The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Management 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South East 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 Management
Rank 173 183 189
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +6
Contract jobs citing Test Management 51 56 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.654% 0.552% 0.617%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.964% 0.848% 0.958%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 30 35
Average daily rate £394 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.87% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £275 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £29.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £32.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.77% -0.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6603 6683
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.89% 65.08% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2748 3170 3050
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 323 365
Average hourly rate £26.98 £26.25 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.76% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.15 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Test Management Hourly Rate Trend

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 South East 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
Hampshire -4 16 £337 +10.57%
Berkshire +11 11 £415 +10.66%
Surrey +12 9 £291 -21.28%
Buckinghamshire +7 4 £388 +10.71%
Oxfordshire +7 2 £438 +36.71%
East Sussex - 2 £325 -
West Sussex +15 1 £538 +26.47%
Sussex +4 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -
Test Management
England

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 34 (34.00%) Finance
2 32 (32.00%) ISEB
3 25 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 24 (24.00%) HP Quality Center
5 23 (23.00%) QA
6 22 (22.00%) Performance Testing
6 22 (22.00%) Test Strategy
7 21 (21.00%) Oracle
7 21 (21.00%) SAP
8 17 (17.00%) SQL
8 17 (17.00%) Migration
9 16 (16.00%) HP
10 15 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (15.00%) Test Automation
10 15 (15.00%) Test Scripting
11 14 (14.00%) ISTQB
11 14 (14.00%) Telecoms
11 14 (14.00%) Windows
12 12 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (10.00%) SQL Server
13 10 (10.00%) System Testing
13 10 (10.00%) Security Cleared
14 9 (9.000%) Oracle BI EE
14 9 (9.000%) Software Testing
14 9 (9.000%) Microsoft
15 8 (8.000%) QuickTest Pro
15 8 (8.000%) LoadRunner
15 8 (8.000%) SAP FI
15 8 (8.000%) VMware
15 8 (8.000%) Active Directory

