The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Test Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
Senior Test Manager
Rank 505 564 538
Rank change year-on-year
+59 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Manager 24 20 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.052% 0.034% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.037% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 18
Average daily rate £519 £425 £613
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.05% -30.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £373 £382
10% offered a daily rate of more than £618 £635 £681
UK excluding London average daily rate £441 £425 £525
% change year-on-year
+3.82% -19.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Senior Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Test Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Test Manager within the UK.

Senior Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

Senior Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Test Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Senior Test Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Test Manager within the UK.

Senior Test Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Test Manager
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Manager within the UK 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
England +46 20 £525 +23.52%
London +42 10 £600 -4.00%
South East +15 4 £400 +6.66%
City of London +14 3 £600 -4.00%
South West +29 2 £498 -
West Midlands +9 2 £350 -17.64%
Scotland - 2 £463 -
Edinburgh - 2 £463 -
Bristol - 2 £498 -
Telford - 2 £350 -
Shropshire - 2 £350 -
West Sussex +19 1 - -
East of England +16 1 £400 -11.11%
Berkshire +15 1 - -
Northamptonshire +12 1 £525 +39.07%
East Midlands -4 1 £525 +39.07%
Hertfordshire - 1 £400 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £400 -
Slough - 1 - -
Milton Keynes - 1 £400 -

Senior Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Manager in their job title.

1 30 (62.50%) Finance
2 17 (35.42%) Test Management
3 16 (33.33%) Banking
4 15 (31.25%) HP Quality Center
5 10 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (18.75%) QuickTest Pro
6 9 (18.75%) Test Strategy
7 8 (16.67%) SAP
7 8 (16.67%) ISEB
7 8 (16.67%) Project Management
7 8 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (16.67%) ISTQB
8 7 (14.58%) QA
8 7 (14.58%) Retail
8 7 (14.58%) HP
8 7 (14.58%) Migration
8 7 (14.58%) SQL
8 7 (14.58%) Oracle
9 6 (12.50%) Investment Banking
10 4 (8.333%) Retail Banking
10 4 (8.333%) Performance Testing
10 4 (8.333%) .NET
10 4 (8.333%) LoadRunner
10 4 (8.333%) Microsoft
11 3 (6.250%) HTTP
11 3 (6.250%) VBScript
11 3 (6.250%) Windows
11 3 (6.250%) Test Scripting
11 3 (6.250%) Waterfall
11 3 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server

Senior Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (8.333%) .NET
2 2 (4.167%) J2EE
2 2 (4.167%) Web Services
3 1 (2.083%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.167%) Lync
2 1 (2.083%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.083%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 1 (2.083%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.083%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.083%) SAP MM
1 1 (2.083%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (2.083%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.250%) HTTP
2 1 (2.083%) HTTPS
2 1 (2.083%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.083%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.083%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.083%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 9 (18.75%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (8.333%) LoadRunner
3 3 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (4.167%) JIRA
4 2 (4.167%) Selenium
4 2 (4.167%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.083%) SilkPerformer
5 1 (2.083%) MSBuild
General
1 30 (62.50%) Finance
2 16 (33.33%) Banking
3 7 (14.58%) Retail
4 6 (12.50%) Investment Banking
5 4 (8.333%) Retail Banking
6 1 (2.083%) Automotive
6 1 (2.083%) French Language
6 1 (2.083%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.167%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (4.167%) Equities
2 1 (2.083%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.083%) AS400
2 1 (2.083%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.083%) Market Risk
2 1 (2.083%) iSeries
2 1 (2.083%) Smart Meter
2 1 (2.083%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.083%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.250%) Windows
2 2 (4.167%) UNIX
3 1 (2.083%) VMS
3 1 (2.083%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Test Management
2 10 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (18.75%) Test Strategy
4 8 (16.67%) Project Management
4 8 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (14.58%) Migration
6 4 (8.333%) Performance Testing
7 3 (6.250%) Test Scripting
7 3 (6.250%) Waterfall
7 3 (6.250%) Software Testing
8 2 (4.167%) Business Analysis
8 2 (4.167%) Asset Management
8 2 (4.167%) Data Analysis
8 2 (4.167%) Resource Management
8 2 (4.167%) Wealth Management
8 2 (4.167%) Test Automation
8 2 (4.167%) Matrix Management
8 2 (4.167%) Data Modelling
8 2 (4.167%) Programme Management
9 1 (2.083%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) SQL
2 3 (6.250%) VBScript
3 2 (4.167%) Java
3 2 (4.167%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.083%) RPG
4 1 (2.083%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) ISEB
1 8 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 2 (4.167%) Degree
3 1 (2.083%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.58%) QA
2 1 (2.083%) GAMP
2 1 (2.083%) GMP
2 1 (2.083%) GxP
2 1 (2.083%) MiFID
Systems Management
1 15 (31.25%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.083%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) SAP
2 7 (14.58%) HP
2 7 (14.58%) Oracle
3 4 (8.333%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.083%) IBM
4 1 (2.083%) OPNET
4 1 (2.083%) Lotus
4 1 (2.083%) JD Edwards
4 1 (2.083%) Capita
4 1 (2.083%) Twitter
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Rate: £450 - £470 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Rate: £500 - £700 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013