Test Leader Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 100 106 123
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 20 29 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.835% 0.922% 0.202%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.917% 1.009% 0.223%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 21 1
Average daily rate £345 £325 £245
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.15% +32.65%
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.15% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 - £42.50
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2180 2874 2686
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.02% 91.38% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 1030 1019
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £476 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 128 184
Average hourly rate £26.00 £19.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -30.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Leader
South East

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Test Leader across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Test Leader Jobs Demand Trend

Test Leader
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Leader across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Leader Daily Rate Trend

Test Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Leader across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Test Leader Daily Rate Histogram

Test Leader
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Leader within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough -6 7 £357 +2.00%
Maidenhead - 3 - -
Test Leader
South East

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Test Leader in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Test Leader in their job title.

1 17 (58.62%) Telecoms
2 13 (44.83%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (44.83%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (41.38%) Ab Initio
3 12 (41.38%) Teradata
4 9 (31.03%) Test Scripting
4 9 (31.03%) HP Quality Center
5 7 (24.14%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (20.69%) Ericsson
6 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
6 6 (20.69%) Software Testing
6 6 (20.69%) Test Strategy
7 5 (17.24%) Huawei
7 5 (17.24%) LTE
7 5 (17.24%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 5 (17.24%) SQL
7 5 (17.24%) Oracle
7 5 (17.24%) Ethernet
7 5 (17.24%) ETL
7 5 (17.24%) ATM
7 5 (17.24%) SDH
7 5 (17.24%) QA
7 5 (17.24%) 2G
7 5 (17.24%) 3G
7 5 (17.24%) NEC
8 4 (13.79%) Finance
8 4 (13.79%) 4G
9 3 (10.34%) Manual Testing
9 3 (10.34%) Migration
9 3 (10.34%) French Language

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Test Leader in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Test Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.897%) .NET
2 1 (3.448%) soapUI
2 1 (3.448%) REST
2 1 (3.448%) SOAP
2 1 (3.448%) Web Services
2 1 (3.448%) XML
2 1 (3.448%) HTML
2 1 (3.448%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) Windows Azure
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) LTE
1 5 (17.24%) Ethernet
1 5 (17.24%) ATM
1 5 (17.24%) SDH
1 5 (17.24%) 2G
1 5 (17.24%) 3G
2 4 (13.79%) 4G
3 1 (3.448%) VoIP
3 1 (3.448%) HTTP
3 1 (3.448%) Wireshark
3 1 (3.448%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (44.83%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.448%) LoadRunner
1 1 (3.448%) JIRA
1 1 (3.448%) Selenium
1 1 (3.448%) TestPartner
General
1 17 (58.62%) Telecoms
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) French Language
3 3 (10.34%) German Language
3 3 (10.34%) Italian Language
3 3 (10.34%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (3.448%) Smartphone
1 1 (3.448%) AS400
1 1 (3.448%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.448%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.448%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (31.03%) Test Scripting
3 7 (24.14%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (20.69%) Software Testing
4 6 (20.69%) Test Strategy
5 5 (17.24%) ETL
6 3 (10.34%) Manual Testing
6 3 (10.34%) Migration
7 2 (6.897%) Waterfall
7 2 (6.897%) Test Management
8 1 (3.448%) Analytics
8 1 (3.448%) Test Automation
8 1 (3.448%) ERP
8 1 (3.448%) Service Management
8 1 (3.448%) Regression Testing
8 1 (3.448%) SAP Implementation
8 1 (3.448%) Performance Testing
8 1 (3.448%) Stress Testing
8 1 (3.448%) Security Testing
8 1 (3.448%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) SQL
2 2 (6.897%) C#
3 1 (3.448%) C++
3 1 (3.448%) Java
3 1 (3.448%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.448%) VB
3 1 (3.448%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 2 (6.897%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) ISEB
2 1 (3.448%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) QA
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Ab Initio
1 12 (41.38%) Teradata
2 6 (20.69%) Ericsson
3 5 (17.24%) Huawei
3 5 (17.24%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 5 (17.24%) Oracle
3 5 (17.24%) NEC
4 2 (6.897%) HP
4 2 (6.897%) SAP
5 1 (3.448%) Siebel
5 1 (3.448%) Microsoft
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