl tester vs etl lead salary

Senior etl testers and etl leads have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior ETL Tester	ETL Lead
Average salary	$97,296	$106,442
Salary range	Between $78,000 And $121,000	Between $83,000 And $135,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	NerdWallet
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between senior etl tester and etl lead education

There are a few differences between a senior etl tester and an etl lead in terms of educational background:

	Senior ETL Tester	ETL Lead
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior etl tester vs etl lead demographics

Here are the differences between senior etl testers' and etl leads' demographics:

	Senior ETL Tester	ETL Lead
Average age	44	43
Gender ratio	Male, 57.1% Female, 42.9%	Male, 74.2% Female, 25.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 8.2% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 25.6% White, 51.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	8%

Differences between senior etl tester and etl lead duties and responsibilities

Senior etl tester example responsibilities.

Manage departmental inventory and troubleshoot testing, reporting and inventory issues.
Create and execute test cases base on test strategy and test plans base on business requirement documents and ETL design documents.
Define data requirements and elements used in XML transactions.
Work on WESCOM which is a web application build on Java.
Compare query result sets from different database systems using UNIX diff command.
Verify data integrity by back-end testing of the application by writing SQL queries.

Etl lead example responsibilities.

Manage the issues raise from QA and assign work items to the team and take up critical work items.
Lead defect review meetings with business team leads as well as QA lead and prioritize development tasks around project milestones.
Involve in writing UNIX shell scripts and automate the sessions running processes and also write UNIX Perl scripts for business needs.
Provide technical leadership and manage all aspects of the SDLC process-requirement analysis, design, development, testing, and support/maintenance.
Administrate SharePoint database access; manage classified documents and applications.
Involve in writing TeraData scripts.

Senior etl tester vs etl lead skills

Common senior etl tester skills

Test Plan, 6%
Test Cases, 6%
Data Validation, 5%
PL/SQL, 4%
SQL Server, 4%
Unix, 4%

Common etl lead skills

SQL Server, 6%
Architecture, 5%
Data Warehouse, 5%
Unix, 5%
Data Quality, 4%
Informatica Powercenter, 4%