The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Worthing 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 21 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 Worthing 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worthing 3.125% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.571% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £408 £425
% change year-on-year
+1.22% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.75 - £30.23
All Job Titles
Worthing
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
28 24 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worthing 87.50% 82.76% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 4
Average daily rate £425 £339 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.46% +4.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £165 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £419 £392
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 6
Average hourly rate £15.50 - £21.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Test Manager
West Sussex

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worthing 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 Worthing region.

Worthing Test Manager Daily Rate Trend

Test Manager
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worthing 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 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Test Management
2 4 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 3 (50.00%) Retail
3 3 (50.00%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle
4 2 (33.33%) UNIX
4 2 (33.33%) Windows
5 1 (16.67%) System Testing
5 1 (16.67%) soapUI
5 1 (16.67%) Selenium
5 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
5 1 (16.67%) J2EE
5 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worthing 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 1 (16.67%) soapUI
1 1 (16.67%) J2EE
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) UNIX
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Test Management
1 4 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) System Testing
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle