The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Management 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Solihull 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 Management
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Management 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £32.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.77% -0.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
45 52 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 75.00% 65.00% 69.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 6
Average daily rate £350 £271 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.03% +20.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £165 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £460 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
Average hourly rate £14.50 £8.50 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.58% -10.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Test Management
West Midlands

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Test Management Daily Rate Trend

Test Management
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Zimbra
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Zimbra
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP