London Test Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Dartford Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Havant Hertfordshire Hinckley Home Counties Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Poole Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	172	184
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	297	420
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.392 %	0.418 %
As % of the category below	0.980 %	0.965 %
Daily rates quoted	140	201
Average minimum daily rate	£456	£470
Average daily rate	£486	£496
% change on same period last year	-2.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£516	£522
UK excluding London average daily rate	£423	£408
% change on same period last year	+3.65 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£55.00	£55.00
Average hourly rate	£61.25	£57.50
% change on same period last year	+6.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£67.50	£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£43.33	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	30304	43510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	39.99 %	43.33 %
Daily rates quoted	12933	16283
Average minimum daily rate	£407	£422
Average daily rate	£437	£451
% change on same period last year	-3.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£467	£479
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	1648	2229
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.96	£24.09
Average hourly rate	£24.58	£25.81
% change on same period last year	-4.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.20	£27.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Manager across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Manager across the London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Manager across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Manager across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	+7	89	£475	-2.98 %
Docklands, London	+38	15	£500	+2.58 %
Uxbridge	-	15	£440	-
Canary Wharf	+11	2	£600	-20.00 %
Croydon	+6	2	£550	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 204 (35.29 %) Banking 2 196 (33.91 %) Finance 3 159 (27.51 %) Test Management 4 145 (25.09 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 107 (18.51 %) TestDirector 6 102 (17.65 %) ISEB 7 100 (17.30 %) Investment Banking 8 70 (12.11 %) Derivative 9 64 (11.07 %) QA 10 60 (10.38 %) Test Scripting 11 50 (8.651 %) Security Cleared 12 45 (7.785 %) Migration 13 44 (7.612 %) SAP 14 39 (6.747 %) LoadRunner 14 39 (6.747 %) Government

15 37 (6.401 %) Oracle 16 36 (6.228 %) UNIX 16 36 (6.228 %) Retail 17 35 (6.055 %) Back Office 17 35 (6.055 %) QuickTest Pro 17 35 (6.055 %) SC Cleared 18 34 (5.882 %) SQL 19 31 (5.363 %) Windows 19 31 (5.363 %) Financial Institution 20 28 (4.844 %) Integration Testing 21 27 (4.671 %) Equities 21 27 (4.671 %) PRINCE2 22 26 (4.498 %) Citrix 23 24 (4.152 %) MS Visio 23 24 (4.152 %) Automated Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 14 (2.422 %) .NET 2 13 (2.249 %) XML 3 9 (1.557 %) Middleware 4 7 (1.211 %) WebSphere 5 5 (0.865 %) WebServices 5 5 (0.865 %) J2EE 5 5 (0.865 %) .NET Framework 6 4 (0.692 %) HTML 7 2 (0.346 %) EDI 7 2 (0.346 %) XSLT 8 1 (0.173 %) XML Schema 8 1 (0.173 %) SOAP 8 1 (0.173 %) J2ME 8 1 (0.173 %) Web Dynpro 8 1 (0.173 %) Hibernate 8 1 (0.173 %) Spring 8 1 (0.173 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 14 (2.422 %) MS Exchange 2 13 (2.249 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 10 (1.730 %) CMS 3 10 (1.730 %) OpenROAD 4 7 (1.211 %) Documentum 4 7 (1.211 %) WebLogic 4 7 (1.211 %) SharePoint 5 4 (0.692 %) Content Management Server 6 3 (0.519 %) WPS 7 1 (0.173 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (0.173 %) JBoss 7 1 (0.173 %) Tomcat 7 1 (0.173 %) Apache 7 1 (0.173 %) MQSeries 7 1 (0.173 %) LiveLink 7 1 (0.173 %) Oracle Workflow 7 1 (0.173 %) Oracle Application Server 7 1 (0.173 %) Oracle 10gAS
Applications 1 24 (4.152 %) MS Visio 2 13 (2.249 %) MS Excel 3 11 (1.903 %) MS Project 4 9 (1.557 %) MS Office 5 5 (0.865 %) MS PowerPoint 5 5 (0.865 %) Spreadsheet 6 1 (0.173 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 13 (2.249 %) VisionPLUS 2 9 (1.557 %) SAP HR 3 5 (0.865 %) Oracle Applications 4 4 (0.692 %) Loan IQ 4 4 (0.692 %) SAP ERP 5 3 (0.519 %) SAP R/3 5 3 (0.519 %) Oracle Financials 5 3 (0.519 %) SAP Payroll 5 3 (0.519 %) Advent Geneva 6 2 (0.346 %) Dynamics CRM 6 2 (0.346 %) Movex 6 2 (0.346 %) Endur 7 1 (0.173 %) SAP FI 7 1 (0.173 %) SoftGrid 7 1 (0.173 %) SAP CRM 7 1 (0.173 %) Cerner Millennium
Communications & Networking 1 4 (0.692 %) TETRA 2 3 (0.519 %) Internet 3 1 (0.173 %) CHAP 3 1 (0.173 %) LAN 3 1 (0.173 %) SMS 3 1 (0.173 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 20 (3.460 %) Datawarehouse 2 16 (2.768 %) SQL Server 3 13 (2.249 %) Data Mining 4 11 (1.903 %) Ingres 4 11 (1.903 %) SQL Server 2005 5 10 (1.730 %) SQL Server 2000 6 8 (1.384 %) Oracle 10g 7 7 (1.211 %) Oracle Reports 7 7 (1.211 %) ETL 8 5 (0.865 %) BusinessObjects 9 3 (0.519 %) SAP BW 9 3 (0.519 %) RDBMS 10 2 (0.346 %) Reference Data 11 1 (0.173 %) SAP BI 11 1 (0.173 %) MySQL
Development Applications 1 107 (18.51 %) TestDirector 2 39 (6.747 %) LoadRunner 3 35 (6.055 %) QuickTest Pro 4 18 (3.114 %) WinRunner 5 13 (2.249 %) ClearQuest 6 9 (1.557 %) Rational Robot 7 5 (0.865 %) Rational Rose 8 4 (0.692 %) Visual Studio 8 4 (0.692 %) RequisitePro 9 3 (0.519 %) ClearCase 9 3 (0.519 %) JIRA 10 2 (0.346 %) Selenium 10 2 (0.346 %) FitNesse 10 2 (0.346 %) TestPartner 11 1 (0.173 %) JUnit 11 1 (0.173 %) eCATT 11 1 (0.173 %) Telelogic Synergy 11 1 (0.173 %) Visual Studio Team System	General 1 204 (35.29 %) Banking 2 196 (33.91 %) Finance 3 100 (17.30 %) Investment Banking 4 39 (6.747 %) Government 5 36 (6.228 %) Retail 6 35 (6.055 %) Back Office 7 31 (5.363 %) Financial Institution 8 22 (3.806 %) Front Office 9 14 (2.422 %) Telecoms 10 9 (1.557 %) Insurance 11 8 (1.384 %) Retail Banking 12 7 (1.211 %) General Ledger 12 7 (1.211 %) Billing 13 4 (0.692 %) Police 13 4 (0.692 %) Legal 14 3 (0.519 %) Manufacturing 14 3 (0.519 %) Health 14 3 (0.519 %) Online Banking 14 3 (0.519 %) Local Government 15 2 (0.346 %) Pensions
