Test Manager Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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 33 35 22
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 1 7 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.474% 1.699% 4.310%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.498% 1.842% 4.651%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
Average daily rate - £350 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £413 £425
% change year-on-year
- -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - £30.23
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 201 380 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 95.26% 92.23% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 202 88
Average daily rate £285 £375 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.00% +20.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £273 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 22 33
Average hourly rate £19.02 £18.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.66% -52.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Manager
North West

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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
Skelmersdale - 1 - -
Test Manager
North West

Test Manager
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 (50.00%) PMP
1 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (50.00%) PRINCE
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
1 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Curam
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) XML
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Middleware

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) PRINCE
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
1 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PMP
1 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Curam
1 1 (12.50%) HP
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