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

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire 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 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 Berkshire 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 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 82 123 110
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 41 16 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.694% 0.525% 0.505%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.853% 0.576% 0.560%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 4
Average daily rate £378 £351 £443
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.70% -20.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £309 £344
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £470 £484
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £405 £425
% change year-on-year
+1.85% -4.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - £30.23
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2213 2776 2679
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.45% 91.05% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 979 1024
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 121 185
Average hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.89% -41.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.87 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire Test Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Manager across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Manager Hourly Rate Trend

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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Bracknell - 14 £358 -
Reading +16 7 - -
Slough - 3 - -
Newbury - 2 £488 -
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 19 (39.58%) Security Cleared
2 17 (35.42%) SC Cleared
3 14 (29.17%) Test Strategy
4 10 (20.83%) Finance
5 9 (18.75%) Oracle
5 9 (18.75%) Test Scripting
5 9 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
6 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
7 7 (14.58%) Windows
7 7 (14.58%) Validation
7 7 (14.58%) Migration
7 7 (14.58%) VMware
7 7 (14.58%) Telecoms
7 7 (14.58%) Test Management
7 7 (14.58%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (14.58%) HP Quality Center
8 6 (12.50%) QA
9 5 (10.42%) Test Automation
9 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (10.42%) ERP
10 4 (8.333%) SAP
10 4 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (8.333%) Agresso
10 4 (8.333%) Integration Testing
10 4 (8.333%) System Testing
10 4 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (6.250%) Smart Meter
11 3 (6.250%) Unit Testing
11 3 (6.250%) Selenium

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 3 (6.250%) .NET
2 2 (4.167%) Middleware
2 2 (4.167%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (4.167%) Gherkin
3 1 (2.083%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.167%) IIS
1 2 (4.167%) Tomcat
1 2 (4.167%) Windows Azure
2 1 (2.083%) ESB
2 1 (2.083%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (2.083%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.083%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.333%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.167%) LAN
1 2 (4.167%) WAN
1 2 (4.167%) BSS
2 1 (2.083%) Cisco ICM
2 1 (2.083%) LLU
2 1 (2.083%) SIGTRAN
2 1 (2.083%) BT 21CN
2 1 (2.083%) Internet
2 1 (2.083%) DSL
2 1 (2.083%) ADSL
2 1 (2.083%) ATM
2 1 (2.083%) Broadband
2 1 (2.083%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.083%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.083%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (6.250%) Selenium
2 2 (4.167%) Cucumber
2 2 (4.167%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.167%) LoadRunner
3 1 (2.083%) JIRA
3 1 (2.083%) WinRunner
3 1 (2.083%) TestDirector
General
1 10 (20.83%) Finance
2 7 (14.58%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.083%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.250%) Smart Meter
2 2 (4.167%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.167%) AS400
3 1 (2.083%) Handset
3 1 (2.083%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (2.083%) iSeries
3 1 (2.083%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.083%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.58%) Windows
2 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.167%) Windows 7
4 2 (4.167%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.17%) Test Strategy
2 9 (18.75%) Test Scripting
2 9 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (14.58%) Validation
4 7 (14.58%) Migration
4 7 (14.58%) Test Management
5 5 (10.42%) Test Automation
5 5 (10.42%) ERP
6 4 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (8.333%) System Testing
6 4 (8.333%) Integration Testing
7 3 (6.250%) Programme Management
7 3 (6.250%) Unit Testing
7 3 (6.250%) SOA
7 3 (6.250%) Process Management
7 3 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (4.167%) Regression Testing
8 2 (4.167%) eTOM
8 2 (4.167%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.167%) C#
1 2 (4.167%) SQL
2 1 (2.083%) RPG
Qualifications
1 19 (39.58%) Security Cleared
2 17 (35.42%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.083%) ISEB
3 1 (2.083%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (2.083%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.167%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.167%) VMware ESX
2 2 (4.167%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (14.58%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Oracle
2 7 (14.58%) VMware
3 4 (8.333%) SAP
4 3 (6.250%) Siebel
4 3 (6.250%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.250%) HP
5 2 (4.167%) NetApp
5 2 (4.167%) IBM
6 1 (2.083%) Infor
6 1 (2.083%) Lotus
6 1 (2.083%) JD Edwards
6 1 (2.083%) Sage
6 1 (2.083%) Cisco
6 1 (2.083%) PeopleSoft
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