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 6 (6.000%) .NET
2 4 (4.000%) XML
3 3 (3.000%) ASP.NET
3 3 (3.000%) Middleware
4 2 (2.000%) SAP XI
4 2 (2.000%) COM
4 2 (2.000%) JSP
4 2 (2.000%) Web Services
4 2 (2.000%) HTML
4 2 (2.000%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.000%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.000%) jQuery
5 1 (1.000%) WCF
5 1 (1.000%) WAP
5 1 (1.000%) WML
5 1 (1.000%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.000%) SharePoint
2 7 (7.000%) IIS
3 2 (2.000%) ESB
4 1 (1.000%) Windows Azure
4 1 (1.000%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (7.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.000%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (8.000%) SAP FI
2 7 (7.000%) SAP PSCD
2 7 (7.000%) SAP FI-CA
3 5 (5.000%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (3.000%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (3.000%) SAP CO
4 3 (3.000%) SAP ERP
4 3 (3.000%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (2.000%) Agresso
5 2 (2.000%) SAP MM
5 2 (2.000%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (2.000%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.000%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (1.000%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (1.000%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.000%) Internet
2 1 (1.000%) Wireshark
2 1 (1.000%) ATM
2 1 (1.000%) GPRS
2 1 (1.000%) GSM
2 1 (1.000%) UMTS
2 1 (1.000%) HTTP
2 1 (1.000%) DNS
2 1 (1.000%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 9 (9.000%) Oracle BI EE
4 7 (7.000%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (7.000%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (7.000%) Oracle 11g
4 7 (7.000%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (7.000%) Oracle 8/8i
4 7 (7.000%) Oracle 10g
4 7 (7.000%) Oracle OWB
5 5 (5.000%) SQL Server 2012
6 4 (4.000%) MS Access
7 2 (2.000%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (1.000%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (1.000%) Data Mart
8 1 (1.000%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.000%) Oracle Discoverer
8 1 (1.000%) DB2
8 1 (1.000%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 8 (8.000%) QuickTest Pro
1 8 (8.000%) LoadRunner
2 7 (7.000%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (2.000%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.000%) JIRA
3 2 (2.000%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.000%) MSTest
4 1 (1.000%) SpecFlow
4 1 (1.000%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.000%) TestDirector
General
1 34 (34.00%) Finance
2 14 (14.00%) Telecoms
3 7 (7.000%) Retail
4 4 (4.000%) Banking
4 4 (4.000%) General Ledger
5 3 (3.000%) Military
6 1 (1.000%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.000%) Billing
6 1 (1.000%) Back Office
6 1 (1.000%) Automotive
6 1 (1.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 62 (62.00%) Test Manager
2 15 (15.00%) Analyst
3 9 (9.000%) Test Analyst
3 9 (9.000%) Consultant
4 7 (7.000%) SAP Manager
4 7 (7.000%) Programme Manager
5 6 (6.000%) SAP Test Manager
5 6 (6.000%) SAP Consultant
6 5 (5.000%) Test Leader
6 5 (5.000%) Programme Test Manager
6 5 (5.000%) Test Coordinator
6 5 (5.000%) Coordinator
7 4 (4.000%) Senior Manager
7 4 (4.000%) Data Analyst
7 4 (4.000%) Senior Test Manager
7 4 (4.000%) SAP Programme Manager
8 3 (3.000%) Testing Manager
8 3 (3.000%) Test Consultant
8 3 (3.000%) Developer
8 3 (3.000%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.000%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.000%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (1.000%) iPhone
3 1 (1.000%) SaaS
3 1 (1.000%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.000%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.000%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 14 (14.00%) Windows
2 8 (8.000%) Linux
3 6 (6.000%) UNIX
4 3 (3.000%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.000%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (2.000%) Windows 2000
5 2 (2.000%) Windows XP
5 2 (2.000%) VMS
5 2 (2.000%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.000%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 22 (22.00%) Performance Testing
2 22 (22.00%) Test Strategy
3 17 (17.00%) Migration
4 15 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (15.00%) Test Automation
4 15 (15.00%) Test Scripting
5 10 (10.00%) System Testing
6 9 (9.000%) Software Testing
7 8 (8.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (7.000%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (7.000%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (7.000%) ERP
8 7 (7.000%) Project Management
9 6 (6.000%) Validation
10 5 (5.000%) Resource Management
10 5 (5.000%) Regression Testing
11 4 (4.000%) Scrum
11 4 (4.000%) CRM
11 4 (4.000%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.00%) SQL
2 4 (4.000%) C
3 2 (2.000%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.000%) Python
3 2 (2.000%) C#
3 2 (2.000%) Java
3 2 (2.000%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.000%) Perl
4 1 (1.000%) PHP
4 1 (1.000%) C++
4 1 (1.000%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 32 (32.00%) ISEB
2 14 (14.00%) ISTQB
3 10 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 8 (8.000%) ISEB Practitioner
5 6 (6.000%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.000%) HP AIS
7 2 (2.000%) CCA
7 2 (2.000%) Degree
8 1 (1.000%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (23.00%) QA
2 1 (1.000%) FATCA
System Software
1 8 (8.000%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.000%) Oracle RAC
2 7 (7.000%) Terminal Services
3 5 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.000%) VMware Server
4 1 (1.000%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 24 (24.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.000%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (21.00%) Oracle
1 21 (21.00%) SAP
2 16 (16.00%) HP
3 9 (9.000%) Microsoft
4 8 (8.000%) VMware
5 7 (7.000%) CA
6 2 (2.000%) webMethods
6 2 (2.000%) IBM
6 2 (2.000%) Citrix
6 2 (2.000%) Siebel
7 1 (1.000%) Infor
7 1 (1.000%) RedPrairie
7 1 (1.000%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.000%) Capita
7 1 (1.000%) Fujitsu
7 1 (1.000%) Cisco
7 1 (1.000%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.000%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.000%) BT
7 1 (1.000%) Sage
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