The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 195 150 148
Rank change year-on-year
-45 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 20 74 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.389% 1.207% 0.932%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.413% 1.277% 0.990%
Number of salaries quoted 10 57 42
Average salary £65,000 £47,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.84% -13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £43,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,500 £47,750
% change year-on-year
+3.09% +1.57%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4848 5795 4847
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.23% 94.49% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3844 4947 4021
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,350 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the Berkshire 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
Reading -24 7 £64,000 +31.95%
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 9 (32.14%) Finance
1 9 (32.14%) Performance Testing
2 8 (28.57%) Test Management
2 8 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 7 (25.00%) Middleware
4 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (21.43%) IBM
5 5 (17.86%) .NET
6 4 (14.29%) Validation
6 4 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
7 3 (10.71%) QA
7 3 (10.71%) Windows Azure
7 3 (10.71%) Web Testing
7 3 (10.71%) Rational Performance Tester
7 3 (10.71%) Test Strategy
7 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (10.71%) Automation Testing
7 3 (10.71%) C#
7 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
7 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
7 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
7 3 (10.71%) LoadRunner
8 2 (7.143%) Salesforce.com
8 2 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (7.143%) ATM
8 2 (7.143%) Active Directory
8 2 (7.143%) HP
8 2 (7.143%) TestDirector

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 7 (25.00%) Middleware
2 5 (17.86%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) ATM
2 1 (3.571%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
1 3 (10.71%) LoadRunner
1 3 (10.71%) Rational Performance Tester
2 2 (7.143%) Selenium
2 2 (7.143%) FitNesse
2 2 (7.143%) TestDirector
2 2 (7.143%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 9 (32.14%) Finance
2 2 (7.143%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.143%) Retail
3 1 (3.571%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.143%) Windows
1 2 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Performance Testing
2 8 (28.57%) Test Management
2 8 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (14.29%) Validation
4 4 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
4 4 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (10.71%) Test Strategy
5 3 (10.71%) Automation Testing
5 3 (10.71%) Web Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Test Scripting
6 2 (7.143%) Security Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Integration Testing
6 2 (7.143%) TDD
6 2 (7.143%) Project Management
6 2 (7.143%) Change Management
6 2 (7.143%) Regression Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Software Distribution
6 2 (7.143%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) C#
2 2 (7.143%) Java
3 1 (3.571%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (7.143%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.143%) DV Cleared
1 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) IBM
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.143%) HP
3 2 (7.143%) Salesforce.com
3 2 (7.143%) Fujitsu
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle
3 2 (7.143%) SAP
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Test Manager your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Extensive track record within testing & quality assurance including more recent experience of Test Management on large integration...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
As a Test Manager your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Extensive track record within testing & quality assurance including more recent experience of Test Management on large integration...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013