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The table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTest Management
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6969
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.576 %0.447 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£375
Average daily rate-£375
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£395
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.70£38.81
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads521447
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.737 %0.452 %
Daily rates quoted143111
Average minimum daily rate£354£335
Average daily rate£378£356
% change on same period last year+6.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted4851
Average minimum hourly rate£29.73£23.92
Average hourly rate£31.45£26.02
% change on same period last year+20.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.18£28.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Test Management North WestTest Management
North West

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.

Test Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Management across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester Test Management Demand Trend

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Test Management Daily Rate Trend

Test Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Test Management Hourly Rate Trend

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

15 (41.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
23 (25.00 %)Performance Testing
23 (25.00 %)General Ledger
23 (25.00 %)Requirements Management
23 (25.00 %)Matrix Management
23 (25.00 %)SAP
23 (25.00 %)RequisitePro
23 (25.00 %)SAP R/3
23 (25.00 %)NetWeaver
32 (16.67 %)PRINCE
32 (16.67 %)SAP BI
32 (16.67 %)SAP BW
32 (16.67 %)Business Intelligence
32 (16.67 %)Government
32 (16.67 %)Unit Testing
32 (16.67 %)Integration Testing
32 (16.67 %)Gentran
41 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
41 (8.333 %)Migration
41 (8.333 %)Banking
41 (8.333 %)Retail
41 (8.333 %)QA
41 (8.333 %)Retail Banking
41 (8.333 %)Business Analysis
41 (8.333 %)Cost-Benefit Analysis
41 (8.333 %)BPR
41 (8.333 %)Project Management
41 (8.333 %)Pharmaceutical
41 (8.333 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (8.333 %)GAP Analysis

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (25.00 %)NetWeaver
22 (16.67 %)Gentran
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (25.00 %)SAP R/3
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (16.67 %)SAP BW
12 (16.67 %)SAP BI
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (25.00 %)RequisitePro
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)General Ledger
22 (16.67 %)Government
31 (8.333 %)Banking
31 (8.333 %)Retail
31 (8.333 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (8.333 %)Finance
31 (8.333 %)Retail Banking
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (83.33 %)Test Manager
23 (25.00 %)SAP Manager
23 (25.00 %)SAP Test Manager
32 (16.67 %)Senior Test Manager
32 (16.67 %)Project Manager
32 (16.67 %)Senior Manager
41 (8.333 %)Senior Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Senior Project Manager
41 (8.333 %)Senior Test Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Test Analyst
41 (8.333 %)UAT Test Manager
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (41.67 %)User Acceptance Testing
23 (25.00 %)Performance Testing
23 (25.00 %)Requirements Management
23 (25.00 %)Matrix Management
32 (16.67 %)Unit Testing
32 (16.67 %)Integration Testing
32 (16.67 %)Business Intelligence
32 (16.67 %)PRINCE
41 (8.333 %)BPR
41 (8.333 %)Project Management
41 (8.333 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (8.333 %)GAP Analysis
41 (8.333 %)Migration
41 (8.333 %)Business Analysis
41 (8.333 %)Cost-Benefit Analysis
41 (8.333 %)Security Cleared
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (8.333 %)QA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)SAP