The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 18 June 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 Edinburgh 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 56 36 32
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 7 25 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.757% 2.354% 2.999%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.803% 2.480% 3.208%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 15
Average daily rate £450 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £386 £314 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £650 £590
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £413 £424
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 - £30.23
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
872 1008 1247
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.27% 94.92% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 468 616
Average daily rate £400 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 29
Average hourly rate £13.93 £20.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.35% +30.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £9.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £32.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Manager
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Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Banking
2 6 (46.15%) Test Management
3 5 (38.46%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) ISEB
5 3 (23.08%) Retail
5 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
5 3 (23.08%) Retail Banking
5 3 (23.08%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (15.38%) Financial Institution
6 2 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (7.692%) LoadRunner
7 1 (7.692%) TestDirector
7 1 (7.692%) Web Services
7 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (7.692%) ETL
7 1 (7.692%) HP
7 1 (7.692%) Mainframe
7 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (7.692%) Performance Testing
7 1 (7.692%) Test Scripting
7 1 (7.692%) System Testing
7 1 (7.692%) Test Automation
7 1 (7.692%) Release Management
7 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
7 1 (7.692%) Investment Banking
7 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
7 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Engagement

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (7.692%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (7.692%) LoadRunner
2 1 (7.692%) TestDirector
General
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Banking
3 3 (23.08%) Retail
3 3 (23.08%) Retail Banking
4 2 (15.38%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.692%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Test Management
2 5 (38.46%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 1 (7.692%) ETL
5 1 (7.692%) Performance Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
5 1 (7.692%) Release Management
5 1 (7.692%) Test Scripting
5 1 (7.692%) System Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.692%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) ISEB
1 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) HP
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