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Test Manager Contracts

Browse 72 Test Manager job vacancies

The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Test Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

3 months to
19 Jun 2013

Same period 2012

Same period 2011

Test Manager

Rank

212

168

145

Rank change year-on-year

-44

-23

Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager

426

612

847

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK

0.885%

1.055%

1.361%

As % of the Job Titles category

0.961%

1.140%

1.470%

Number of daily rates quoted

255

349

486

Average daily rate

£433

£425

£450

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

+1.76%

-5.55%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£350

£340

£325

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£600

£550

£600

UK excluding London average daily rate

£400

£401

£425

% change year-on-year

-0.12%

-5.76%

Number of hourly rates quoted

Average hourly rate

£30.23

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£30.23

All Job Titles
UK

Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category

44347

53663

57608

As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK

92.17%

92.47%

92.54%

Number of daily rates quoted

25564

29628

31510

Average daily rate

£400

£420

Average daily rate % change year-on-year

-4.76%

90% offered a daily rate of more than

£238

£240

£250

10% offered a daily rate of more than

£575

£600

UK excluding London average daily rate

£350

Number of hourly rates quoted

2099

2560

2964

Average hourly rate

£18.50

£20.00

Average hourly rate % change year-on-year

-7.50%

90% offered a hourly rate of more than

£11.00

£11.19

£11.00

10% offered a hourly rate of more than

£41.50

£40.00

£42.50

UK excluding London average hourly rate

£17.50

£18.00

£19.94

% change year-on-year

-2.77%

-9.72%

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Test Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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	Find Job Vacancies
England	-30	394	£450	+5.88%	71
London	+17	196	£480	+1.05%	37
City of London	+16	79	£500	-	23
South East	+12	72	£400	-	7
Berkshire	+14	31	£400	-	4
East of England	+25	28	£400	-3.03%	5
West Midlands	-1	21	£388	-6.06%	8
South West	-8	21	£430	+1.17%	2
Yorkshire	-28	20	£340	-22.28%	4
North West	+4	18	£425	+5.59%	4
West Yorkshire	-32	16	£340	-22.28%	2
Hampshire	+2	12	£413	-17.50%
East Midlands	-25	11	£375	-	1
Scotland	-40	11	£406	+1.56%
Bradford	-	9	£320	-
Bedfordshire	+11	8	£375	-6.25%	4
Milton Keynes	0	8	£400	+17.64%	1
Buckinghamshire	-10	8	£400	+15.94%	1
Edinburgh	-16	8	£431	+1.47%
Hertfordshire	+20	7	£456	+10.60%
Surrey	+16	7	£500	+8.10%	2
Cambridgeshire	+15	7	£413	+3.12%	1
Wiltshire	+9	7	£488	-
Reading	+11	6	-	-
Derbyshire	+7	6	£350	+60.91%
Oxfordshire	+6	6	£425	-
Cheshire	+2	6	£420	-4.00%	1
Birmingham	-3	6	£413	+5.76%	3
Wales	+12	5	£425	-	1
Manchester	+6	5	£455	+33.82%	3

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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	295 (32.89%)	Finance
2	293 (32.66%)	Test Management
3	246 (27.42%)	User Acceptance Testing
4	236 (26.31%)	Test Strategy
5	205 (22.85%)	Banking
6	155 (17.28%)	HP Quality Center
7	153 (17.06%)	ISEB
8	144 (16.05%)	Stakeholder Management
9	136 (15.16%)	QA
10	114 (12.71%)	Test Scripting
11	95 (10.59%)	HP
12	87 (9.699%)	Retail
13	83 (9.253%)	Investment Banking
13	83 (9.253%)	Migration
14	82 (9.142%)	ISTQB

