The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Hampshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 88 82 82
Rank change year-on-year
-6 0
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 15 12 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.983% 0.754% 1.244%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.056% 0.807% 1.329%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 17
Average daily rate £400 £450 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £334 £394 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £525 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £413 £425
% change year-on-year
- -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - £30.23
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1420 1487 1730
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.05% 93.46% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 782 689 718
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.92% +0.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 247
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -19.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Test Manager across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Manager across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire Test Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Test Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Test Manager
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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Southampton -2 3 £334 -16.62%
Basingstoke -10 3 - -
Eastleigh +1 1 £400 -
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 15 (35.71%) Test Management
1 15 (35.71%) HP Quality Center
2 14 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (23.81%) SAP
3 10 (23.81%) Oracle
3 10 (23.81%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (21.43%) ISEB
4 9 (21.43%) Test Strategy
5 8 (19.05%) Finance
6 7 (16.67%) ISTQB
6 7 (16.67%) QA
6 7 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
6 7 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
7 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (14.29%) HP
8 5 (11.90%) Retail
8 5 (11.90%) Test Scripting
8 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
9 4 (9.524%) Software Testing
9 4 (9.524%) SC Cleared
9 4 (9.524%) Regression Testing
9 4 (9.524%) SOA
9 4 (9.524%) .NET
10 3 (7.143%) Hyperion
10 3 (7.143%) LoadRunner
10 3 (7.143%) Electronics
10 3 (7.143%) Telecoms
10 3 (7.143%) Oracle HRMS
10 3 (7.143%) Oracle Applications
10 3 (7.143%) Migration

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 4 (9.524%) .NET
2 2 (4.762%) HTML
2 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET
2 2 (4.762%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.762%) Windows Azure
1 2 (4.762%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 10 (23.81%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (7.143%) Oracle HRMS
3 3 (7.143%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (4.762%) SAP MM
4 2 (4.762%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (2.381%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.762%) BSS
1 2 (4.762%) HTTP
2 1 (2.381%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (4.762%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.762%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.381%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 3 (7.143%) LoadRunner
1 3 (7.143%) JIRA
2 2 (4.762%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.381%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 8 (19.05%) Finance
2 5 (11.90%) Retail
3 3 (7.143%) Electronics
3 3 (7.143%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.381%) Back Office
4 1 (2.381%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.381%) General Ledger
4 1 (2.381%) French Language
4 1 (2.381%) German Language
4 1 (2.381%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.762%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.381%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (4.762%) Windows XP
1 2 (4.762%) UNIX
1 2 (4.762%) Windows
1 2 (4.762%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Test Management
2 14 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 9 (21.43%) Test Strategy
4 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (11.90%) Test Scripting
6 4 (9.524%) Software Testing
6 4 (9.524%) Regression Testing
6 4 (9.524%) SOA
7 3 (7.143%) Migration
7 3 (7.143%) Performance Testing
7 3 (7.143%) Web Testing
7 3 (7.143%) Test Automation
8 2 (4.762%) SAP Implementation
8 2 (4.762%) Matrix Management
8 2 (4.762%) Resource Management
8 2 (4.762%) Logistics
8 2 (4.762%) Project Management
8 2 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (2.381%) Change Management
9 1 (2.381%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.762%) C#
1 2 (4.762%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.381%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) ISEB
2 7 (16.67%) ISTQB
3 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
4 4 (9.524%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 15 (35.71%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (23.81%) SAP
1 10 (23.81%) Oracle
2 6 (14.29%) HP
3 3 (7.143%) Hyperion
3 3 (7.143%) RedPrairie
4 2 (4.762%) Guidewire
4 2 (4.762%) Pegasus
4 2 (4.762%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.381%) Cognos
5 1 (2.381%) Capita