The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 112 125 117
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 6 7 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.257% 0.225% 0.295%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.276% 0.246% 0.319%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 9
Average daily rate £250 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +18.18%
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2173 2851 2817
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.22% 91.64% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1036 1402 1393
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 171 189
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Leader
England

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Test Leader Daily Rate Trend

Test 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 Leader within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +5 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 - -
Merseyside - 1 £350 -
Test Leader
England

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (50.00%) SAP
1 5 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (30.00%) HP
3 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (30.00%) Retail
4 2 (20.00%) Life Science
4 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) AS400
4 2 (20.00%) SAP SD
4 2 (20.00%) SAP MM
4 2 (20.00%) BC Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) SAP WM
5 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
5 1 (10.00%) JCL
5 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (10.00%) CICS
5 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
5 1 (10.00%) zOS
5 1 (10.00%) NHS
5 1 (10.00%) Siebel
5 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) COBOL
5 1 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (10.00%) Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) QA

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (10.00%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CICS
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP SD
1 2 (20.00%) SAP MM
2 1 (10.00%) SAP WM
2 1 (10.00%) SAP IS-U
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (30.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Life Science
1 2 (20.00%) AS400
2 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (10.00%) NHS
2 1 (10.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Test Management
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JCL
1 1 (10.00%) COBOL
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) BC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (30.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Siebel
Manchester, North West
Experience of both Automated and Manual testing would be preferable and experience of working in an Agile environment... Skills required: Selenium, QTP, Junit and Jbehave. The project itself...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Experience of both Automated and Manual testing would be preferable and experience of working in an Agile environment... Skills required: Selenium, QTP, Junit and Jbehave. The project itself...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013