England Test Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Darlington Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Home Counties Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Poole Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear Tyneside UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Waterlooville West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	156	165
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	651	890
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.925 %	0.899 %
As % of the category below	1.119 %	1.051 %
Daily rates quoted	239	365
Average minimum daily rate	£435	£424
Average daily rate	£457	£447
% change on same period last year	+2.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£479	£471
UK excluding London average daily rate	£427	£414
% change on same period last year	+3.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£47.50	£55.00
Average hourly rate	£50.00	£57.50
% change on same period last year	-13.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£52.50	£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£46.13	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	58175	84697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.67 %	85.54 %
Daily rates quoted	19357	26249
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£390
Average daily rate	£400	£415
% change on same period last year	-3.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	5278	7537
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.52	£23.88
Average hourly rate	£24.06	£25.46
% change on same period last year	-5.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.60	£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.69	£25.18
% change on same period last year	-5.93 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Manager across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Manager across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the England region over the 3 months to 7 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+18	259	£492	+2.55 %
South East	+55	149	£444	+7.21 %
South West	-36	48	£441	+9.32 %
North West	+13	47	£450	+6.99 %
East of England	+20	38	£410	-8.98 %
Yorkshire	0	33	£369	-4.04 %
West Midlands	-5	28	£385	-9.43 %
Midlands	+36	25	£425	+2.82 %
East Midlands	-8	23	£421	+8.70 %
North East	+25	18	£479	+13.18 %
South Coast	+5	4	£500	+11.11 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 320 (23.83 %) Test Management 2 318 (23.68 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 306 (22.78 %) Finance 4 219 (16.31 %) Banking 5 214 (15.93 %) ISEB 6 207 (15.41 %) SAP 7 146 (10.87 %) Test Scripting 8 137 (10.20 %) TestDirector 9 128 (9.531 %) Security Cleared 10 119 (8.861 %) Government 11 109 (8.116 %) Migration 12 102 (7.595 %) Investment Banking 13 95 (7.074 %) Oracle 14 94 (6.999 %) Telecoms 15 93 (6.925 %) Software Testing

16 88 (6.552 %) PRINCE2 17 79 (5.882 %) QA 18 78 (5.808 %) Project Management 19 76 (5.659 %) SC Cleared 20 74 (5.510 %) Derivative 21 71 (5.287 %) Retail 22 67 (4.989 %) Integration Testing 23 60 (4.468 %) LoadRunner 24 59 (4.393 %) Performance Testing 25 55 (4.095 %) System Testing 26 49 (3.649 %) SQL 27 47 (3.500 %) QuickTest Pro 28 45 (3.351 %) HP 29 44 (3.276 %) Service Management 30 40 (2.978 %) ISEB Practitioner

