The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Leader role in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 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 West Sussex 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
Test Lead
Rank 32 54 46
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 10 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.710% 0.159% 0.651%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.817% 0.166% 0.708%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
Average daily rate £320 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Job Titles
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
355 602 424
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 96.21% 95.56% 91.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 342 228
Average daily rate £363 £338 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.40% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £273 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 23 42
Average hourly rate £20.00 £26.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +23.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.80 £11.75 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Test Leader
South East

Test Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex Test Leader Daily Rate Trend

Test Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Leader across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Sussex Test Leader Daily Rate Histogram

Test Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 9 (81.82%) ISEB
2 8 (72.73%) Software Testing
3 6 (54.55%) HP
3 6 (54.55%) SAP
3 6 (54.55%) HP Quality Center
3 6 (54.55%) Test Strategy
4 5 (45.45%) Requirements Analysis
4 5 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Performance Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
5 4 (36.36%) Oracle
5 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
6 3 (27.27%) SAP PI
6 3 (27.27%) Smart Meter
6 3 (27.27%) IBM
6 3 (27.27%) Windows
6 3 (27.27%) AIX
6 3 (27.27%) Automated Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Test Management
6 3 (27.27%) Load Balancing
6 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
7 2 (18.18%) TestPartner
7 2 (18.18%) SAP CRM
7 2 (18.18%) QA
7 2 (18.18%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (18.18%) TestComplete
7 2 (18.18%) CRM
7 2 (18.18%) ISO 9000
7 2 (18.18%) XML
7 2 (18.18%) SQL

Test Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Application Development
1 3 (27.27%) SAP PI
2 2 (18.18%) XML
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) LoadRunner
2 2 (18.18%) TestPartner
2 2 (18.18%) TestComplete
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Software Testing
2 6 (54.55%) Test Strategy
3 5 (45.45%) Requirements Analysis
3 5 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Performance Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
5 3 (27.27%) Automated Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Test Management
5 3 (27.27%) Load Balancing
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) CRM
6 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
6 2 (18.18%) Non-Functional Testing
7 1 (9.091%) Change Management
7 1 (9.091%) Manual Testing
7 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) ISEB
2 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
3 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
1 2 (18.18%) ISO 9000
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) HP
1 6 (54.55%) SAP
2 4 (36.36%) Oracle
3 3 (27.27%) IBM