The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 91 78 75
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -3
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 4 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.369% 0.608% 0.354%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.472% 0.880% 0.427%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 3
Average salary £75,000 £38,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+93.54% +3.33%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
847 682 703
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.14% 69.10% 83.00%
Number of salaries quoted 763 593 662
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Management
East of England

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Test Management Jobs Demand Trend

Test Management
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Test Management Salary Trend

Test Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the Bedfordshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton -1 2 £75,000 +15.38%
Test Management
East of England

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Test Management.

1 13 (65.00%) HP Quality Center
2 9 (45.00%) Waterfall
2 9 (45.00%) Test Strategy
2 9 (45.00%) Scrum
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (35.00%) Software Testing
3 7 (35.00%) Selenium
4 6 (30.00%) B2C
4 6 (30.00%) E-Commerce
4 6 (30.00%) HP
4 6 (30.00%) Agile Testing
4 6 (30.00%) Mobile App
4 6 (30.00%) QA
4 6 (30.00%) BDD
5 5 (25.00%) Web Testing
5 5 (25.00%) ISEB
5 5 (25.00%) B2B
6 4 (20.00%) SEO
6 4 (20.00%) Degree
6 4 (20.00%) Retail
6 4 (20.00%) CMS
6 4 (20.00%) Analytics
6 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
7 3 (15.00%) Automation Testing
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (15.00%) System Testing
7 3 (15.00%) Performance Management
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) TDD
7 3 (15.00%) Resource Management

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Test Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Selenium
2 1 (5.000%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 4 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Test Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Configuration Manager
4 2 (10.00%) QA Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Scrum
1 9 (45.00%) Waterfall
1 9 (45.00%) Test Strategy
2 7 (35.00%) Software Testing
2 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (30.00%) E-Commerce
3 6 (30.00%) B2C
3 6 (30.00%) Agile Testing
3 6 (30.00%) BDD
4 5 (25.00%) Web Testing
4 5 (25.00%) B2B
5 4 (20.00%) SEO
5 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
5 4 (20.00%) Analytics
6 3 (15.00%) Automation Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (15.00%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (15.00%) System Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Performance Management
6 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) ISEB
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 13 (65.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) HP
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft