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This section looks at the demand for the Test Team Leader role in IT contracts within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Team Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Testing Team Lead
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank124124
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads69
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.195 %0.275 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£450£325
Average daily rate£475£331
% change on same period last year+43.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£338
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£355
% change on same period last year-0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads30813275
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.066 %3.262 %
Daily rates quoted782755
Average minimum daily rate£320£320
Average daily rate£341£341
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£361£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted292467
Average minimum hourly rate£18.92£21.96
Average hourly rate£20.49£23.70
% change on same period last year-13.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.05£25.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.68£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.85 %
Test Team Leader EnglandTest Team Leader
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Test Team Leader
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Team Leader across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Test Team Leader Demand Trend

Test Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Test Team Leader Daily Rate Trend

Test Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Test Team Leader Hourly Rate Trend

Test Team Leader
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Team Leader within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ShropshireDown-81£475-
Test Team Leader EnglandTest Team Leader
England

Test Team Leader
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Test 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 Test Team Leader in their job title.

14 (44.44 %)SQL
14 (44.44 %)Pensions
14 (44.44 %)User Acceptance Testing
23 (33.33 %)Data Migration
23 (33.33 %)V-Model
23 (33.33 %)Migration
23 (33.33 %)ISEB
23 (33.33 %)Oracle
32 (22.22 %)TestDirector
32 (22.22 %)Regression Testing
41 (11.11 %)Finance
41 (11.11 %)Retail
41 (11.11 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (11.11 %).NET
41 (11.11 %)XML
41 (11.11 %)UNIX
41 (11.11 %)Solaris
41 (11.11 %)LDAP
41 (11.11 %)IBM
41 (11.11 %)Microsoft
41 (11.11 %)Active Directory
41 (11.11 %)HP
41 (11.11 %)Integration Testing
41 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
41 (11.11 %)Manual Testing

Test Team Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Test 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 Test Team Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %).NET
11 (11.11 %)XML
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)LDAP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (22.22 %)TestDirector
21 (11.11 %)QuickTest Pro
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (44.44 %)Pensions
21 (11.11 %)Finance
21 (11.11 %)Retail
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)UNIX
11 (11.11 %)Solaris
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (44.44 %)User Acceptance Testing
23 (33.33 %)Data Migration
23 (33.33 %)V-Model
23 (33.33 %)Migration
32 (22.22 %)Regression Testing
41 (11.11 %)Integration Testing
41 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
41 (11.11 %)Manual Testing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (44.44 %)SQL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (33.33 %)ISEB
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (11.11 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (11.11 %)IBM
21 (11.11 %)Microsoft
21 (11.11 %)HP