Test Leader Contracts in Leeds
 
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 Leeds 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 Leeds 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 68 65 53
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 6 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.812% 0.230% 0.157%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.858% 0.243% 0.164%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £313 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.07% -
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
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 699 824 608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 94.59% 94.82% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 473 281
Average daily rate £300 £338 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +3.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £212 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 48 47
Average hourly rate £12.50 £14.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £7.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.30 £40.90 £24.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Test Leader Daily Rate Trend

Test Leader
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 5 (62.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (25.00%) ISEB
3 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
4 1 (12.50%) Selenium
4 1 (12.50%) JMeter
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 1 (12.50%) MS Project
4 1 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
4 1 (12.50%) HTTP
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) SSL
4 1 (12.50%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 (12.50%) MS Project
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
1 1 (12.50%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
1 1 (12.50%) JMeter
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
3 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISEB
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) HP
Find IT Jobs| About us| Contact us| Copyright| Disclaimer| Privacy Policy & Cookies
Last Updated Friday 24 May 2013
IT Jobs Watch, Tracking the IT Job Market
Copyright © 2004-2013 Paradigm Software (UK) Limited. All rights reserved.