The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 22 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 Guildford 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 31 - 21
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Test Management 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 0.459% - 0.781%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.662% - 1.449%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £400
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
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
151 73 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 69.27% 60.33% 53.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 36 33
Average daily rate £425 £370 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.86% +16.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £325 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -15.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Management
Surrey

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Test Management Daily Rate Trend

Test Management
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 2 (100.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft