The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Tester role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lead Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Tester
Rank - - 126
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Tester 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - - 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £225 £373
% change year-on-year
+53.33% -39.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1876 2937 2830
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.38% 93.92% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1118 1762 1405
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £485 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 175 256
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £22.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -1.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.58 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Lead Tester
England

Lead Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Lead Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Tester
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lead Tester across the South West region.

South West Lead Tester Daily Rate Trend

Lead Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Tester within the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Somerset - - - -
Lead Tester
England

Lead Tester
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Lead Tester 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 Lead Tester in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (66.67%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Lead Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Lead Tester 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 Lead Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
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