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 28 (2.085 %) .NET 2 18 (1.340 %) Middleware 3 15 (1.117 %) J2EE 3 15 (1.117 %) WebSphere 4 14 (1.042 %) XML 5 13 (0.968 %) FpML 5 13 (0.968 %) WebServices 6 9 (0.670 %) EDI 7 8 (0.596 %) .NET Framework 8 4 (0.298 %) Application Packaging 9 3 (0.223 %) HTML 9 3 (0.223 %) XSL 10 2 (0.149 %) XSLT 10 2 (0.149 %) JSP 10 2 (0.149 %) SOAP 10 2 (0.149 %) SAP XI 11 1 (0.074 %) Spring 11 1 (0.074 %) Servlets 11 1 (0.074 %) ASP.NET 11 1 (0.074 %) J2ME	Application Platforms 1 17 (1.266 %) Documentum 2 13 (0.968 %) SharePoint 3 11 (0.819 %) CMS 4 10 (0.745 %) OpenROAD 5 7 (0.521 %) WebLogic 5 7 (0.521 %) SAP EP 6 6 (0.447 %) NetWeaver 7 5 (0.372 %) Portal Infranet 7 5 (0.372 %) IIS 7 5 (0.372 %) Tomcat 8 4 (0.298 %) MS Exchange 8 4 (0.298 %) Content Management Server 8 4 (0.298 %) Gentran 9 3 (0.223 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 3 (0.223 %) WPS 9 3 (0.223 %) BizTalk Server 9 3 (0.223 %) SAS 9 3 (0.223 %) CICS 10 2 (0.149 %) WebSphere MQ 10 2 (0.149 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 24 (1.787 %) MS Excel 2 20 (1.489 %) MS Project 3 14 (1.042 %) MS Office 4 13 (0.968 %) MS Visio 5 10 (0.745 %) MS PowerPoint 6 7 (0.521 %) CA Clarity 7 1 (0.074 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 32 (2.383 %) SAP HR 2 8 (0.596 %) Oracle EBS 3 7 (0.521 %) Movex 3 7 (0.521 %) SAP R/3 3 7 (0.521 %) SAP ERP 3 7 (0.521 %) Oracle BRM 4 5 (0.372 %) Endur 4 5 (0.372 %) Oracle Applications 5 4 (0.298 %) Oracle Financials 5 4 (0.298 %) SAP FI 5 4 (0.298 %) MAXIMO 5 4 (0.298 %) Loan IQ 6 3 (0.223 %) Advent Geneva 6 3 (0.223 %) SAP CO 6 3 (0.223 %) VisionPLUS 6 3 (0.223 %) Oracle 11i 6 3 (0.223 %) SAP CRM 6 3 (0.223 %) SAP Payroll 6 3 (0.223 %) SAP FI/CO 7 2 (0.149 %) SAP APO
Communications & Networking 1 27 (2.010 %) GSM 2 9 (0.670 %) BSS 3 8 (0.596 %) Internet 4 7 (0.521 %) RNC 5 6 (0.447 %) Firewall 6 4 (0.298 %) Broadband 7 3 (0.223 %) Intranet 7 3 (0.223 %) TETRA 8 2 (0.149 %) ATM 8 2 (0.149 %) Ethernet 8 2 (0.149 %) Wireless 9 1 (0.074 %) IPCC 9 1 (0.074 %) Wi-Fi 9 1 (0.074 %) 3G 9 1 (0.074 %) CHAP 9 1 (0.074 %) DVB 9 1 (0.074 %) RTP 9 1 (0.074 %) INAP 9 1 (0.074 %) HTTP 9 1 (0.074 %) SNMP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 18 (1.340 %) Data Mining 2 17 (1.266 %) SAP BW 3 15 (1.117 %) SQL Server 4 13 (0.968 %) Oracle 10g 5 12 (0.894 %) Ingres 6 9 (0.670 %) Datawarehouse 7 7 (0.521 %) Oracle Reports 8 5 (0.372 %) DB2 8 5 (0.372 %) SAP BI 8 5 (0.372 %) SQL Server 2005 9 4 (0.298 %) SQL Server 2000 10 3 (0.223 %) ETL 10 3 (0.223 %) RDBMS 11 2 (0.149 %) MySQL 11 2 (0.149 %) BusinessObjects 11 2 (0.149 %) Reference Data 12 1 (0.074 %) Base SAS 12 1 (0.074 %) GIS 12 1 (0.074 %) Oracle 8/8i 12 1 (0.074 %) Oracle 9i
Development Applications 1 137 (10.20 %) TestDirector 2 60 (4.468 %) LoadRunner 3 47 (3.500 %) QuickTest Pro 4 29 (2.159 %) WinRunner 5 21 (1.564 %) ClearQuest 6 14 (1.042 %) Rational Robot 7 9 (0.670 %) RequisitePro 8 5 (0.372 %) Visual Studio 8 5 (0.372 %) Oracle Forms 8 5 (0.372 %) ClearCase 8 5 (0.372 %) Rational Rose 9 3 (0.223 %) Telelogic DOORS 10 2 (0.149 %) JUnit 10 2 (0.149 %) Rational Functional Tester 10 2 (0.149 %) JMeter 11 1 (0.074 %) Synon 11 1 (0.074 %) Bugzilla 11 1 (0.074 %) JIRA 11 1 (0.074 %) COOL:Gen 11 1 (0.074 %) QARun	General 1 306 (22.78 %) Finance 2 219 (16.31 %) Banking 3 119 (8.861 %) Government 4 102 (7.595 %) Investment Banking 5 94 (6.999 %) Telecoms 6 71 (5.287 %) Retail 7 37 (2.755 %) Pensions 8 35 (2.606 %) Back Office 8 35 (2.606 %) Billing 9 33 (2.457 %) Front Office 9 33 (2.457 %) Insurance 10 18 (1.340 %) Retail Banking 10 18 (1.340 %) Financial Institution 11 14 (1.042 %) General Ledger 12 13 (0.968 %) Manufacturing 13 12 (0.894 %) Education 14 9 (0.670 %) Health 15 6 (0.447 %) Legal 15 6 (0.447 %) Criminal Justice 15 6 (0.447 %) Police
