The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 19 June 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 353 349 279
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -70
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 700 777 1012
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.688% 0.686% 0.833%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.728% 0.721% 0.884%
Number of salaries quoted 534 598 822
Average salary £55,000 £53,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.80% -2.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £41,299 £41,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £48,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-3.00% +5.26%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96088 107696 114482
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 80815 93104 97727
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Manager
UK

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Test Manager Salary Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +5 316 £65,000 - 36
South East -4 139 £52,500 +8.24% 7
West Midlands +27 53 £42,500 -19.04% 7
North West -9 49 £42,500 -15.00% 4
East of England +20 48 £55,000 +18.91% 5
Yorkshire -8 41 £42,000 -6.66% 3
East Midlands +15 34 £55,000 +25.71% 2
South West -22 13 £48,000 -6.34% 1
North East +9 9 £50,000 -13.04%
Midlands +14 6 £65,000 +30.00%
Test Manager
UK

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 432 (33.80%) ISEB
2 427 (33.41%) Test Management
3 410 (32.08%) QA
4 367 (28.72%) Test Strategy
5 359 (28.09%) Finance
6 326 (25.51%) User Acceptance Testing
7 291 (22.77%) ISTQB
8 268 (20.97%) Software Testing
9 223 (17.45%) HP Quality Center
10 198 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
11 178 (13.93%) HP
12 165 (12.91%) Selenium
13 162 (12.68%) Performance Testing
14 157 (12.28%) Test Scripting
15 144 (11.27%) Banking
16 142 (11.11%) PRINCE2
17 141 (11.03%) Automated Testing
18 127 (9.937%) QuickTest Pro
19 124 (9.703%) Degree
20 122 (9.546%) Project Management
21 114 (8.920%) Test Automation
22 110 (8.607%) Agile Software Development
23 107 (8.372%) SQL
24 95 (7.433%) SAP
25 89 (6.964%) LoadRunner
26 87 (6.808%) Microsoft
27 82 (6.416%) Retail
28 79 (6.182%) Waterfall
29 76 (5.947%) Java
29 76 (5.947%) ITIL

