The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 Halifax 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 - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Management 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
89 190 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 76.72% 82.61% 69.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 162 52
Average daily rate £375 £390 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -0.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £265 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £15.00 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +114.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Test Management
West Yorkshire

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Test Management Daily Rate Trend

Test Management
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Banking
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (40.00%) Retail
4 2 (40.00%) SAP
4 2 (40.00%) HP
4 2 (40.00%) SAP HR
4 2 (40.00%) Project Management
5 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) ISEB
5 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
5 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
5 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (20.00%) QA
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (40.00%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Defect Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Testing Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
1 2 (40.00%) HP