The first table below looks at the demand for TestDirector skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TestDirector over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Development Applications category for the Manchester 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP TestDirector for Quality Center
Rank 72 87 68
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -19
Contract jobs citing TestDirector 1 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.106% 0.154% 0.595%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.000% 1.709% 7.317%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £413 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +52.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.92% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -16.92%
All Development Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
100 117 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 10.59% 9.000% 8.127%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 61 41
Average daily rate £300 £325 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +6.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £251 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 0
Average hourly rate £112.50 £33.30 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+237.83% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
TestDirector
North West

TestDirector
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TestDirector across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Manchester TestDirector Jobs Demand Trend

TestDirector
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester TestDirector Daily Rate Trend

TestDirector
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester TestDirector Hourly Rate Trend

TestDirector
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) AppSense
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center

TestDirector
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing TestDirector 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 TestDirector. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AppSense