Miscellaneous 1 70 (12.11 %) Derivative 2 27 (4.671 %) Equities 3 23 (3.979 %) Equity Derivative 4 16 (2.768 %) Fixed Income 5 13 (2.249 %) Credit Risk 6 11 (1.903 %) Interest Rate Derivative 7 10 (1.730 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 8 7 (1.211 %) EPoS 9 6 (1.038 %) Chip and PIN 10 5 (0.865 %) Market Risk 11 4 (0.692 %) Management Information System 12 3 (0.519 %) Mainframe 12 3 (0.519 %) Credit Derivative 12 3 (0.519 %) SCADA 13 2 (0.346 %) Data Integration 13 2 (0.346 %) IPTV 13 2 (0.346 %) Interactive TV 13 2 (0.346 %) Client/Server 13 2 (0.346 %) NHS 13 2 (0.346 %) DTV	Operating Systems 1 36 (6.228 %) UNIX 2 31 (5.363 %) Windows 3 18 (3.114 %) Windows XP 4 11 (1.903 %) Windows Server 2003 4 11 (1.903 %) VMS 5 10 (1.730 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 10 (1.730 %) Windows 2000 6 6 (1.038 %) Linux 7 4 (0.692 %) Solaris 8 3 (0.519 %) Red Hat Linux 9 1 (0.173 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 159 (27.51 %) Test Management 2 145 (25.09 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 60 (10.38 %) Test Scripting 4 50 (8.651 %) Security Cleared 5 45 (7.785 %) Migration 6 35 (6.055 %) SC Cleared 7 28 (4.844 %) Integration Testing 8 27 (4.671 %) PRINCE2 9 24 (4.152 %) Automated Testing 10 20 (3.460 %) Software Testing 10 20 (3.460 %) System Testing 11 19 (3.287 %) Performance Testing 12 17 (2.941 %) Project Management 12 17 (2.941 %) Stakeholder Management 13 16 (2.768 %) Asset Management 14 15 (2.595 %) Service Management 15 12 (2.076 %) Risk Management 15 12 (2.076 %) CRM 16 11 (1.903 %) Manual Testing 17 10 (1.730 %) V-Model	Programming Languages 1 34 (5.882 %) SQL 2 16 (2.768 %) Java 3 9 (1.557 %) C 4 5 (0.865 %) Perl 5 4 (0.692 %) PL/SQL 5 4 (0.692 %) C# 5 4 (0.692 %) C++ 6 3 (0.519 %) JCL 6 3 (0.519 %) Shell Script 6 3 (0.519 %) JavaScript 6 3 (0.519 %) VB.NET 7 2 (0.346 %) VBScript 7 2 (0.346 %) VB 7 2 (0.346 %) VBA 8 1 (0.173 %) SAPscript 8 1 (0.173 %) ABAP 8 1 (0.173 %) Delphi
Qualifications 1 102 (17.65 %) ISEB 2 8 (1.384 %) ISTQB 2 8 (1.384 %) ISEB Practitioner 3 6 (1.038 %) Degree 4 2 (0.346 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (0.173 %) ECDL 5 1 (0.173 %) MOS 5 1 (0.173 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 64 (11.07 %) QA 2 16 (2.768 %) Basel II 3 3 (0.519 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 1 (0.173 %) ISO9000 4 1 (0.173 %) ISO9001 4 1 (0.173 %) GxP 4 1 (0.173 %) SLA
System Software 1 19 (3.287 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.173 %) Terminal Services 2 1 (0.173 %) SAP ITS	Systems Management 1 1 (0.173 %) MOM 1 1 (0.173 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 44 (7.612 %) SAP 2 37 (6.401 %) Oracle 3 26 (4.498 %) Citrix 4 18 (3.114 %) HP 5 15 (2.595 %) Microsoft 6 14 (2.422 %) IBM 7 11 (1.903 %) Remedy 7 11 (1.903 %) BMC 8 7 (1.211 %) PeopleSoft 8 7 (1.211 %) Sophis 8 7 (1.211 %) Retalix 9 6 (1.038 %) Calypso 10 5 (0.865 %) Business Objects 10 5 (0.865 %) Chordiant 11 4 (0.692 %) Retek 11 4 (0.692 %) OpenLink 12 3 (0.519 %) Red Hat 12 3 (0.519 %) Motorola 12 3 (0.519 %) OpenTV 12 3 (0.519 %) Advent