The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical 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 North East 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
Technical Lead
Rank - - 41
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 0 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East - - 1.121%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 1.225%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £419 £400
% change year-on-year
-4.53% +4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.22 - £37.50
All Job Titles
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
245 441 408
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 92.80% 92.26% 91.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 223 184
Average daily rate £300 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £229 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 39 26
Average hourly rate £11.00 £20.00 £16.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.00% +20.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.08 £9.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.51 £36.50 £25.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Technical Leader
England

Technical Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East Technical Leader Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Leader across the North East region.

North East Technical Leader Daily Rate Trend

Technical Leader
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited Technical 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 Technical Leader in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Handset
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) GWT
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) iPad
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) PhoneGap
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Banking

Technical Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited Technical 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 Technical Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) GWT
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) PhoneGap
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Handset
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) iPad
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA