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The table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs within the Bedfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Manager
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5867
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads63
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.811 %0.367 %
Salaries quoted53
Average minimum salary£54,800£65,000
Average salary£56,600£65,000
% change on same period last year-12.92 %
Average maximum salary£58,400£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£48,885£49,979
% change on same period last year-2.18 %
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads740817
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.501 %0.371 %
Salaries quoted605726
Average minimum salary£35,166£34,540
Average salary£37,603£37,899
% change on same period last year-0.78 %
Average maximum salary£40,040£41,258
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,065
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Test Manager East of EnglandTest Manager
East of England

Test Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Test Manager across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedfordshire Test Manager Demand Trend

Test Manager
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Manager across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Bedfordshire Test Manager Salary Histogram

Test Manager
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

110 (76.92 %)System Testing
22 (15.38 %)Project Management
31 (7.692 %)Regression Testing
31 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
31 (7.692 %)Retail
31 (7.692 %)Automated Testing
31 (7.692 %)Load Testing
31 (7.692 %)Integration Testing

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Bedfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Retail
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (76.92 %)System Testing
22 (15.38 %)Project Management
31 (7.692 %)Regression Testing
31 (7.692 %)Automated Testing
31 (7.692 %)Load Testing
31 (7.692 %)Integration Testing
31 (7.692 %)E-Commerce