15	80 (8.919%)	Software Testing
16	75 (8.361%)	Oracle
17	74 (8.250%)	SAP
18	66 (7.358%)	Project Management
19	63 (7.023%)	Performance Testing
20	61 (6.800%)	Security Cleared
21	49 (5.463%)	SC Cleared
21	49 (5.463%)	Integration Testing
21	49 (5.463%)	Agile Software Development
21	49 (5.463%)	Microsoft
22	45 (5.017%)	Test Automation
23	42 (4.682%)	Retail Banking
23	42 (4.682%)	Regression Testing
24	38 (4.236%)	Automated Testing
24	38 (4.236%)	Windows

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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	23 (2.564%)	Web Services
2	15 (1.672%)	.NET
3	10 (1.115%)	Middleware
4	7 (0.780%)	SOAP
5	6 (0.669%)	WebSphere
6	5 (0.557%)	XML
6	5 (0.557%)	J2EE
7	4 (0.446%)	Application Packaging
7	4 (0.446%)	soapUI
8	3 (0.334%)	ASP.NET
9	2 (0.223%)	COM
9	2 (0.223%)	JSP
9	2 (0.223%)	HTML
9	2 (0.223%)	Ruby on Rails
9	2 (0.223%)	Gherkin
9	2 (0.223%)	Oracle Fusion
10	1 (0.111%)	SAP PI
10	1 (0.111%)	Mason
10	1 (0.111%)	FIX Protocol
10	1 (0.111%)	WCF

Application Platforms
1	9 (1.003%)	SharePoint
1	9 (1.003%)	MS Exchange
2	8 (0.892%)	SAS
3	6 (0.669%)	CMS
4	3 (0.334%)	Lync
4	3 (0.334%)	SharePoint 2010
4	3 (0.334%)	IIS
5	2 (0.223%)	Adobe CQ
5	2 (0.223%)	WebSphere Application Server
5	2 (0.223%)	MQSeries
5	2 (0.223%)	IBM Notes
5	2 (0.223%)	Tomcat
5	2 (0.223%)	LiveLink
5	2 (0.223%)	Windows Azure
6	1 (0.111%)	Magento
6	1 (0.111%)	Oracle UPK
6	1 (0.111%)	Confluence
6	1 (0.111%)	ESB
6	1 (0.111%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	27 (3.010%)	MS Excel
2	22 (2.453%)	MS Office
3	16 (1.784%)	MS PowerPoint
4	12 (1.338%)	MS Visio
5	8 (0.892%)	MS Project

Business Applications
1	16 (1.784%)	Oracle EBS R12
2	15 (1.672%)	Oracle EBS
3	10 (1.115%)	Agresso
3	10 (1.115%)	Oracle Financials
4	9 (1.003%)	Oracle Applications
5	8 (0.892%)	SAP HR
6	6 (0.669%)	Dynamics CRM
7	4 (0.446%)	SAP FI/CO
7	4 (0.446%)	SAP FI
7	4 (0.446%)	SAP MM
7	4 (0.446%)	SAP CO
7	4 (0.446%)	LatentZero
8	3 (0.334%)	Eagle PACE
8	3 (0.334%)	Cognos Business Intelligence
8	3 (0.334%)	SAP ERP
8	3 (0.334%)	Oracle HRMS
9	2 (0.223%)	Summit
9	2 (0.223%)	Endur
9	2 (0.223%)	Capstone
9	2 (0.223%)	Remedy ITSM

Communications & Networking
1	22 (2.453%)	HTTP
2	8 (0.892%)	Internet
3	6 (0.669%)	LAN
4	4 (0.446%)	WAN
4	4 (0.446%)	ATM
4	4 (0.446%)	FTP
4	4 (0.446%)	HTTPS
4	4 (0.446%)	BSS
5	3 (0.334%)	Intranet
6	2 (0.223%)	DHCP
6	2 (0.223%)	VPN
6	2 (0.223%)	DNS
6	2 (0.223%)	Firewall
6	2 (0.223%)	Fibre Channel
6	2 (0.223%)	Network Security
6	2 (0.223%)	NAS
7	1 (0.111%)	BT 21CN
7	1 (0.111%)	NFC
7	1 (0.111%)	LLU
7	1 (0.111%)	IMAP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	21 (2.341%)	Data Warehouse
2	16 (1.784%)	SQL Server
3	14 (1.561%)	Oracle BI EE
4	9 (1.003%)	Oracle Reports
5	7 (0.780%)	EDRMS
6	4 (0.446%)	DataStage
7	3 (0.334%)	Oracle 8/8i
8	2 (0.223%)	SAP BW
8	2 (0.223%)	Oracle 11g
9	1 (0.111%)	SQL Server 2005
9	1 (0.111%)	Oracle OWB
9	1 (0.111%)	Data Mining
9	1 (0.111%)	MySQL
9	1 (0.111%)	Oracle Discoverer
9	1 (0.111%)	Oracle 10g
9	1 (0.111%)	Big Data

