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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 80 67 85
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 6 25 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.564% 1.829% 1.261%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.588% 1.917% 1.323%
Number of salaries quoted 2 19 12
Average salary £51,250 £62,500 £51,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.00% +21.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,250 £45,000 £45,300
10% offered a salary of more than £60,250 £77,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year
+3.09% +1.04%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1021 1304 1512
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.96% 95.39% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 593 952 1095
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Manager
Scotland

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh Test Manager Salary Histogram

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Banking
2 5 (50.00%) ISEB
2 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (30.00%) ISTQB
4 3 (30.00%) Test Management
5 2 (20.00%) Functional Testing
5 2 (20.00%) HP
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (20.00%) QA
5 2 (20.00%) Credit Risk
6 1 (10.00%) International Banking
6 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (10.00%) Legal
6 1 (10.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Retail
6 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Information Security
6 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Project
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 2 (20.00%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (10.00%) International Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Test Management
4 2 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Project Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security
5 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Fund Accounting
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) ISEB
2 3 (30.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) Reuters
2 1 (10.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft