Test Management Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Management 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the North West 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
Test Management
Rank 105 122 121
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -1
Contract jobs citing Test Management 14 13 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.593% 0.412% 0.299%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.839% 0.668% 0.458%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 6
Average daily rate £311 £450 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.83% +24.13%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £313 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £491 £570 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £29.81 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £32.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.77% -0.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1669 1945 1965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.69% 61.67% 65.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 1005 1027
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 84 96
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £21.12
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -5.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £13.35 £12.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.50 £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Test Management
England

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Test Management across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Test Management Jobs Demand Trend

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Test Management Daily Rate Trend

Test Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Test Management Daily Rate Histogram

Test Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Test Management Hourly Rate Trend

Test Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Test Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Test Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Manchester +20 8 £311 -42.09%
Cheshire +1 3 £420 +5.00%
Test Management
England

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 7 (25.93%) Change Management
2 6 (22.22%) Finance
2 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (22.22%) Test Strategy
3 5 (18.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (18.52%) Test Scripting
3 5 (18.52%) CRM
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 5 (18.52%) HP
3 5 (18.52%) Windows
4 4 (14.81%) ISEB
4 4 (14.81%) SQL
4 4 (14.81%) .NET
4 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
4 4 (14.81%) ASP.NET
4 4 (14.81%) XML
4 4 (14.81%) UNIX
4 4 (14.81%) Migration
4 4 (14.81%) QA
5 3 (11.11%) ISTQB
5 3 (11.11%) Performance Testing
5 3 (11.11%) Banking
5 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
5 3 (11.11%) HTML
5 3 (11.11%) Windows XP
6 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
6 2 (7.407%) LoadRunner
6 2 (7.407%) C#
6 2 (7.407%) MS Office

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

Application Development
1 4 (14.81%) .NET
1 4 (14.81%) ASP.NET
1 4 (14.81%) XML
2 3 (11.11%) HTML
3 2 (7.407%) Application Packaging
4 1 (3.704%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (3.704%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (3.704%) Middleware
4 1 (3.704%) XML Schema
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
1 2 (7.407%) MS Office
2 1 (3.704%) MS Project
2 1 (3.704%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.704%) CSG Singleview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.704%) DB2
2 1 (3.704%) MySQL
2 1 (3.704%) TOAD
2 1 (3.704%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
2 2 (7.407%) LoadRunner
General
1 6 (22.22%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Banking
3 2 (7.407%) Local Government
4 1 (3.704%) Publishing
4 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Test Manager
2 11 (40.74%) Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Test Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Business Analyst
4 2 (7.407%) Programme Manager
4 2 (7.407%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (3.704%) UAT Test Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Performance Test Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Data Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Software Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Test Leader
5 1 (3.704%) UAT Manager
5 1 (3.704%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Testing Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Software Testing Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Tester
5 1 (3.704%) Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Mathematics
1 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
1 1 (3.704%) Online Banking
1 1 (3.704%) Smartcard
1 1 (3.704%) Mainframe
1 1 (3.704%) E-Learning
1 1 (3.704%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) UNIX
3 3 (11.11%) Windows XP
4 2 (7.407%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Change Management
2 6 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (22.22%) Test Strategy
3 5 (18.52%) Test Scripting
3 5 (18.52%) CRM
4 4 (14.81%) Migration
5 3 (11.11%) Performance Testing
6 2 (7.407%) ITIL
6 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2
6 2 (7.407%) Validation
6 2 (7.407%) Software Testing
6 2 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.407%) PRINCE
6 2 (7.407%) Integration Testing
6 2 (7.407%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (7.407%) Manual Testing
6 2 (7.407%) System Testing
7 1 (3.704%) Data Migration
7 1 (3.704%) Test Automation
7 1 (3.704%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) SQL
2 2 (7.407%) C#
3 1 (3.704%) C
3 1 (3.704%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) ISEB
2 3 (11.11%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
1 5 (18.52%) HP
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle
2 1 (3.704%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (3.704%) Informatica
2 1 (3.704%) IBM
Programme Test Manager - Banking
Manchester, Lancashire
I am looking for contract Test Management Professionals for a large banking client in Manchester... - Experience of portfolio management of testing, comprising multiple, sometimes independent, projects - Experience of...
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £450 - £460 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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