Test Leader Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland 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 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 Scotland 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
Test Lead
Rank 109 86 98
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 11 19 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.451% 0.717% 0.570%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.487% 0.764% 0.605%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 8
Average daily rate £330 £375 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £319 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -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
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2260 2488 2644
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.66% 93.92% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1098 1220 1303
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £216 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 110 97
Average hourly rate £15.50 £22.50 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.11% +47.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £33.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Leader
UK

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Edinburgh +10 9 £330 -16.45%
Glasgow -23 2 £335 +5.01%
Test Leader
UK

Test Leader
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (53.33%) HP Quality Center
3 7 (46.67%) ISEB
4 6 (40.00%) Banking
5 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
6 3 (20.00%) ISTQB
7 2 (13.33%) Retail Banking
7 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
7 2 (13.33%) Retail
7 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (6.667%) Investment Banking
8 1 (6.667%) Logistics
8 1 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
8 1 (6.667%) TestDirector
8 1 (6.667%) Basel II
8 1 (6.667%) SQL
8 1 (6.667%) Business Objects
8 1 (6.667%) MS Project
8 1 (6.667%) COM
8 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
8 1 (6.667%) MS Access
8 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
8 1 (6.667%) Investment Management
8 1 (6.667%) Credit Risk
8 1 (6.667%) Project Governance
8 1 (6.667%) Test Strategy
8 1 (6.667%) User Stories

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 (6.667%) COM
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Project
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) TestDirector
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (13.33%) Retail
3 2 (13.33%) Retail Banking
4 1 (6.667%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
4 1 (6.667%) Investment Management
4 1 (6.667%) Project Governance
4 1 (6.667%) Test Strategy
4 1 (6.667%) User Stories
4 1 (6.667%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) ISEB
2 3 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (6.667%) Business Objects
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
Test Lead
Edinburgh, Scotland
Test Lead, Scotland, Investment Banking, £400-450 per day A leading banking client in Edinburgh urgently requires a Test Lead, to work on a 6-month rolling contract...
Orgtel
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Test Lead/PMO Hybrid, Scotland, Banking, £250-300
Scotland
You will meet the following requirements: A hybrid of test lead and PMO experience, whereby the candidate can successfully co-ordinate different testing, face off to stakeholders, produce...
Orgtel
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Test Lead
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Experience of documenting test results, including faults and progress. Experience of liaising with developers to resolve faults and identify possible resolutions. Ability to understand software specifications/requirements when...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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