The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 Wales 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 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.704% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.754% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
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
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
398 532 608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 93.43% 93.33% 92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 257 279
Average daily rate £350 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £175 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 27 31
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -34.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £10.75 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £59.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales 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
South Wales - 3 £325 -
Test Leader
UK

Test Leader
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (20.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The suitable Test lead will be responsible for: The provision of assurance, through the testing of 'Proving cycles' so that the Implementation process is robust and fit for...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £390.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013