The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 21 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 Manchester 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 72 85 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.106% 0.308% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.113% 0.336% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -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
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
883 1192 952
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.54% 91.69% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 590 419
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 75 77
Average hourly rate £16.84 £18.50 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.00% +15.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £33.32 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Leader
North West

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Test Leader Daily Rate Trend

Test Leader
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) VSAM
2 1 (50.00%) ISPF
2 1 (50.00%) Life Science
2 1 (50.00%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) COBOL
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Siebel
2 1 (50.00%) CICS
2 1 (50.00%) zOS
2 1 (50.00%) JCL
2 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (50.00%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CICS
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP IS-U
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) VSAM
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
1 1 (50.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) COBOL
1 1 (50.00%) JCL
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Siebel