Development Applications
1	33 (3.679%)	QuickTest Pro
2	31 (3.456%)	LoadRunner
3	25 (2.787%)	Selenium
4	18 (2.007%)	JIRA
5	13 (1.449%)	Team Foundation Server
6	10 (1.115%)	TestDirector
7	9 (1.003%)	WinRunner
8	8 (0.892%)	Visual Studio
9	7 (0.780%)	Cucumber
10	6 (0.669%)	TestPartner
11	5 (0.557%)	WebDriver
12	3 (0.334%)	JMeter
13	2 (0.223%)	RequisitePro
13	2 (0.223%)	ClearQuest
13	2 (0.223%)	Rational Robot
13	2 (0.223%)	Rational Functional Tester
14	1 (0.111%)	Rational Performance Tester
14	1 (0.111%)	TestNG
14	1 (0.111%)	eCATT
14	1 (0.111%)	MonkeyTalk

General
1	295 (32.89%)	Finance
2	205 (22.85%)	Banking
3	87 (9.699%)	Retail
4	83 (9.253%)	Investment Banking
5	42 (4.682%)	Retail Banking
6	35 (3.902%)	Telecoms
7	19 (2.118%)	Front Office
8	15 (1.672%)	Back Office
8	15 (1.672%)	Financial Institution
9	12 (1.338%)	Manufacturing
10	9 (1.003%)	General Ledger
11	7 (0.780%)	Automotive
12	6 (0.669%)	Local Government
13	5 (0.557%)	Corporate Banking
13	5 (0.557%)	Publishing
13	5 (0.557%)	Electronics
14	4 (0.446%)	Legal
14	4 (0.446%)	French Language
14	4 (0.446%)	German Language
14	4 (0.446%)	Spanish Language

Miscellaneous
1	21 (2.341%)	Mainframe
2	18 (2.007%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
3	15 (1.672%)	Derivative
4	9 (1.003%)	Market Risk
4	9 (1.003%)	Credit Risk
5	8 (0.892%)	Equities
5	8 (0.892%)	Management Information System
5	8 (0.892%)	Mobile App
6	6 (0.669%)	Open Source
6	6 (0.669%)	Smart Meter
7	5 (0.557%)	Cloud Computing
7	5 (0.557%)	Replication
7	5 (0.557%)	EPoS
8	4 (0.446%)	Equity Derivative
8	4 (0.446%)	SaaS
9	3 (0.334%)	Data Conversion
9	3 (0.334%)	Hedge funds
9	3 (0.334%)	Statistics
9	3 (0.334%)	Online Banking
9	3 (0.334%)	Interest Rate Derivative

Operating Systems
1	38 (4.236%)	Windows
2	18 (2.007%)	Windows 7
3	16 (1.784%)	UNIX
4	7 (0.780%)	Windows Server 2008
5	6 (0.669%)	Windows XP
5	6 (0.669%)	Linux
5	6 (0.669%)	Windows Server 2003
6	3 (0.334%)	VMS
7	2 (0.223%)	Windows 2000
7	2 (0.223%)	Android
8	1 (0.111%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	1 (0.111%)	HPUX
8	1 (0.111%)	Solaris
8	1 (0.111%)	OpenVMS

