The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Management 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the East Midlands 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 Management
Rank 76 70 68
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -2
Contract jobs citing Test Management 7 10 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.558% 0.729% 1.148%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.833% 1.133% 1.766%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 12
Average daily rate £375 £394 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £360 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £415 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £32.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.77% -0.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
840 883 906
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 66.99% 64.41% 64.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 449 392
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £245 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 49 65
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £57.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Test Management
England

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 24 May 2013.

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 24 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
Derbyshire - 2 £350 -
Northamptonshire +4 1 £525 +33.33%
Nottinghamshire - 1 - -
Test Management
England

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 8 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (16.67%) System Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
5 1 (8.333%) SaaS
5 1 (8.333%) Manual Testing
5 1 (8.333%) QA
5 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (8.333%) Finance
5 1 (8.333%) Publishing
5 1 (8.333%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (8.333%) Test Automation
5 1 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (8.333%) Usability Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Compatibility Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Volume Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Scalability Testing
5 1 (8.333%) E-Learning
5 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
5 1 (8.333%) Retail
5 1 (8.333%) Oracle
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.333%) ERP
5 1 (8.333%) HTTP

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
General
1 1 (8.333%) Finance
1 1 (8.333%) Publishing
1 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Test Leader
2 2 (16.67%) UAT Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Testing Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Software Testing Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Test Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Software Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Project Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.333%) QA Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Test Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) QA Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Test Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) SaaS
1 1 (8.333%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (16.67%) System Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
5 1 (8.333%) Manual Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (8.333%) Test Automation
5 1 (8.333%) Usability Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Compatibility Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Volume Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Scalability Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.333%) ERP
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (8.333%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle
1 1 (8.333%) HP