The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 18 June 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 Milton Keynes 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 50 46 53
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 8 14 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.333% 2.065% 0.949%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.426% 2.167% 1.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 3
Average daily rate £400 £340 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -24.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £372 £284 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £400 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £413 £424
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 - £30.23
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
561 646 599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 93.50% 95.28% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 270 223
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £173 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 47 90
Average hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £32.50 £16.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Manager
Buckinghamshire

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Manager across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Milton Keynes Test Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 9 (69.23%) Test Strategy
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (38.46%) Test Management
3 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Oracle
4 3 (23.08%) SAP
4 3 (23.08%) QuickTest Pro
4 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (15.38%) WebSphere
5 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
5 2 (15.38%) QA
5 2 (15.38%) Selenium
5 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) SOAP
5 2 (15.38%) Scrum
5 2 (15.38%) System Testing
5 2 (15.38%) .NET
5 2 (15.38%) soapUI
5 2 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (15.38%) WebDriver
6 1 (7.692%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.692%) Test Automation
6 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
6 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (7.692%) V-Model
6 1 (7.692%) Programme Management
6 1 (7.692%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
6 1 (7.692%) Automotive

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 2 (15.38%) .NET
1 2 (15.38%) SOAP
1 2 (15.38%) WebSphere
1 2 (15.38%) soapUI
2 1 (7.692%) WCF
2 1 (7.692%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (7.692%) ResourceLink
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (15.38%) Selenium
2 2 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (15.38%) WebDriver
3 1 (7.692%) LoadRunner
3 1 (7.692%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Automotive
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Test Strategy
2 5 (38.46%) Test Management
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
4 3 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
5 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Scrum
5 2 (15.38%) System Testing
6 1 (7.692%) V-Model
6 1 (7.692%) Test Automation
6 1 (7.692%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
6 1 (7.692%) Programme Management
6 1 (7.692%) ITIL
6 1 (7.692%) Project Management
6 1 (7.692%) Performance Testing
6 1 (7.692%) Technical Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle
1 3 (23.08%) SAP
2 1 (7.692%) IBM
2 1 (7.692%) HP
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
My client is seeking an experienced Test Manager to join and manage their testing team.The ideal candidate will posses the following skills:-Experience/ exposure to resource link-...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013