Test Management Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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.

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 278 300 245
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -55
Contract jobs citing Test Management 288 328 443
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.621% 0.562% 0.726%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.874% 0.829% 1.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 178 253
Average daily rate £418 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.37% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £277 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £550 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 3
Average hourly rate £41.50 £32.25 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.68% -0.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.03 £30.05 £28.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.92 £34.45 £35.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £32.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.77% -0.76%
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UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 32941 39581 41270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.01% 67.87% 67.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19678 22705 23413
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 1282 1475
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
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
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

Test Management Hourly Rate Trend

Test Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Test Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Test Management
Top 30 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 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 +23 259 £425 +6.25%
London +64 128 £480 -4.00%
South East +10 51 £394 +7.87%
City of London +23 36 £503 +5.78%
South West -14 19 £380 -1.93%
East of England +18 18 £413 -
Hampshire -4 16 £337 +10.57%
North West +16 14 £311 -32.70%
West Yorkshire -3 14 £300 -
Yorkshire -4 14 £300 -
Scotland -15 13 £313 -5.30%
Bristol +13 11 £350 +16.47%
Berkshire +11 11 £415 +10.66%
Surrey +12 9 £291 -21.28%
Manchester +12 8 £311 -42.09%
West Midlands +2 7 £350 -7.89%
East Midlands -6 7 £375 -4.76%
Leeds -14 7 £295 +12.38%
Hertfordshire +11 6 £413 -
Wales +7 5 £325 -13.44%
Bradford +4 5 £323 -
Edinburgh +3 5 £450 +36.36%
Cambridgeshire +12 4 £450 +53.19%
Birmingham +7 4 £385 +1.31%
Buckinghamshire +7 4 £388 +10.71%
Dorset +4 4 £350 -
Andover +3 4 - -
Stirling -11 4 £250 -52.38%
Swansea - 4 - -
Bedfordshire - 4 £413 -

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 187 (32.13%) User Acceptance Testing
2 178 (30.58%) Finance
3 163 (28.01%) HP Quality Center
4 141 (24.23%) ISEB
5 120 (20.62%) Test Scripting
6 114 (19.59%) Test Strategy
7 111 (19.07%) Banking
8 104 (17.87%) QA
9 86 (14.78%) HP
10 85 (14.60%) SQL
11 77 (13.23%) Project Management
12 72 (12.37%) Microsoft
13 69 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
14 68 (11.68%) Oracle
14 68 (11.68%) Software Testing
15 65 (11.17%) ISTQB
16 64 (11.00%) Migration
17 58 (9.966%) SAP
17 58 (9.966%) PRINCE2
18 57 (9.794%) MS Excel
19 50 (8.591%) QuickTest Pro
20 49 (8.419%) Test Automation
21 47 (8.076%) Retail
22 46 (7.904%) Regression Testing
23 45 (7.732%) Performance Testing
24 44 (7.560%) Agile Software Development
24 44 (7.560%) ITIL
25 41 (7.045%) Windows
25 41 (7.045%) Investment Banking
26 40 (6.873%) Security Cleared

