The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 19 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 Glasgow 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 73 54 37
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 2 5 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.222% 0.614% 3.506%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.238% 0.648% 3.729%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 16
Average daily rate £355 £350 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -26.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £330 £413
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £450 £588
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £401 £425
% change year-on-year
-0.12% -5.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.23
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
839 772 724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 93.33% 94.84% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 351 433
Average daily rate £338 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £236 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £446
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 34 18
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% -8.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £30.41 £172.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

Test Manager
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) FATCA
2 2 (40.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) FATCA
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