The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 17 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 Surrey 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 69 88 88
Rank change year-on-year
+19 0
Contract jobs citing Test Management 8 12 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.702% 0.729% 0.693%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.972% 1.070% 0.958%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 7
Average daily rate £310 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.33% -
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
823 1121 1357
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 72.26% 68.10% 72.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 628 694
Average daily rate £415 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 52 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £16.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.12 £40.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Management
South East

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Test Management Daily 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
Staines - 2 - -
Guildford - 1 - -
Test Management
South East

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) ISEB
2 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
2 5 (31.25%) ISTQB
2 5 (31.25%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (18.75%) QA
4 3 (18.75%) Change Management
4 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 2 (12.50%) Migration
5 2 (12.50%) Citrix
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) SAP
5 2 (12.50%) Windows
5 2 (12.50%) CRM
5 2 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
5 2 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
5 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
6 1 (6.250%) SaaS
6 1 (6.250%) Document Management
6 1 (6.250%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (6.250%) AppSense
6 1 (6.250%) Android
6 1 (6.250%) iPhone
6 1 (6.250%) Customer Engagement

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Test Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Test Coordinator
2 5 (31.25%) Coordinator
3 4 (25.00%) Programme Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Programme Test Manager
4 2 (12.50%) SAP Manager
4 2 (12.50%) SAP Test Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) SAP Programme Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Applications Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.250%) iPhone
2 1 (6.250%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
2 1 (6.250%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
1 5 (31.25%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (18.75%) Change Management
4 2 (12.50%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) CRM
4 2 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
4 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
5 1 (6.250%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (6.250%) Document Management
5 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.250%) ERP
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) ISEB
1 5 (31.25%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) SAP
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (6.250%) AppSense
Surrey, South East
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Rate: £250.00 - £295.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013