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 35 (6.014%) .NET
2 32 (5.498%) XML
3 18 (3.093%) Web Services
4 16 (2.749%) ASP.NET
5 11 (1.890%) Middleware
5 11 (1.890%) HTML
6 8 (1.375%) SOAP
7 6 (1.031%) SAP XI
8 5 (0.859%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (0.515%) COM
9 3 (0.515%) JDBC
9 3 (0.515%) ODBC
9 3 (0.515%) jQuery
9 3 (0.515%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.515%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 3 (0.515%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 2 (0.344%) soapUI
10 2 (0.344%) REST
10 2 (0.344%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.344%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 21 (3.608%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.062%) MS Exchange
3 9 (1.546%) IIS
4 7 (1.203%) Lotus Notes
5 6 (1.031%) Lync
5 6 (1.031%) CMS
6 4 (0.687%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (0.687%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.687%) Adobe CQ
6 4 (0.687%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (0.687%) WebLogic
6 4 (0.687%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.344%) Confluence
7 2 (0.344%) ESB
8 1 (0.172%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.172%) SAS
8 1 (0.172%) Apache
8 1 (0.172%) MSMQ
8 1 (0.172%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.172%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 57 (9.794%) MS Excel
2 27 (4.639%) MS Project
2 27 (4.639%) MS Visio
3 24 (4.124%) MS Office
4 7 (1.203%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (1.718%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.546%) SAP FI
2 9 (1.546%) ResourceLink
2 9 (1.546%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (1.375%) SAP PSCD
4 7 (1.203%) SAP FI-CA
5 6 (1.031%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.859%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.687%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.687%) Agresso
7 4 (0.687%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.515%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.515%) SAP HR
8 3 (0.515%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.515%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 2 (0.344%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.344%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.344%) LatentZero
9 2 (0.344%) Temenos T24
9 2 (0.344%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.062%) HTTP
2 7 (1.203%) Internet
3 6 (1.031%) FTP
4 4 (0.687%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.515%) Wireless
5 3 (0.515%) LTE
6 2 (0.344%) BSS
6 2 (0.344%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.344%) UMTS
6 2 (0.344%) GPRS
6 2 (0.344%) GSM
6 2 (0.344%) Firewall
7 1 (0.172%) 2G
7 1 (0.172%) 3G
7 1 (0.172%) IPv6
7 1 (0.172%) LAN
7 1 (0.172%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.172%) ATM
7 1 (0.172%) DNS
7 1 (0.172%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.326%) Data Warehouse
2 29 (4.983%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.405%) Oracle Reports
4 12 (2.062%) TOAD
5 10 (1.718%) Oracle BI EE
6 8 (1.375%) Oracle OWB
6 8 (1.375%) Oracle Discoverer
7 7 (1.203%) Oracle 10g
7 7 (1.203%) Oracle 8/8i
7 7 (1.203%) SQL Server 2008
7 7 (1.203%) Oracle 11g
7 7 (1.203%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (1.031%) MySQL
8 6 (1.031%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.031%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (0.859%) MS Access
9 5 (0.859%) SQL Server 2012
10 4 (0.687%) BusinessObjects XI
10 4 (0.687%) SQLPlus
10 4 (0.687%) ReportNet
Development Applications
1 50 (8.591%) QuickTest Pro
2 33 (5.670%) JIRA
3 30 (5.155%) Selenium
4 27 (4.639%) LoadRunner
5 17 (2.921%) Visual Studio
6 12 (2.062%) TestDirector
7 7 (1.203%) Oracle APEX
7 7 (1.203%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (1.203%) WebDriver
8 4 (0.687%) TestNG
8 4 (0.687%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.687%) JUnit
9 3 (0.515%) Introscope
9 3 (0.515%) JMeter
9 3 (0.515%) WatiN
10 2 (0.344%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.344%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.344%) MSTest
10 2 (0.344%) JProfiler
10 2 (0.344%) NUnit
General
1 178 (30.58%) Finance
2 111 (19.07%) Banking
3 47 (8.076%) Retail
4 41 (7.045%) Investment Banking
5 40 (6.873%) Telecoms
6 21 (3.608%) Retail Banking
7 9 (1.546%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.203%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.031%) General Ledger
9 6 (1.031%) Back Office
10 5 (0.859%) Front Office
10 5 (0.859%) Publishing
11 4 (0.687%) Electronics
12 3 (0.515%) Military
12 3 (0.515%) Marketing
12 3 (0.515%) German Language
12 3 (0.515%) Local Government
13 2 (0.344%) Billing
13 2 (0.344%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.344%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 280 (48.11%) Test Manager
