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Test Manager Contracts in Bedfordshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 17 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 Bedfordshire 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
17 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 25 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 8 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 3.941% 0.370% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.167% 0.402% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £375 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £413 £423
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 - £30.23
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 192 249 236
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.58% 92.22% 93.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 129 107
Average daily rate £350 £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +20.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 15
Average hourly rate £35.50 £30.50 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.39% +12.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.62 £12.00 £12.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Manager
East of England

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Manager across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Bedfordshire Test Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Test Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Luton - 3 £325 - 3
Bedford - - - - 2
Test Manager
East of England

Test Manager
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 10 (76.92%) ISEB
2 8 (61.54%) Test Management
3 7 (53.85%) QA
3 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) CRM
5 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (15.38%) Local Government
6 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
7 1 (7.692%) ResourceLink
7 1 (7.692%) ISTQB
7 1 (7.692%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (7.692%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (7.692%) KANA
7 1 (7.692%) EDI
7 1 (7.692%) ERP
7 1 (7.692%) HP
7 1 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (7.692%) Finance
7 1 (7.692%) Migration
7 1 (7.692%) eCATT
7 1 (7.692%) Oracle
7 1 (7.692%) SAP
7 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
7 1 (7.692%) NorthgateArinso
7 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) EDI
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (7.692%) ResourceLink
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (7.692%) eCATT
General
1 2 (15.38%) Local Government
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Test Management
2 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) CRM
4 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
6 1 (7.692%) ERP
6 1 (7.692%) Migration
6 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) ISEB
2 2 (15.38%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (7.692%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle
1 1 (7.692%) SAP
1 1 (7.692%) HP
1 1 (7.692%) KANA
1 1 (7.692%) NorthgateArinso
Test Manager (Day Rate Contract)
Luton
The role will provide effective management and control of multiple test activities that are being delivered in a complex programme of work, providing the Programme Manager with management...
I4 Rec
Rate: £250 - 400 per day + Pro Rata
Posted: 11 June 2013
Test Manager (Day Rate Contract)
Luton, Bedfordshire
The Test Manager (Programme) role will be responsible for the test governance and successful delivery of test for the Programme where a high degree of stakeholder management is...
I4 Recruitment
Rate: £250 - 400 per day + Pro Rata
Posted: 11 June 2013
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