The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 23 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 103 95 84
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -11
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 6 7 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.356% 0.477% 0.663%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.479% 0.690% 1.032%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 5
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,200 £27,300 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £37,350 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1253 1015 872
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.36% 69.14% 64.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1056 888 750
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Management
West Midlands

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Test Management Salary Trend

Test Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Management across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Birmingham Test Management Salary Histogram

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (60.00%) ISEB
2 6 (60.00%) Test Strategy
3 5 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 4 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (40.00%) SQL
4 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
5 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
6 2 (20.00%) System Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
6 2 (20.00%) Windows
6 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
6 2 (20.00%) AS400
6 2 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
7 1 (10.00%) Project Management
7 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
7 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (10.00%) HTTP
7 1 (10.00%) IBM
7 1 (10.00%) HP
7 1 (10.00%) MS Office
7 1 (10.00%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (10.00%) Banking
7 1 (10.00%) C

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Test Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Manual Test Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Manual Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Test Coordinator
3 1 (10.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) AS400
2 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 6 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 5 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
4 2 (20.00%) System Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) ISEB
2 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) IBM
1 1 (10.00%) HP
1 1 (10.00%) PeopleSoft