2 107 (18.38%) Analyst
3 73 (12.54%) Test Analyst
4 43 (7.388%) Test Leader
5 36 (6.186%) Tester
5 36 (6.186%) Programme Manager
6 31 (5.326%) Project Manager
7 26 (4.467%) Programme Test Manager
7 26 (4.467%) Consultant
8 21 (3.608%) Senior Manager
9 18 (3.093%) Business Analyst
9 18 (3.093%) QA Manager
10 17 (2.921%) Senior Test Manager
11 14 (2.405%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (2.405%) Coordinator
11 14 (2.405%) UAT Manager
12 12 (2.062%) SAP Manager
13 11 (1.890%) Developer
13 11 (1.890%) Senior Test Analyst
14 10 (1.718%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.952%) PMI
1 23 (3.952%) Fixed Income
2 19 (3.265%) Equities
3 15 (2.577%) Management Information System
4 11 (1.890%) Mobile App
5 7 (1.203%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (1.203%) Computer Science
5 7 (1.203%) Derivative
6 6 (1.031%) SWIFT
7 5 (0.859%) Blackberry
7 5 (0.859%) Mainframe
7 5 (0.859%) NHS
7 5 (0.859%) Market Risk
7 5 (0.859%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.687%) Mathematics
9 3 (0.515%) DTV
9 3 (0.515%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.515%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.344%) Open Source
10 2 (0.344%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 41 (7.045%) Windows
2 37 (6.357%) UNIX
3 21 (3.608%) Linux
4 8 (1.375%) Windows 7
5 7 (1.203%) Windows XP
5 7 (1.203%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.031%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.515%) VMS
7 3 (0.515%) OpenVMS
7 3 (0.515%) Solaris
8 2 (0.344%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.172%) Android
9 1 (0.172%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.172%) CentOS
9 1 (0.172%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (32.13%) User Acceptance Testing
2 120 (20.62%) Test Scripting
3 114 (19.59%) Test Strategy
4 77 (13.23%) Project Management
5 69 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (11.68%) Software Testing
7 64 (11.00%) Migration
8 58 (9.966%) PRINCE2
9 49 (8.419%) Test Automation
10 46 (7.904%) Regression Testing
11 45 (7.732%) Performance Testing
12 44 (7.560%) Agile Software Development
12 44 (7.560%) ITIL
13 39 (6.701%) Scrum
13 39 (6.701%) Configuration Management
14 35 (6.014%) System Testing
15 33 (5.670%) Change Management
16 31 (5.326%) Risk Management
17 27 (4.639%) Integration Testing
18 25 (4.296%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (14.60%) SQL
2 24 (4.124%) C
3 22 (3.780%) Java
4 17 (2.921%) C#
5 9 (1.546%) PL/SQL
5 9 (1.546%) Python
6 8 (1.375%) C++
7 7 (1.203%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.031%) VB
9 5 (0.859%) Perl
9 5 (0.859%) ABAP
10 4 (0.687%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.515%) Fortran
11 3 (0.515%) VBScript
11 3 (0.515%) Ruby
12 2 (0.344%) PHP
13 1 (0.172%) COBOL
13 1 (0.172%) Delphi
13 1 (0.172%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 141 (24.23%) ISEB
2 65 (11.17%) ISTQB
3 40 (6.873%) Security Cleared
4 35 (6.014%) Degree
5 33 (5.670%) ISEB Practitioner
6 26 (4.467%) SC Cleared
7 23 (3.952%) PMI Certification
8 20 (3.436%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 5 (0.859%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (0.859%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.687%) HP AIS
11 2 (0.344%) CCA
12 1 (0.172%) ACCA
12 1 (0.172%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.172%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.172%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (17.87%) QA
2 19 (3.265%) COBIT
3 8 (1.375%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.687%) FATCA
5 2 (0.344%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.344%) HL7
5 2 (0.344%) DICOM
5 2 (0.344%) GAMP
5 2 (0.344%) GMP
6 1 (0.172%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.172%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.172%) MiFID
6 1 (0.172%) Basel III
6 1 (0.172%) Solvency II
System Software
1 14 (2.405%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.203%) Terminal Services
2 7 (1.203%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (1.031%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.172%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.172%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 163 (28.01%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.515%) SCCM
2 3 (0.515%) HP SiteScope
3 2 (0.344%) Unicenter
4 1 (0.172%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 86 (14.78%) HP
2 72 (12.37%) Microsoft
3 68 (11.68%) Oracle
4 58 (9.966%) SAP
5 10 (1.718%) Capita
5 10 (1.718%) CA
5 10 (1.718%) Niku
6 9 (1.546%) VMware
7 8 (1.375%) Siebel
7 8 (1.375%) Business Objects
8 7 (1.203%) Lotus
9 5 (0.859%) Avaya
9 5 (0.859%) IBM
10 4 (0.687%) Cognos
10 4 (0.687%) Adobe
10 4 (0.687%) Murex
10 4 (0.687%) JD Edwards
11 3 (0.515%) webMethods
11 3 (0.515%) OpenLink
11 3 (0.515%) Red Hat
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