Test Leader Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly 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 South East 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 South 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 168 204 232
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 56 35 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.719% 0.345% 0.202%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.777% 0.374% 0.218%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 25 12
Average daily rate £350 £325 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £260 £338
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.15% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 - £42.50
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South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 716 825
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Test Leader Daily Rate Trend

Test Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Leader across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Test Leader Daily Rate Histogram

Test Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Leader across the South East region.

South East Test Leader Hourly 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 South East 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
Berkshire +6 20 £345 +6.15%
Hampshire 0 11 £325 -23.52%
Surrey +20 7 £388 +32.47%
Buckinghamshire - 6 £400 -
West Sussex +21 3 £305 -6.15%
Sussex - 3 - -
Kent - 3 £275 -
Middlesex - 1 £350 -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Home Counties - 1 £400 -
Test Leader
England

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 24 (30.38%) Test Scripting
2 20 (25.32%) Telecoms
3 18 (22.78%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (22.78%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (21.52%) ISEB
5 15 (18.99%) Oracle
5 15 (18.99%) Finance
6 13 (16.46%) User Acceptance Testing
6 13 (16.46%) HP Quality Center
7 12 (15.19%) Ab Initio
7 12 (15.19%) Teradata
7 12 (15.19%) Software Testing
7 12 (15.19%) SQL
8 11 (13.92%) Web Services
8 11 (13.92%) Test Strategy
9 10 (12.66%) QA
10 9 (11.39%) Scrum
10 9 (11.39%) SQL Server
10 9 (11.39%) Performance Testing
11 8 (10.13%) Visual Studio
11 8 (10.13%) SOAP
12 7 (8.861%) HP
13 6 (7.595%) Ericsson
13 6 (7.595%) LoadRunner
13 6 (7.595%) SAP
13 6 (7.595%) ISEB Practitioner
13 6 (7.595%) JMeter
13 6 (7.595%) Automated Testing
13 6 (7.595%) ISTQB
13 6 (7.595%) Windows Azure

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 11 (13.92%) Web Services
2 8 (10.13%) SOAP
3 4 (5.063%) soapUI
4 3 (3.797%) WSDL
5 2 (2.532%) .NET
5 2 (2.532%) XML
5 2 (2.532%) BPEL4WS
6 1 (1.266%) REST
6 1 (1.266%) WebCenter
6 1 (1.266%) WF
6 1 (1.266%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.266%) JSON
6 1 (1.266%) Middleware
6 1 (1.266%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (7.595%) Windows Azure
2 4 (5.063%) ESB
3 2 (2.532%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (2.532%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (1.266%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (1.266%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.266%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (5.063%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (2.532%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.266%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.266%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.266%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.266%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.329%) LTE
1 5 (6.329%) 2G
1 5 (6.329%) ATM
1 5 (6.329%) SDH
1 5 (6.329%) Ethernet
1 5 (6.329%) 3G
2 4 (5.063%) BSS
2 4 (5.063%) 4G
3 3 (3.797%) HTTP
4 1 (1.266%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.266%) Firewall
4 1 (1.266%) LDAP
4 1 (1.266%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (22.78%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (11.39%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.532%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.532%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (2.532%) BODI
3 2 (2.532%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (2.532%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (1.266%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.266%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (1.266%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.266%) Oracle OWB
4 1 (1.266%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.266%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (1.266%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.266%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Visual Studio
2 6 (7.595%) LoadRunner
2 6 (7.595%) JMeter
3 4 (5.063%) QuickTest Pro
3 4 (5.063%) Selenium
4 3 (3.797%) TestComplete
5 2 (2.532%) FitNesse
5 2 (2.532%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (2.532%) MSTest
5 2 (2.532%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.266%) WebDriver
6 1 (1.266%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (1.266%) JIRA
6 1 (1.266%) TestPartner
6 1 (1.266%) TestDirector
General
1 20 (25.32%) Telecoms
2 15 (18.99%) Finance
3 5 (6.329%) Retail
4 3 (3.797%) French Language
4 3 (3.797%) German Language
4 3 (3.797%) Italian Language
4 3 (3.797%) Spanish Language
5 2 (2.532%) Banking
5 2 (2.532%) Billing
5 2 (2.532%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.266%) Automotive
6 1 (1.266%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.266%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.797%) Replication
2 2 (2.532%) Data Integration
3 1 (1.266%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.266%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.266%) Open Source
3 1 (1.266%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.266%) HACMP
3 1 (1.266%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.329%) Windows
2 1 (1.266%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.266%) Android
2 1 (1.266%) UNIX
2 1 (1.266%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (30.38%) Test Scripting
2 18 (22.78%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (16.46%) User Acceptance Testing
4 12 (15.19%) Software Testing
5 11 (13.92%) Test Strategy
6 9 (11.39%) Scrum
6 9 (11.39%) Performance Testing
7 6 (7.595%) Automated Testing
8 5 (6.329%) Test Management
8 5 (6.329%) Migration
8 5 (6.329%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (6.329%) ETL
9 4 (5.063%) Workflow
9 4 (5.063%) Manual Testing
9 4 (5.063%) Test Automation
9 4 (5.063%) Automation Testing
10 3 (3.797%) Penetration Testing
10 3 (3.797%) Configuration Management
10 3 (3.797%) CMMI
10 3 (3.797%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.19%) SQL
2 5 (6.329%) Groovy
3 3 (3.797%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.532%) C#
4 2 (2.532%) Java
5 1 (1.266%) Korn
5 1 (1.266%) Objective-C
5 1 (1.266%) VB
5 1 (1.266%) C++
5 1 (1.266%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (21.52%) ISEB
2 6 (7.595%) ISEB Practitioner
2 6 (7.595%) ISTQB
3 3 (3.797%) Degree
4 2 (2.532%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.266%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.266%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) QA
2 3 (3.797%) ISO 9000
3 2 (2.532%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.266%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (1.266%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.266%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (16.46%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (18.99%) Oracle
2 12 (15.19%) Ab Initio
2 12 (15.19%) Teradata
3 7 (8.861%) HP
4 6 (7.595%) Ericsson
4 6 (7.595%) SAP
5 5 (6.329%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 5 (6.329%) Huawei
5 5 (6.329%) Microsoft
5 5 (6.329%) NEC
6 3 (3.797%) Business Objects
7 2 (2.532%) Sitecore
8 1 (1.266%) Capita
8 1 (1.266%) KANA
8 1 (1.266%) VMware
8 1 (1.266%) Hyperion
8 1 (1.266%) Cognos
8 1 (1.266%) Siebel
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