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The table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest Management
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8689
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads76
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.780 %0.650 %
Daily rates quoted43
Average minimum daily rate£303£351
Average daily rate£329£351
% change on same period last year-6.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£396
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.90£38.81
% change on same period last year+2.80 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads898923
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.280 %0.955 %
Daily rates quoted295190
Average minimum daily rate£379£356
Average daily rate£401£378
% change on same period last year+6.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted72117
Average minimum hourly rate£29.07£24.87
Average hourly rate£31.75£26.96
% change on same period last year+17.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.43£29.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Test Management EnglandTest Management
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Test Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Management across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East Midlands Test Management Demand Trend

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Management across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Test Management Daily Rate Trend

Test Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Management across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

East Midlands Test Management Daily Rate Histogram

Test Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicestershireUp+155£288-
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1£450-
Test Management EnglandTest Management
England

Test Management
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Test Management also 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 that cited Test Management.

16 (46.15 %)Oracle
16 (46.15 %)Migration
25 (38.46 %)Oracle HRMS
25 (38.46 %)User Acceptance Testing
25 (38.46 %)Data Migration
34 (30.77 %)Government
43 (23.08 %)Retail
52 (15.38 %)SAP
52 (15.38 %)ERP
52 (15.38 %)ISEB
52 (15.38 %)SAP HR
52 (15.38 %)Local Government
52 (15.38 %)Software Testing
52 (15.38 %)Stakeholder Management
52 (15.38 %)Data Cleansing
52 (15.38 %)Performance Testing
61 (7.692 %)BusinessObjects XI
61 (7.692 %)Data Validation
61 (7.692 %)Data Conversion
61 (7.692 %)Quality Management
61 (7.692 %)Oracle EBS
61 (7.692 %)Finance
61 (7.692 %)Validation
61 (7.692 %)Mainframe
61 (7.692 %)BusinessObjects
61 (7.692 %)Windows
61 (7.692 %)Business Objects
61 (7.692 %)SQL

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Test Management also 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 that cited Test Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (38.46 %)Oracle HRMS
22 (15.38 %)SAP HR
31 (7.692 %)Oracle EBS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (15.38 %)Data Cleansing
21 (7.692 %)BusinessObjects
21 (7.692 %)BusinessObjects XI
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (30.77 %)Government
23 (23.08 %)Retail
32 (15.38 %)Local Government
41 (7.692 %)Finance
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (53.85 %)Test Manager
25 (38.46 %)Analyst
33 (23.08 %)Systems Analyst
42 (15.38 %)Senior Manager
42 (15.38 %)Data Analyst
42 (15.38 %)Business Systems Analyst
42 (15.38 %)Business Analyst
42 (15.38 %)Senior Test Manager
42 (15.38 %)Oracle Analyst
42 (15.38 %)SAP Manager
42 (15.38 %)SAP Test Manager
42 (15.38 %)Senior SAP Test Manager
51 (7.692 %)UAT Test Manager
51 (7.692 %)Developer
51 (7.692 %)Business Objects Developer
51 (7.692 %)Business Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)Mainframe
11 (7.692 %)Data Conversion
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (7.692 %)Windows
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (46.15 %)Migration
25 (38.46 %)User Acceptance Testing
25 (38.46 %)Data Migration
32 (15.38 %)Performance Testing
32 (15.38 %)Stakeholder Management
32 (15.38 %)Software Testing
32 (15.38 %)ERP
41 (7.692 %)Quality Management
41 (7.692 %)Validation
41 (7.692 %)Data Validation
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (7.692 %)SQL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (15.38 %)ISEB
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (46.15 %)Oracle
22 (15.38 %)SAP
31 (7.692 %)Business Objects