Test Management Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 88 90 80
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -10
Contract jobs citing Test Management 7 13 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.424% 0.583% 0.739%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.630% 0.937% 1.168%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 9
Average daily rate £330 £380 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.15% -24.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £312 £307 £430
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £508 £530
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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1111 1388 1199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.29% 62.21% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 653 558
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 69
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Test Management
England

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Test Management Hourly 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +3 3 £350 -7.89%
Warwickshire - 3 £330 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Test Management
England

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 9 (47.37%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (31.58%) ISEB
2 6 (31.58%) Test Scripting
2 6 (31.58%) Test Strategy
3 5 (26.32%) ISTQB
3 5 (26.32%) Finance
4 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
5 3 (15.79%) Time Management
5 3 (15.79%) Migration
5 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
5 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
5 3 (15.79%) SQL
5 3 (15.79%) Oracle
5 3 (15.79%) MS Office
5 3 (15.79%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
6 2 (10.53%) Functional Testing
6 2 (10.53%) CRM
6 2 (10.53%) Change Management
6 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (10.53%) V-Model
7 1 (5.263%) Telematics
7 1 (5.263%) Zimbra
7 1 (5.263%) Data Migration
7 1 (5.263%) Reference Data
7 1 (5.263%) System Testing
7 1 (5.263%) Problem Management

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) WebLogic
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.263%) CMS
1 1 (5.263%) Zimbra
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Office
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) GPRS
1 1 (5.263%) GSM
1 1 (5.263%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) TestDirector
1 1 (5.263%) LoadRunner
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Automotive
2 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
2 1 (5.263%) Advertising
2 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Test Manager
2 5 (26.32%) Coordinator
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Test Coordinator
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Test Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Test Programme Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Testing Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Head of Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Programme Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Problem Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Environment Manager
5 1 (5.263%) CRM Business Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Client/Server
1 1 (5.263%) Smartphone
1 1 (5.263%) Reference Data
1 1 (5.263%) Telematics
1 1 (5.263%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) UNIX
1 1 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (31.58%) Test Scripting
2 6 (31.58%) Test Strategy
3 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
3 3 (15.79%) Time Management
3 3 (15.79%) Migration
4 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) CRM
4 2 (10.53%) Change Management
4 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (10.53%) V-Model
4 2 (10.53%) Functional Testing
5 1 (5.263%) ITIL
5 1 (5.263%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.263%) Automated Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
5 1 (5.263%) Release Management
5 1 (5.263%) Workflow
5 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) ISEB
2 5 (26.32%) ISTQB
3 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.263%) ISEB Practitioner
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.79%) Oracle
2 1 (5.263%) IBM
2 1 (5.263%) HP
2 1 (5.263%) JD Edwards
2 1 (5.263%) CheckPoint
2 1 (5.263%) TIBCO
2 1 (5.263%) webMethods
2 1 (5.263%) GoldenSource
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