The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 20 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 Oxfordshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 48 51 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 4 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.915% 0.792% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.973% 0.828% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £513 £575 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.86% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £405 £425
% change year-on-year
+1.85% -4.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - £30.23
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
411 604 425
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.05% 95.72% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 290 195
Average daily rate £340 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £488 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 82 60
Average hourly rate £14.00 £16.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% +13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.90 £30.00 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

Test Manager
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (57.14%) ISEB
1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
1 4 (57.14%) QA
2 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
2 3 (42.86%) Open Source
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Law
4 1 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
4 1 (14.29%) SAP ERP
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP ERP
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP