The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex 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 19 June 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 East Sussex 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Job Titles
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
271 354 218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 95.09% 97.25% 95.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 171 143
Average daily rate £363 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.02% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 37 14
Average hourly rate £17.00 £21.75 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.83% +55.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.98 £175.00 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
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 East Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex Test Leader Daily Rate Trend

Test Leader
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 4 (100.00%) Scrum
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) FitNesse
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
2 2 (50.00%) Sitecore
2 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 (50.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Sitecore CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Selenium
1 2 (50.00%) FitNesse
1 2 (50.00%) Cucumber
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (50.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Sitecore