The first table below looks at the demand for the Team Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Team Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 West Midlands 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Team Lead
Rank 83 91 78
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Team Leader 12 12 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.722% 0.533% 0.751%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.780% 0.574% 0.811%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 1
Average daily rate £330 £350 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% -41.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £378 £350 £395
% change year-on-year
+7.85% -11.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £38.75 £20.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+93.75% +31.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.75 £20.00 £15.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.75 £20.00 £15.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £20.93 £36.50
% change year-on-year
-4.44% -42.65%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1538 2089 1727
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.54% 92.80% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 689 956 785
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 172 146
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.49 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.30% -8.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Team Leader
England

Team Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Team Leader Jobs Demand Trend

Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Team Leader across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Team Leader Daily Rate Trend

Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Team Leader across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Team Leader Hourly Rate Trend

Team Leader
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Team Leader across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands Team Leader Hourly Rate Histogram

Team Leader
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Team Leader within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Shropshire +9 5 £330 -4.00%
Warwickshire -5 2 - -
Birmingham +7 1 £315 +215.00%
Worcestershire -11 1 £350 -6.66%
Team Leader
England

Team Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Team 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 Team Leader in their job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Oracle
2 6 (31.58%) SQL
2 6 (31.58%) UNIX
3 4 (21.05%) COOL:Gen
3 4 (21.05%) Open Workbench
4 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
4 3 (15.79%) Shell Script
4 3 (15.79%) Oracle OWB
4 3 (15.79%) IBM
4 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 3 (15.79%) Sun
4 3 (15.79%) HP
4 3 (15.79%) Dell
4 3 (15.79%) Project Management
4 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
5 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
5 2 (10.53%) Windows
5 2 (10.53%) SAP
5 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
5 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
5 2 (10.53%) Java
5 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
5 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.53%) Degree
5 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
6 1 (5.263%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
6 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure

Team Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Team 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 Team Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.263%) NetWeaver
1 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Open Workbench
2 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.263%) Simulink
3 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) SAP FI
1 1 (5.263%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (5.263%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) LAN
1 1 (5.263%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle OWB
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) COOL:Gen
General
1 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.263%) General Ledger
2 1 (5.263%) Electronics
2 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.263%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Automotive
2 1 (5.263%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) UNIX
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Project Management
1 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
1 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
2 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
3 1 (5.263%) RAD
3 1 (5.263%) SOA
3 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.263%) Software Engineering
3 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) Shell Script
3 2 (10.53%) Java
3 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.263%) ABAP
4 1 (5.263%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) ISEB
2 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle
2 3 (15.79%) IBM
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Sun
2 3 (15.79%) HP
2 3 (15.79%) Dell
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
4 1 (5.263%) Business Objects
4 1 (5.263%) StorageTek
4 1 (5.263%) VMware
West Midlands
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