The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 120 95 102
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +7
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 2 19 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.115% 1.098% 0.749%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.148% 1.439% 1.061%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 8
Average salary £51,250 £42,125 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.66% +24.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,250 £36,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,250 £48,019 £55,038
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1351 1320 1320
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 77.91% 76.30% 70.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1169 1156 1032
Average salary £37,500 £39,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.06% +5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Management
South West

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Test Management Salary Trend

Test Management
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 6 (85.71%) ISEB
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Resource Management
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) C
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) Perl
3 2 (28.57%) VB
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) UNIX
3 2 (28.57%) HP
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
4 1 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (14.29%) Fault Management
4 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Test Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Test Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
1 3 (42.86%) Resource Management
1 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
3 1 (14.29%) Fault Management
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) Perl
1 2 (28.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) ISEB
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) HP