The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. 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 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 advertised for the West Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 65 38 38
Rank change year-on-year
-27 0
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 23 62 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.833% 3.962% 3.822%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.941% 4.189% 4.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 32 22
Average daily rate £338 £434 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.19% -3.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £341 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £413 £425
% change year-on-year
- -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - £30.23
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1185 1480 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.42% 94.57% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 828 495
Average daily rate £313 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.08% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 67 74
Average hourly rate £12.75 £15.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.53 £10.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Manager
Yorkshire

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Test Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Manager across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Test Manager across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Test Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Manager across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Test Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Test Manager
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 West Yorkshire region 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
Bradford +8 11 £273 -27.33%
Leeds -32 5 £300 -33.33%
Halifax -4 2 £390 -7.80%
Huddersfield - 1 - -
Test Manager
Yorkshire

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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 15 (37.50%) Test Management
2 13 (32.50%) Finance
3 12 (30.00%) Retail
4 10 (25.00%) Oracle
4 10 (25.00%) Test Strategy
5 9 (22.50%) Banking
6 8 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (17.50%) Software Testing
8 6 (15.00%) Validation
9 5 (12.50%) QA
9 5 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (12.50%) Waterfall
10 4 (10.00%) Change Control
10 4 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
10 4 (10.00%) ERP
10 4 (10.00%) UNIX
10 4 (10.00%) .NET
11 3 (7.500%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (7.500%) ISEB
11 3 (7.500%) ISTQB
11 3 (7.500%) Retail Banking
11 3 (7.500%) System Testing
11 3 (7.500%) Oracle BI EE
12 2 (5.000%) SC Cleared
12 2 (5.000%) Security Cleared
12 2 (5.000%) Business Transformation
12 2 (5.000%) V-Model
12 2 (5.000%) RAD
12 2 (5.000%) Migration

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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 4 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (2.500%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (7.500%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (7.500%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (5.000%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (2.500%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.500%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 13 (32.50%) Finance
2 12 (30.00%) Retail
3 9 (22.50%) Banking
4 3 (7.500%) Retail Banking
5 1 (2.500%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.500%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.000%) EPoS
2 1 (2.500%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.500%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.500%) Data Integration
2 1 (2.500%) STB
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) UNIX
2 1 (2.500%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Test Management
2 10 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 8 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (17.50%) Software Testing
5 6 (15.00%) Validation
6 5 (12.50%) Waterfall
7 4 (10.00%) Change Control
7 4 (10.00%) ERP
8 3 (7.500%) System Testing
9 2 (5.000%) Business Transformation
9 2 (5.000%) V-Model
9 2 (5.000%) RAD
9 2 (5.000%) Migration
9 2 (5.000%) Programme Management
9 2 (5.000%) Test Scripting
9 2 (5.000%) Release Management
9 2 (5.000%) Project Management
9 2 (5.000%) Process Management
9 2 (5.000%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.000%) PL/SQL
1 2 (5.000%) SQL
2 1 (2.500%) VB
2 1 (2.500%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (7.500%) ISEB
1 3 (7.500%) ISTQB
2 2 (5.000%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.000%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.500%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (5.000%) Informatica
2 2 (5.000%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.500%) SAP
3 1 (2.500%) IBM
3 1 (2.500%) HP
3 1 (2.500%) Endeca