The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 23 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 Gloucestershire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 35 37 43
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +6
Contract jobs citing Test Management 2 34 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.735% 5.175% 1.357%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.130% 6.911% 2.166%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 0
Average daily rate £380 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
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
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
177 492 277
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 65.07% 74.89% 62.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 299 111
Average daily rate £380 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% +17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £520 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 19 37
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.90 £25.00 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Test Management
South West

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Test Management across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Test Management Daily Rate Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Gloucester +5 2 £380 -18.93%
Test Management
South West

Test Management
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Manager
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP