North West Test Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Coventry Croydon Dartford Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hinckley Home Counties Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Poole Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	102	102
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	41	37
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.055 %	0.037 %
As % of the category below	1.160 %	0.987 %
Daily rates quoted	9	12
Average minimum daily rate	£472	£430
Average daily rate	£482	£458
% change on same period last year	+5.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£492	£486
UK excluding London average daily rate	£415	£409
% change on same period last year	+1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£50.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3534	3747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.711 %	3.791 %
Daily rates quoted	819	800
Average minimum daily rate	£328	£320
Average daily rate	£346	£336
% change on same period last year	+2.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	421	363
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.71	£21.12
Average hourly rate	£22.79	£22.71
% change on same period last year	+0.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.86	£24.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Test Manager across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Manager across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	+3	18	£399	-
Lancashire	+17	11	£610	+13.48 %
Cheshire	-9	8	£375	-21.05 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 28 (40.58 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 24 (34.78 %) Finance 3 22 (31.88 %) Test Management 4 10 (14.49 %) Oracle 5 9 (13.04 %) Banking 6 7 (10.14 %) Government 6 7 (10.14 %) Performance Testing 7 6 (8.696 %) SAP 8 5 (7.246 %) Project Management 9 4 (5.797 %) Matrix Management 9 4 (5.797 %) Software Testing 9 4 (5.797 %) Retail 9 4 (5.797 %) Service Management 9 4 (5.797 %) C 9 4 (5.797 %) ITIL

9 4 (5.797 %) PRINCE2 9 4 (5.797 %) ISEB 9 4 (5.797 %) Test Scripting 9 4 (5.797 %) Integration Testing 10 3 (4.348 %) IBM 10 3 (4.348 %) RequisitePro 10 3 (4.348 %) Validation 10 3 (4.348 %) Requirements Management 10 3 (4.348 %) Retail Banking 11 2 (2.899 %) Pensions 11 2 (2.899 %) Insurance 11 2 (2.899 %) Resource Management 11 2 (2.899 %) QA 11 2 (2.899 %) WebSphere 11 2 (2.899 %) Migration

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (2.899 %) WebServices 1 2 (2.899 %) WebSphere 2 1 (1.449 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 2 (2.899 %) MQSeries 2 1 (1.449 %) NetWeaver 2 1 (1.449 %) BizTalk Server 2 1 (1.449 %) Gentran
Applications 1 2 (2.899 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 1 (1.449 %) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.899 %) Intranet 1 2 (2.899 %) Firewall 2 1 (1.449 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (2.899 %) Datawarehouse 2 1 (1.449 %) SAP BW 2 1 (1.449 %) SAP BI
Development Applications 1 3 (4.348 %) RequisitePro 2 2 (2.899 %) LoadRunner 3 1 (1.449 %) TestDirector	General 1 24 (34.78 %) Finance 2 9 (13.04 %) Banking 3 7 (10.14 %) Government 4 4 (5.797 %) Retail 5 3 (4.348 %) Retail Banking 6 2 (2.899 %) FMCG 6 2 (2.899 %) Insurance 6 2 (2.899 %) Pensions 6 2 (2.899 %) Automotive 7 1 (1.449 %) Back Office 7 1 (1.449 %) General Ledger 7 1 (1.449 %) International Banking 7 1 (1.449 %) Marketing
Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.899 %) IVR 2 1 (1.449 %) APACS	Operating Systems 1 2 (2.899 %) UNIX 1 2 (2.899 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 28 (40.58 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 22 (31.88 %) Test Management 3 7 (10.14 %) Performance Testing 4 5 (7.246 %) Project Management 5 4 (5.797 %) Service Management 5 4 (5.797 %) ITIL 5 4 (5.797 %) PRINCE2 5 4 (5.797 %) Software Testing 5 4 (5.797 %) Test Scripting 5 4 (5.797 %) Matrix Management 5 4 (5.797 %) Integration Testing 6 3 (4.348 %) Requirements Management 6 3 (4.348 %) Validation 7 2 (2.899 %) Migration 7 2 (2.899 %) PRINCE 7 2 (2.899 %) Six Sigma 7 2 (2.899 %) ITSM 7 2 (2.899 %) Risk Management 7 2 (2.899 %) Resource Management 8 1 (1.449 %) System Testing	Programming Languages 1 4 (5.797 %) C
Qualifications 1 4 (5.797 %) ISEB 2 1 (1.449 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.899 %) QA 2 1 (1.449 %) Basel II
Vendors 1 10 (14.49 %) Oracle 2 6 (8.696 %) SAP 3 3 (4.348 %) IBM 4 2 (2.899 %) Nortel 4 2 (2.899 %) Citrix