The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Manager 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 Basingstoke 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 Manager
Rank 34 28 26
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 2 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 1.005% 1.058% 1.498%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.058% 1.205% 1.575%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £401 £425
% change year-on-year
-0.12% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.23
All Job Titles
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
189 166 254
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 94.97% 87.83% 95.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 52 95
Average daily rate £400 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £449
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 41
Average hourly rate £23.13 £19.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.71% -32.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £36.50 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Test Manager
Hampshire

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke Test Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Manager across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

Test Manager
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region that cited Test Manager 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 Manager in their job title.

1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) Electronics
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) French Language
4 1 (14.29%) German Language
4 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (14.29%) SOA
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) ISEB

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region that cited Test Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 3 (42.86%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) French Language
2 1 (14.29%) German Language
2 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) SOA
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) HP