Miscellaneous 1 74 (5.510 %) Derivative 2 23 (1.713 %) Equity Derivative 3 22 (1.638 %) Mainframe 4 18 (1.340 %) Equities 5 16 (1.191 %) Fixed Income 5 16 (1.191 %) EPoS 6 14 (1.042 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 11 (0.819 %) DTV 8 10 (0.745 %) Credit Risk 8 10 (0.745 %) Market Risk 9 9 (0.670 %) IBM Mainframe 9 9 (0.670 %) NHS 10 7 (0.521 %) STB 10 7 (0.521 %) Interest Rate Derivative 11 6 (0.447 %) SCADA 11 6 (0.447 %) IVR 11 6 (0.447 %) Chip and PIN 12 5 (0.372 %) EFT 12 5 (0.372 %) Credit Derivative 13 4 (0.298 %) Statistics	Operating Systems 1 40 (2.978 %) UNIX 2 26 (1.936 %) Windows 3 17 (1.266 %) VMS 4 14 (1.042 %) Linux 5 10 (0.745 %) Windows 2000 6 7 (0.521 %) Windows XP 7 6 (0.447 %) Red Hat Linux 8 5 (0.372 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 5 (0.372 %) Windows Server 2003 8 5 (0.372 %) AIX 9 3 (0.223 %) Solaris 10 1 (0.074 %) OS/390 10 1 (0.074 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 320 (23.83 %) Test Management 2 318 (23.68 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 146 (10.87 %) Test Scripting 4 128 (9.531 %) Security Cleared 5 109 (8.116 %) Migration 6 93 (6.925 %) Software Testing 7 88 (6.552 %) PRINCE2 8 78 (5.808 %) Project Management 9 76 (5.659 %) SC Cleared 10 67 (4.989 %) Integration Testing 11 59 (4.393 %) Performance Testing 12 55 (4.095 %) System Testing 13 44 (3.276 %) Service Management 14 39 (2.904 %) CRM 14 39 (2.904 %) ERP 15 36 (2.681 %) Automated Testing 16 35 (2.606 %) Stakeholder Management 16 35 (2.606 %) Data Migration 17 33 (2.457 %) Regression Testing 18 23 (1.713 %) Validation	Programming Languages 1 49 (3.649 %) SQL 2 24 (1.787 %) Java 3 19 (1.415 %) C 4 9 (0.670 %) VB 5 5 (0.372 %) VB.NET 5 5 (0.372 %) C++ 6 4 (0.298 %) COBOL 6 4 (0.298 %) C# 6 4 (0.298 %) PL/SQL 7 3 (0.223 %) Shell Script 7 3 (0.223 %) JCL 8 2 (0.149 %) Perl 8 2 (0.149 %) VBScript 8 2 (0.149 %) VBA 9 1 (0.074 %) Python 9 1 (0.074 %) PL/1 9 1 (0.074 %) SAPscript 9 1 (0.074 %) ABAP 9 1 (0.074 %) RPG 9 1 (0.074 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 214 (15.93 %) ISEB 2 40 (2.978 %) ISEB Practitioner 3 24 (1.787 %) Degree 4 22 (1.638 %) ISTQB 4 22 (1.638 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 15 (1.117 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 1 (0.074 %) ECDL 6 1 (0.074 %) Citrix Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 79 (5.882 %) QA 2 14 (1.042 %) Basel II 3 9 (0.670 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 6 (0.447 %) GxP 5 5 (0.372 %) HL7 6 4 (0.298 %) ISO9001 6 4 (0.298 %) SNOMED CT 7 2 (0.149 %) PCI DSS 7 2 (0.149 %) ISO27001 7 2 (0.149 %) SLA 7 2 (0.149 %) BS15000 7 2 (0.149 %) EFQM 8 1 (0.074 %) ISO8583 8 1 (0.074 %) GMP 8 1 (0.074 %) ISO9000
System Software 1 4 (0.298 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.149 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.074 %) SAP ITS	Systems Management 1 2 (0.149 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.074 %) MOM
Vendors 1 207 (15.41 %) SAP 2 95 (7.074 %) Oracle 3 45 (3.351 %) HP 4 32 (2.383 %) IBM 5 26 (1.936 %) Microsoft 6 21 (1.564 %) BMC 7 20 (1.489 %) Remedy 8 17 (1.266 %) Ericsson 9 14 (1.042 %) Citrix 10 12 (0.894 %) Calypso 11 11 (0.819 %) PeopleSoft 12 8 (0.596 %) EMC 12 8 (0.596 %) Sophis 13 7 (0.521 %) Retalix 13 7 (0.521 %) OpenLink 14 6 (0.447 %) Red Hat 15 5 (0.372 %) Thunderhead 16 4 (0.298 %) Telelogic 16 4 (0.298 %) Retek 16 4 (0.298 %) Borland