The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank - - 33
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 0 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford - - 1.227%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 1.235%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year
+3.09% +1.04%
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
245 201 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 97.61% 97.57% 99.39%
Number of salaries quoted 239 191 157
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £25,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Manager
Bedfordshire

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Test Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Test Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Manager across the Bedford region.

Bedford Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled with Test Manager in their job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Test Management
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Automation Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (16.67%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Management Information System

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled with Test Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio Team System
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Test Management
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Automation Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft