The first table below looks at the demand for the Testing 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 Testing Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Testing Manager
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Testing Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.529% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.556% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £475 £400
% change year-on-year
-21.05% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
180 259 270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 95.24% 92.83% 92.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 127 132
Average daily rate £350 £361 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.91% +10.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 19 12
Average hourly rate £20.70 £29.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.63% +114.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.96 £12.00 £10.50
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%
Testing Manager
East of England

Testing Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Testing Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Testing Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Testing Manager Daily Rate Trend

Testing Manager
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Testing 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 Testing Manager in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Local Government
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing

Testing Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Testing 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 Testing Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 3 (100.00%) Local Government
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB