The first table below looks at the demand for the Testing Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Testing Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 London 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Testing Manager
Rank 376 395 430
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Testing Manager 5 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.026% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.028% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
Average daily rate £365 £350 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.26% -36.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £475 £400
% change year-on-year
-21.05% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20013 24845 28392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.25% 92.53% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13506 16024 18238
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 449 607 669
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Testing Manager
England

Testing Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Testing Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Testing Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Testing Manager Daily Rate Trend

Testing Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Testing Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Testing Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Testing Manager within the London region over the 3 months to 20 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
City of London - 3 £357 -
Canary Wharf -7 1 - -
Testing Manager
England

Testing Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Testing 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 Testing Manager in their job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) SAS
2 2 (25.00%) IBM
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) System Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Rational Functional Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (12.50%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Basel III
3 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) ATG
3 1 (12.50%) SUSE
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) Business Objects
3 1 (12.50%) MS Office
3 1 (12.50%) Windows

Testing Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Testing 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 Testing Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SAS
2 1 (12.50%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (12.50%) Data Mining
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (12.50%) RequisitePro
1 1 (12.50%) ClearQuest
1 1 (12.50%) Rational Robot
1 1 (12.50%) Subversion
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
1 1 (12.50%) Rational Functional Tester
1 1 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) AIX
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) UML
2 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (12.50%) Information Management
2 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Stress Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Test Management
2 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
2 1 (12.50%) System Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Data Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Basel II
1 1 (12.50%) QA
1 1 (12.50%) Basel III
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Software AG
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 1 (12.50%) webMethods
2 1 (12.50%) ATG
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Business Objects