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

The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role 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 Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 99 99 80
Rank change year-on-year
0 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 19 33 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.815% 1.061% 1.508%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.874% 1.157% 1.633%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 27
Average daily rate £425 £463 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.10% +32.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £339 £350 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £575 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £413 £425
% change year-on-year
- -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 - £22.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - £30.23
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North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2173 2851 2817
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.22% 91.64% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1036 1402 1393
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 171 189
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Manager
England

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Test Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Test Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Test Manager
Contract Locations

The table below 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 24 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 +12 8 £515 -14.16%
Cheshire -5 6 £385 -14.44%
Merseyside +3 3 £538 +43.33%
Lancashire +2 1 - -
Test Manager
England

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 24 (51.06%) Finance
2 12 (25.53%) Test Management
3 10 (21.28%) Migration
4 9 (19.15%) Banking
5 7 (14.89%) Mainframe
6 6 (12.77%) Retail
6 6 (12.77%) TestPartner
6 6 (12.77%) PRINCE
6 6 (12.77%) HP
7 5 (10.64%) ISEB
7 5 (10.64%) PRINCE2
7 5 (10.64%) ISTQB
7 5 (10.64%) Project Management
7 5 (10.64%) Data Migration
7 5 (10.64%) HP Quality Center
8 4 (8.511%) Windows 7
8 4 (8.511%) Security Cleared
8 4 (8.511%) Waterfall
8 4 (8.511%) Test Strategy
8 4 (8.511%) Risk Management
8 4 (8.511%) Retail Banking
8 4 (8.511%) Application Packaging
8 4 (8.511%) ITIL
8 4 (8.511%) Oracle
8 4 (8.511%) Windows
8 4 (8.511%) PMP
8 4 (8.511%) PMI Certification
9 3 (6.383%) Local Government
9 3 (6.383%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (6.383%) Oracle EBS R12

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 4 (8.511%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.128%) Web Services
2 1 (2.128%) XML
2 1 (2.128%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (2.128%) MS Project
1 1 (2.128%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (6.383%) Oracle Applications
1 3 (6.383%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (4.255%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (2.128%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.128%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.128%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.128%) SAP PS
3 1 (2.128%) SAP HR
3 1 (2.128%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.128%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.128%) SAP FI-CA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.255%) Internet
2 1 (2.128%) LAN
Development Applications
1 6 (12.77%) TestPartner
2 1 (2.128%) LoadRunner
General
1 24 (51.06%) Finance
2 9 (19.15%) Banking
3 6 (12.77%) Retail
4 4 (8.511%) Retail Banking
5 3 (6.383%) Local Government
6 1 (2.128%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.128%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.128%) Smartcard
2 1 (2.128%) Online Banking
2 1 (2.128%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.511%) Windows 7
1 4 (8.511%) Windows
2 1 (2.128%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.53%) Test Management
2 10 (21.28%) Migration
3 6 (12.77%) PRINCE
4 5 (10.64%) PRINCE2
4 5 (10.64%) Project Management
4 5 (10.64%) Data Migration
5 4 (8.511%) Waterfall
5 4 (8.511%) Test Strategy
5 4 (8.511%) Risk Management
5 4 (8.511%) ITIL
6 3 (6.383%) Integration Testing
6 3 (6.383%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.255%) Performance Testing
7 2 (4.255%) Portfolio Management
7 2 (4.255%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (4.255%) Change Management
8 1 (2.128%) B2B
8 1 (2.128%) E-business
8 1 (2.128%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (2.128%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.255%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) ISEB
1 5 (10.64%) ISTQB
2 4 (8.511%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.511%) PMP
2 4 (8.511%) PMI Certification
3 3 (6.383%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.255%) SAP Certification
4 2 (4.255%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.128%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.255%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (12.77%) HP
2 4 (8.511%) Oracle
3 2 (4.255%) SAP
4 1 (2.128%) Primavera
4 1 (2.128%) CA
4 1 (2.128%) Curam
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