Test Manager Contracts in the South 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 South 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 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 South 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 92 76 55
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 25 64 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.217% 1.946% 2.506%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.291% 2.093% 2.655%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 27 49
Average daily rate £440 £425 £449
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.52% -5.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £398 £373
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £528 £600
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
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1937 3058 2599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.26% 93.00% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1160 1831 1283
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 190 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £23.34 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.01% +11.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.04
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £38.00
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Wiltshire +8 7 £488 -9.51%
Bristol -3 7 £506 +18.42%
Dorset 0 3 £350 -16.16%
Gloucestershire +13 2 £575 +33.33%
Somerset -2 1 £450 +7.14%
Test Manager
England

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 (43.08%) Finance
2 24 (36.92%) Test Strategy
3 22 (33.85%) HP Quality Center
4 21 (32.31%) Test Management
5 15 (23.08%) Banking
6 14 (21.54%) User Acceptance Testing
7 13 (20.00%) Security Cleared
8 12 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (16.92%) ISEB
9 11 (16.92%) SC Cleared
9 11 (16.92%) Retail
10 10 (15.38%) Retail Banking
10 10 (15.38%) HP
11 9 (13.85%) SAP
11 9 (13.85%) Test Scripting
11 9 (13.85%) Integration Testing
12 8 (12.31%) Performance Testing
12 8 (12.31%) Migration
12 8 (12.31%) QA
12 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
13 7 (10.77%) WinRunner
14 6 (9.231%) PRINCE2
15 5 (7.692%) Web Services
15 5 (7.692%) Project Management
15 5 (7.692%) LoadRunner
15 5 (7.692%) Software Testing
15 5 (7.692%) Data Migration
16 4 (6.154%) Mobile App
16 4 (6.154%) QuickTest Pro
17 3 (4.615%) Telecoms

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 5 (7.692%) Web Services
2 2 (3.077%) .NET
3 1 (1.538%) J2EE
3 1 (1.538%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.538%) WAP
Applications
1 2 (3.077%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.615%) Agresso
2 1 (1.538%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.538%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.538%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.538%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.615%) LAN
1 3 (4.615%) WAN
2 2 (3.077%) ATM
3 1 (1.538%) POP3
3 1 (1.538%) SMTP
3 1 (1.538%) FTP
3 1 (1.538%) HTTP
3 1 (1.538%) Internet
3 1 (1.538%) ICMP
3 1 (1.538%) RTCP
3 1 (1.538%) RTP
3 1 (1.538%) Firewall
3 1 (1.538%) RTSP
3 1 (1.538%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.538%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.538%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.538%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (10.77%) WinRunner
2 5 (7.692%) LoadRunner
3 4 (6.154%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (3.077%) JIRA
4 2 (3.077%) Selenium
4 2 (3.077%) TestDirector
General
1 28 (43.08%) Finance
2 15 (23.08%) Banking
3 11 (16.92%) Retail
4 10 (15.38%) Retail Banking
5 3 (4.615%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.077%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.538%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.538%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.538%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.154%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.538%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.538%) NHS
2 1 (1.538%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.538%) Replication
2 1 (1.538%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.077%) Linux
2 1 (1.538%) UNIX
2 1 (1.538%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (36.92%) Test Strategy
2 21 (32.31%) Test Management
3 14 (21.54%) User Acceptance Testing
4 12 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (13.85%) Integration Testing
5 9 (13.85%) Test Scripting
6 8 (12.31%) Performance Testing
6 8 (12.31%) Migration
7 6 (9.231%) PRINCE2
8 5 (7.692%) Project Management
8 5 (7.692%) Software Testing
8 5 (7.692%) Data Migration
9 3 (4.615%) System Testing
9 3 (4.615%) Wealth Management
10 2 (3.077%) Agile Software Development
10 2 (3.077%) Quality Management
10 2 (3.077%) Regression Testing
10 2 (3.077%) UML
10 2 (3.077%) RUP
10 2 (3.077%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.615%) C
2 2 (3.077%) C#
3 1 (1.538%) Java
3 1 (1.538%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.92%) SC Cleared
2 11 (16.92%) ISEB
3 3 (4.615%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.538%) Degree
4 1 (1.538%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.538%) ACCA
4 1 (1.538%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.31%) QA
2 3 (4.615%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.077%) GAMP
3 2 (3.077%) GMP
Systems Management
1 22 (33.85%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (15.38%) HP
2 9 (13.85%) SAP
3 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.615%) Oracle
5 2 (3.077%) Capita
6 1 (1.538%) JDA
6 1 (1.538%) BT
6 1 (1.538%) IBM
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