Test Leader Contracts in the South West
 
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 South 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Lead
Rank 98 109 102
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 10 27 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.496% 0.835% 0.707%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.528% 0.896% 0.750%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 14
Average daily rate £330 £300 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £316 £233 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £420 £400
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
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South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
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 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South 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
Bristol +11 7 £330 +7.66%
Wiltshire -3 2 £345 +33.72%
Test Leader
England

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 11 (50.00%) ISEB
2 10 (45.45%) Finance
3 9 (40.91%) Retail
3 9 (40.91%) HP Quality Center
4 7 (31.82%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (31.82%) Banking
4 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
5 5 (22.73%) ISTQB
5 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
6 4 (18.18%) Degree
6 4 (18.18%) JIRA
6 4 (18.18%) Time Management
6 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
6 4 (18.18%) JMeter
6 4 (18.18%) HP
6 4 (18.18%) SQL
6 4 (18.18%) Oracle
7 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.64%) Retail Banking
8 2 (9.091%) Wealth Management
8 2 (9.091%) SCCM
8 2 (9.091%) Test Management
8 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
8 2 (9.091%) TDD
8 2 (9.091%) Change Management
8 2 (9.091%) CA
8 2 (9.091%) Unicenter
8 2 (9.091%) Windows
9 1 (4.545%) C

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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.

Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
1 4 (18.18%) JMeter
General
1 10 (45.45%) Finance
2 9 (40.91%) Retail
3 7 (31.82%) Banking
4 3 (13.64%) Retail Banking
5 1 (4.545%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
1 2 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (22.73%) Test Scripting
3 4 (18.18%) Time Management
3 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.091%) Wealth Management
5 2 (9.091%) Test Management
5 2 (9.091%) TDD
5 2 (9.091%) Change Management
6 1 (4.545%) Project Management
6 1 (4.545%) Regression Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Migration
6 1 (4.545%) Test Strategy
6 1 (4.545%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) ISEB
2 5 (22.73%) ISTQB
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 1 (4.545%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) QA
Systems Management
1 9 (40.91%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (9.091%) SCCM
2 2 (9.091%) Unicenter
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) HP
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle
3 2 (9.091%) CA
4 1 (4.545%) SAP
Non Functional Test Lead, Performance, Finance
Bournemouth, Dorset
Non Functional Test Lead, Team Management, Performance Testing, Loadrunner, Oracle, Banking and Finance. My client is looking for an experienced Non Functional Test Lead/Manager with a strong...
Aston Carter
Rate: £425 - £475 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Test Lead
South West
TEST LEAD RETAIL BANKING SOUTH WEST. My client has an urgent requirement for a Test Lead to join their team. The individual will have worked in large scale...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £370.00 - £390.00 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
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