Test Leader Contracts in Halifax
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 17 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 Halifax 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 0.862% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.943% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £315 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -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
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 106 234 106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 91.38% 96.30% 89.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 200 65
Average daily rate £363 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.47% +1.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £260 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £459 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +114.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Leader
West Yorkshire

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Test Leader Daily Rate Trend

Test Leader
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) QA

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) HP
Test Lead
Halifax, West Yorkshire
The Test Lead must have a strong track record on large business transformation projects... - Running a test team of over 10 people - Ability to hit the ground running -...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £390.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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