Processes & Methodologies
1	293 (32.66%)	Test Management
2	246 (27.42%)	User Acceptance Testing
3	236 (26.31%)	Test Strategy
4	144 (16.05%)	Stakeholder Management
5	114 (12.71%)	Test Scripting
6	83 (9.253%)	Migration
7	80 (8.919%)	Software Testing
8	66 (7.358%)	Project Management
9	63 (7.023%)	Performance Testing
10	49 (5.463%)	Integration Testing
10	49 (5.463%)	Agile Software Development
11	45 (5.017%)	Test Automation
12	42 (4.682%)	Regression Testing
13	38 (4.236%)	Automated Testing
14	35 (3.902%)	System Testing
15	34 (3.790%)	PRINCE2
15	34 (3.790%)	CRM
16	32 (3.567%)	Waterfall
17	28 (3.122%)	Validation
18	24 (2.676%)	ERP

Programming Languages
1	36 (4.013%)	SQL
2	23 (2.564%)	C
3	19 (2.118%)	Java
4	5 (0.557%)	VBScript
5	4 (0.446%)	VB
5	4 (0.446%)	C++
6	3 (0.334%)	Ruby
6	3 (0.334%)	C#
6	3 (0.334%)	JavaScript
6	3 (0.334%)	VBA
7	2 (0.223%)	PL/SQL
8	1 (0.111%)	R
8	1 (0.111%)	RPG
8	1 (0.111%)	Fortran

Qualifications
1	153 (17.06%)	ISEB
2	82 (9.142%)	ISTQB
3	61 (6.800%)	Security Cleared
4	49 (5.463%)	SC Cleared
5	27 (3.010%)	Degree
6	17 (1.895%)	ISEB Practitioner
7	7 (0.780%)	PMI Certification
8	5 (0.557%)	CIPD
8	5 (0.557%)	PMP
8	5 (0.557%)	PRINCE2 Certification
9	3 (0.334%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
10	2 (0.223%)	ITIL Certification
10	2 (0.223%)	SAP Certification
10	2 (0.223%)	BC Cleared
10	2 (0.223%)	DV Cleared
11	1 (0.111%)	Six Sigma Black Belt
11	1 (0.111%)	ACCA

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	136 (15.16%)	QA
2	4 (0.446%)	ISO 9000
2	4 (0.446%)	ISO 9001
2	4 (0.446%)	FATCA
3	3 (0.334%)	Data Quality
4	2 (0.223%)	GAMP
4	2 (0.223%)	GMP
5	1 (0.111%)	Solvency II
5	1 (0.111%)	Basel III
5	1 (0.111%)	MiFID
5	1 (0.111%)	SLA

System Software
1	15 (1.672%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	7 (0.780%)	Active Directory
3	6 (0.669%)	Microsoft App-V
4	4 (0.446%)	Hyper-V
5	3 (0.334%)	XenApp
6	2 (0.223%)	VMware ESX
6	2 (0.223%)	VMware Workstation
6	2 (0.223%)	XenServer
7	1 (0.111%)	XenDesktop

Systems Management
1	155 (17.28%)	HP Quality Center
2	2 (0.223%)	Oracle Identity Manager
3	1 (0.111%)	SCCM
3	1 (0.111%)	CA Wily
3	1 (0.111%)	WMI
3	1 (0.111%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager

Vendors
1	95 (10.59%)	HP
2	75 (8.361%)	Oracle
3	74 (8.250%)	SAP
4	49 (5.463%)	Microsoft
5	25 (2.787%)	Siebel
6	18 (2.007%)	VMware
7	11 (1.226%)	Cognos
8	9 (1.003%)	Citrix
8	9 (1.003%)	IBM
9	7 (0.780%)	JD Edwards
10	6 (0.669%)	Capita
11	5 (0.557%)	thinkFolio
11	5 (0.557%)	AppSense
11	5 (0.557%)	PeopleSoft
12	4 (0.446%)	JDA
12	4 (0.446%)	RedPrairie
12	4 (0.446%)	Cadis
12	4 (0.446%)	Infor
13	3 (0.334%)	Sage
13	3 (0.334%)	CheckPoint

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