The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 24 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 City of London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 141 143 120
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 62 75 133
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.972% 0.954% 1.358%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.052% 1.043% 1.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 55 89
Average daily rate £506 £500 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £395
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £413 £425
% change year-on-year
- -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £48.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - £30.23
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5894 7192 8993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.40% 91.44% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4333 5169 6545
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 186 197
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.00 £41.28 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Manager
London

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Test Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 65 (54.62%) Banking
2 46 (38.66%) Finance
3 39 (32.77%) Test Management
4 36 (30.25%) Investment Banking
5 34 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 25 (21.01%) Test Strategy
7 20 (16.81%) QA
8 17 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (13.45%) HP Quality Center
10 14 (11.76%) Test Scripting
11 13 (10.92%) Retail
12 12 (10.08%) HTTP
13 10 (8.403%) HP
13 10 (8.403%) Migration
13 10 (8.403%) Retail Banking
14 9 (7.563%) ISEB
14 9 (7.563%) Regression Testing
15 8 (6.723%) Configuration Management
15 8 (6.723%) Project Management
16 7 (5.882%) Front Office
16 7 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
16 7 (5.882%) Risk Management
17 6 (5.042%) JIRA
17 6 (5.042%) SAP
17 6 (5.042%) Test Automation
18 5 (4.202%) Performance Testing
18 5 (4.202%) SQL
18 5 (4.202%) E-Commerce
18 5 (4.202%) Cognos
18 5 (4.202%) SAS

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 (0.840%) Mason
1 1 (0.840%) .NET
1 1 (0.840%) XML
1 1 (0.840%) Ruby on Rails
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.202%) SAS
2 2 (1.681%) CMS
2 2 (1.681%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.681%) MS Office
1 2 (1.681%) MS Excel
1 2 (1.681%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.840%) MS Project
2 1 (0.840%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.202%) SAP HR
2 2 (1.681%) LatentZero
2 2 (1.681%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.840%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.840%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.840%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.840%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.08%) HTTP
2 2 (1.681%) Network Security
3 1 (0.840%) NFC
3 1 (0.840%) FTP
3 1 (0.840%) VPN
3 1 (0.840%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.681%) EDRMS
2 2 (1.681%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.840%) Big Data
3 1 (0.840%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (0.840%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.840%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 6 (5.042%) JIRA
2 4 (3.361%) LoadRunner
3 2 (1.681%) WinRunner
3 2 (1.681%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.840%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.840%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.840%) WatiN
4 1 (0.840%) Selenium
General
1 65 (54.62%) Banking
2 46 (38.66%) Finance
3 36 (30.25%) Investment Banking
4 13 (10.92%) Retail
5 10 (8.403%) Retail Banking
6 7 (5.882%) Front Office
7 5 (4.202%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.521%) Back Office
9 2 (1.681%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.840%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.840%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.840%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.202%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 5 (4.202%) Credit Risk
1 5 (4.202%) Market Risk
1 5 (4.202%) Derivative
2 3 (2.521%) Equity Derivative
3 2 (1.681%) Ergonomics
3 2 (1.681%) Mainframe
3 2 (1.681%) Data Conversion
4 1 (0.840%) SWIFT
4 1 (0.840%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.840%) Reference Data
4 1 (0.840%) SaaS
4 1 (0.840%) PMI
4 1 (0.840%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.840%) Statistics
4 1 (0.840%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (0.840%) Online Banking
4 1 (0.840%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (0.840%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.840%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.77%) Test Management
2 34 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 25 (21.01%) Test Strategy
4 17 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (11.76%) Test Scripting
6 10 (8.403%) Migration
7 9 (7.563%) Regression Testing
8 8 (6.723%) Configuration Management
8 8 (6.723%) Project Management
9 7 (5.882%) Risk Management
10 6 (5.042%) Test Automation
11 5 (4.202%) Performance Testing
11 5 (4.202%) E-Commerce
11 5 (4.202%) Business Intelligence
12 4 (3.361%) Agile Software Development
12 4 (3.361%) Asset Management
12 4 (3.361%) Automated Testing
12 4 (3.361%) Change Management
13 3 (2.521%) Waterfall
13 3 (2.521%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.202%) SQL
2 3 (2.521%) C
2 3 (2.521%) C++
3 2 (1.681%) VBScript
3 2 (1.681%) VB
3 2 (1.681%) VBA
4 1 (0.840%) Fortran
4 1 (0.840%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (7.563%) ISEB
2 5 (4.202%) Degree
3 2 (1.681%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.840%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.840%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.840%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.81%) QA
2 4 (3.361%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.840%) Basel III
3 1 (0.840%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.840%) Basel II
System Software
1 1 (0.840%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (13.45%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.840%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 10 (8.403%) HP
2 6 (5.042%) SAP
3 5 (4.202%) Cognos
4 3 (2.521%) Oracle
5 2 (1.681%) Microsoft
5 2 (1.681%) thinkFolio
5 2 (1.681%) Cadis
6 1 (0.840%) RedPrairie
6 1 (0.840%) NorthgateArinso
6 1 (0.840%) Siebel
6 1 (0.840%) Murex
6 1 (0.840%) Calypso
6 1 (0.840%) Business Objects
6 1 (0.840%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.840%) CA
6 1 (0.840%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (0.840%) Reuters
6 1 (0.840%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.840%) Northgate
6 1 (0.840%) FatWire
City, London
My client a top tier Investment Bank is looking for a Liquidity Test Manager to join their team. The Test Manager will require strong working level knowledge of...
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
The Test Analyst with mainly focus on confirming that the developed solution to produce the monthly CRA Data Sharing files is operating as specified.You must be an...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £450 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
City of London
Seasoned Test professional with experience of detailed testing of Financial systems Practical experience in formalised, structured testing Familiar with test automation Ability to investigate causes of defects at...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Test Lead / Test Manager sought by leading investment bank based in the city of London.
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
You will also be required to prepare test strategy documents covering test objectives, scope, environment, deliverables, roles and responsibilities, schedule, risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies Generating reports on...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
You will also be required to prepare test strategy documents covering test objectives, scope, environment, deliverables, roles and responsibilities, schedule, risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies Generating reports on...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Key Words: UAT, Test Manager, Business Analyst, Front Office, SQL, Access, Excel, Field Mapping, Cross Asset, Bonds, Equities, Loans, Debt, Commodities, FX, Rates, Credit, Global Markets, OTC Derivatives,...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
In addition to excellent leadership skills this role will require outstanding problem solving skills, attention to detail, strong analytical skills and the ability to think creatively about issue...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £700 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
You will be responsible for successfully delivering testing services to the companies standards by applying your technical expertise relating to automated testing (cucumber) and manual testing. The client...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £440 - £480 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
The UAT Test Manager would ideally have experience of Interest Rate Derivatives, FX, Loans or Deposits and a good understanding of the front to back office trade life...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Candidates must have a demonstrable history of successfully delivering testing within high value, long term Messaging & Collaboration projects or programmes utilizing Microsoft's M&C tools such as...
IT Human Resources
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
My client a top tier investment bank, is looking for a test manager with extensive investment banking experience. The test manager must have good experience of managing teams...
Aston Carter
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013