Test Manager Contracts in Cambridge
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 38 48 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.877% 0.239% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.977% 0.254% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
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
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 307 393 245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 89.77% 94.02% 98.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 198 124
Average daily rate £350 £310 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 51 47
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +168.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £10.38 £11.78
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £52.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Manager
Cambridgeshire

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Test Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 5 (62.50%) ISEB
1 5 (62.50%) QA
2 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
3 3 (37.50%) Automated Testing
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
3 3 (37.50%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Security Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Resource Management
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Management
3 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (25.00%) Scrum
5 1 (12.50%) E-Learning
5 1 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (12.50%) SAP
5 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
5 1 (12.50%) HP
5 1 (12.50%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Publishing
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Kindle
5 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Test Management

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Publishing
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) E-Learning
1 1 (12.50%) Kindle
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Management
2 3 (37.50%) Automated Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Resource Management
2 3 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Security Testing
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (37.50%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) CRM
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) ISEB
2 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) HP
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