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The table below looks at the demand for the Test Team Leader role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Team Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Testing Team Lead
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank361450
Rank change on same period last yearUp+89
Matching contract IT job ads4641
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.062 %0.040 %
As % of the category below0.156 %0.093 %
Daily rates quoted1614
Average minimum daily rate£363£418
Average daily rate£382£442
% change on same period last year-13.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£466
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£350
% change on same period last year-0.53 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£37.50
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£50.00£50.00
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2952544224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.91 %43.61 %
Daily rates quoted1261716632
Average minimum daily rate£405£425
Average daily rate£435£453
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£464£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted16282304
Average minimum hourly rate£23.77£23.98
Average hourly rate£25.42£25.70
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.07£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Test Team Leader EnglandTest Team Leader
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Test Team Leader
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Team Leader across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Test Team Leader Demand Trend

Test Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Test Team Leader Daily Rate Trend

Test Team Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Team Leader across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Test Team Leader Daily Rate Histogram

Test Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Team Leader across the London region.

London Test Team Leader Hourly Rate Trend

Test Team 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 Team Leader within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-2510£416+23.14 %
UxbridgeNew entry-9£388-
Test Team Leader EnglandTest Team Leader
England

Test Team Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Test Team 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 Team Leader in their job title.

114 (20.90 %)Test Scripting
114 (20.90 %)ISEB
114 (20.90 %)Finance
213 (19.40 %)Siebel
312 (17.91 %)TestDirector
411 (16.42 %)Software Testing
510 (14.93 %)User Acceptance Testing
510 (14.93 %)Migration
69 (13.43 %)Service Management
69 (13.43 %)J2EE
69 (13.43 %)Data Migration
78 (11.94 %)Banking
78 (11.94 %)SQL
87 (10.45 %)CRM
87 (10.45 %)Oracle
87 (10.45 %)Security Cleared
96 (8.955 %)Investment Banking
96 (8.955 %)Siebel Analytics
96 (8.955 %)Agile Software Development
96 (8.955 %)SQL Server
96 (8.955 %).NET
96 (8.955 %)CMS
105 (7.463 %)Government
105 (7.463 %)SQL Server 2005
105 (7.463 %)WebSphere
105 (7.463 %)System Testing
105 (7.463 %)QA
114 (5.970 %)SC Cleared
114 (5.970 %)Matrix Management
114 (5.970 %)SQL Server 2008

Test Team Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Test Team 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 Team Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (13.43 %)J2EE
26 (8.955 %).NET
35 (7.463 %)WebSphere
44 (5.970 %)XML
44 (5.970 %)XSLT
44 (5.970 %)Middleware
53 (4.478 %)WebServices
61 (1.493 %)SOAP
61 (1.493 %)Silverlight
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (8.955 %)CMS
24 (5.970 %)WPS
31 (1.493 %)IIS
31 (1.493 %)Tomcat
31 (1.493 %)Tuxedo
31 (1.493 %)SharePoint
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (5.970 %)MS Visio
23 (4.478 %)MS PowerPoint
23 (4.478 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (8.955 %)Siebel Analytics
21 (1.493 %)Oracle Financials
21 (1.493 %)Summit
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.493 %)Internet
11 (1.493 %)Firewall
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (8.955 %)SQL Server
25 (7.463 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (5.970 %)SQL Server 2008
41 (1.493 %)BusinessObjects XI
41 (1.493 %)Datawarehouse
41 (1.493 %)ETL
41 (1.493 %)Oracle 10g
41 (1.493 %)BusinessObjects
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (17.91 %)TestDirector
23 (4.478 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (4.478 %)Visual Studio
23 (4.478 %)ClearQuest
23 (4.478 %)Visual Studio Team System
32 (2.985 %)TestPartner
32 (2.985 %)LoadRunner
41 (1.493 %)Ant
41 (1.493 %)JUnit
41 (1.493 %)Oracle Forms
41 (1.493 %)Eclipse
41 (1.493 %)WinRunner
41 (1.493 %)Selenium
41 (1.493 %)Rational Performance Tester
41 (1.493 %)Rational Functional Tester
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (20.90 %)Finance
28 (11.94 %)Banking
36 (8.955 %)Investment Banking
45 (7.463 %)Government
53 (4.478 %)Retail
53 (4.478 %)Marketing
62 (2.985 %)Insurance
71 (1.493 %)Retail Banking
71 (1.493 %)Billing
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (2.985 %)Fixed Income
21 (1.493 %)Contract for Difference
21 (1.493 %)Spread Betting
21 (1.493 %)Credit Risk
21 (1.493 %)RIA
21 (1.493 %)Client/Server
21 (1.493 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (4.478 %)UNIX
21 (1.493 %)Windows
21 (1.493 %)Linux
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (20.90 %)Test Scripting
211 (16.42 %)Software Testing
310 (14.93 %)Migration
310 (14.93 %)User Acceptance Testing
49 (13.43 %)Data Migration
49 (13.43 %)Service Management
57 (10.45 %)CRM
57 (10.45 %)Security Cleared
66 (8.955 %)Agile Software Development
75 (7.463 %)System Testing
84 (5.970 %)V-Model
84 (5.970 %)SC Cleared
84 (5.970 %)Performance Testing
84 (5.970 %)Content Management
84 (5.970 %)Automated Testing
84 (5.970 %)Matrix Management
84 (5.970 %)E-Commerce
93 (4.478 %)SOA
93 (4.478 %)Load Testing
102 (2.985 %)Unit Testing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (11.94 %)SQL
22 (2.985 %)PL/SQL
22 (2.985 %)C
31 (1.493 %)C++
31 (1.493 %)Java
31 (1.493 %)JavaScript
31 (1.493 %)Shell Script
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (20.90 %)ISEB
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (7.463 %)QA
22 (2.985 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (19.40 %)Siebel
27 (10.45 %)Oracle
34 (5.970 %)Microsoft
42 (2.985 %)IBM
51 (1.493 %)Business Objects
51 (1.493 %)BMC
51 (1.493 %)JD Edwards
51 (1.493 %)Remedy