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 51 (3.991%) .NET
2 21 (1.643%) Web Services
3 16 (1.252%) soapUI
4 13 (1.017%) XML
5 11 (0.861%) Middleware
5 11 (0.861%) SOAP
6 10 (0.782%) J2EE
7 9 (0.704%) REST
8 8 (0.626%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.626%) HTML
8 8 (0.626%) LAMP
9 7 (0.548%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.391%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.156%) HTML5
11 2 (0.156%) Gherkin
11 2 (0.156%) COM
11 2 (0.156%) CSS
11 2 (0.156%) CGI
12 1 (0.078%) SAP XI
12 1 (0.078%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 17 (1.330%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.939%) CMS
3 10 (0.782%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (0.548%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.235%) SAS
5 3 (0.235%) Windows Azure
6 2 (0.156%) Confluence
6 2 (0.156%) Apache
6 2 (0.156%) Documentum
7 1 (0.078%) SAP EP
7 1 (0.078%) WebLogic Integration
7 1 (0.078%) IIS
7 1 (0.078%) MS Exchange
7 1 (0.078%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.078%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.078%) Joomla!
7 1 (0.078%) TIBCO EMS
7 1 (0.078%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 75 (5.869%) MS Excel
2 40 (3.130%) MS PowerPoint
3 38 (2.973%) MS Project
4 35 (2.739%) MS Office
5 14 (1.095%) Open Workbench
6 7 (0.548%) Niku Workbench
7 5 (0.391%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.313%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.235%) Stata
Business Applications
1 18 (1.408%) SAP SD
2 14 (1.095%) SAP FI
2 14 (1.095%) SAP CO
3 13 (1.017%) SAP FI/CO
4 9 (0.704%) SAP CRM
5 8 (0.626%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.626%) SAP FI-GL
5 8 (0.626%) SAP MM
6 7 (0.548%) SAP IS-U
7 5 (0.391%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.313%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.235%) Oracle HRMS
9 3 (0.235%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.235%) SAP HR
9 3 (0.235%) PeopleSoft HRMS
9 3 (0.235%) Oracle BPM
9 3 (0.235%) SAP PSCD
9 3 (0.235%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (0.235%) SAP Retail
9 3 (0.235%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.347%) HTTP
2 19 (1.487%) BSS
3 18 (1.408%) Internet
4 11 (0.861%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.704%) ATM
6 4 (0.313%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.235%) DHCP
7 3 (0.235%) DNS
7 3 (0.235%) GSM
7 3 (0.235%) PSTN
7 3 (0.235%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (0.235%) NAS
8 2 (0.156%) 4G
8 2 (0.156%) 2G
8 2 (0.156%) Wireless
8 2 (0.156%) 3G
9 1 (0.078%) DVB
9 1 (0.078%) Firewall
9 1 (0.078%) CTI
9 1 (0.078%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.660%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.861%) Oracle BI EE
3 7 (0.548%) Oracle ODI
4 6 (0.469%) RDBMS
5 5 (0.391%) Big Data
6 4 (0.313%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (0.235%) Oracle OWB
7 3 (0.235%) TOAD
7 3 (0.235%) MySQL
7 3 (0.235%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.235%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.235%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.235%) QlikView
7 3 (0.235%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.156%) Base SAS
8 2 (0.156%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.156%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.078%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.078%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.078%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 165 (12.91%) Selenium
2 127 (9.937%) QuickTest Pro
3 89 (6.964%) LoadRunner
4 60 (4.695%) JIRA
5 28 (2.191%) Cucumber
6 25 (1.956%) TestDirector
7 24 (1.878%) FitNesse
8 23 (1.800%) WATIR
8 23 (1.800%) Team Foundation Server
9 22 (1.721%) WinRunner
10 21 (1.643%) SpecFlow
11 20 (1.565%) Visual Studio
12 19 (1.487%) Maven
12 19 (1.487%) JBehave
13 18 (1.408%) Concordion
13 18 (1.408%) Jasmine
14 17 (1.330%) Ant
15 13 (1.017%) WebDriver
16 10 (0.782%) ClearQuest
17 6 (0.469%) Sahi
General
1 359 (28.09%) Finance
2 144 (11.27%) Banking
3 82 (6.416%) Retail
4 53 (4.147%) Telecoms
5 50 (3.912%) Investment Banking
6 25 (1.956%) Advertising
7 17 (1.330%) Games
7 17 (1.330%) Manufacturing
7 17 (1.330%) Publishing
8 15 (1.174%) Back Office
9 13 (1.017%) Front Office
10 10 (0.782%) Billing
11 8 (0.626%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (0.548%) Corporate Banking
13 5 (0.391%) Law
13 5 (0.391%) Marketing
14 4 (0.313%) Wholesale Banking
14 4 (0.313%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.313%) Automotive
15 3 (0.235%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 53 (4.147%) Open Source
2 37 (2.895%) Mobile App
3 32 (2.504%) Equities
4 29 (2.269%) Computer Science
5 26 (2.034%) Derivative
6 25 (1.956%) Fixed Income
7 18 (1.408%) Equity Derivative
8 17 (1.330%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (0.939%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (0.939%) Blackberry
10 11 (0.861%) Mainframe
10 11 (0.861%) Client/Server
11 10 (0.782%) Mathematics
12 9 (0.704%) Management Information System
12 9 (0.704%) iPad
12 9 (0.704%) iPhone
12 9 (0.704%) Economics
12 9 (0.704%) Statistics
13 8 (0.626%) Social Media
14 7 (0.548%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 47 (3.678%) Windows
2 32 (2.504%) UNIX
3 20 (1.565%) Linux
4 17 (1.330%) Apple iOS
4 17 (1.330%) Android
5 5 (0.391%) Windows XP
6 3 (0.235%) VMS
6 3 (0.235%) Solaris
7 2 (0.156%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.156%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.078%) SUSE
8 1 (0.078%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (33.41%) Test Management
2 367 (28.72%) Test Strategy
3 326 (25.51%) User Acceptance Testing
4 268 (20.97%) Software Testing
5 198 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 162 (12.68%) Performance Testing
7 157 (12.28%) Test Scripting
8 142 (11.11%) PRINCE2
9 141 (11.03%) Automated Testing
10 122 (9.546%) Project Management
11 114 (8.920%) Test Automation
12 110 (8.607%) Agile Software Development
13 79 (6.182%) Waterfall
14 76 (5.947%) ITIL
15 72 (5.634%) TDD
16 66 (5.164%) Scrum
17 60 (4.695%) E-Commerce
18 59 (4.617%) Integration Testing
19 57 (4.460%) Manual Testing
20 53 (4.147%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 107 (8.372%) SQL
2 76 (5.947%) Java
3 38 (2.973%) C#
4 21 (1.643%) C
5 16 (1.252%) VB
6 6 (0.469%) C++
6 6 (0.469%) PHP
7 5 (0.391%) Perl
8 4 (0.313%) Ruby
8 4 (0.313%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.313%) VBScript
9 3 (0.235%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.235%) VBA
9 3 (0.235%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.235%) Python
10 2 (0.156%) SAS Macro
10 2 (0.156%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.156%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.078%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.078%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 432 (33.80%) ISEB
2 291 (22.77%) ISTQB
3 124 (9.703%) Degree
4 64 (5.008%) ISEB Practitioner
5 58 (4.538%) Security Cleared
6 35 (2.739%) SC Cleared
7 20 (1.565%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (0.313%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.235%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.235%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.078%) PMP
10 1 (0.078%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.078%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.078%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 410 (32.08%) QA
2 5 (0.391%) SLA
3 4 (0.313%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.156%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.078%) TickIT
5 1 (0.078%) ISO 9000
5 1 (0.078%) WAI
System Software
1 4 (0.313%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.235%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.156%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 223 (17.45%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.156%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (0.078%) CORE IMPACT
3 1 (0.078%) Nessus
Vendors
1 178 (13.93%) HP
2 95 (7.433%) SAP
3 87 (6.808%) Microsoft
4 67 (5.243%) Oracle
5 34 (2.660%) IBM
6 14 (1.095%) Huawei
6 14 (1.095%) Siebel
7 9 (0.704%) Cognizant
8 8 (0.626%) Citrix
9 7 (0.548%) Reuters
9 7 (0.548%) Bloomberg
9 7 (0.548%) Niku
9 7 (0.548%) ATG
10 6 (0.469%) Compuware
10 6 (0.469%) BMC
10 6 (0.469%) VMware
10 6 (0.469%) webMethods
11 5 (0.391%) CheckPoint
11 5 (0.391%) Progress
11 5 (0.391%) Fundtech
Bournemouth, Dorset
Ref: ITS7... Role. The successful Test Manager will be responsible for transforming our testing capability and will ensure, through effective and pro-active championing of the test discipline,...
University of Bournemouth
Salary: From £37,382 to £44,607 per annum further progression
Posted: 7 June 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
My Client are looking for experienced Test Assurance Managers to join their testing practice to lead and manage User Acceptance Testing activities on major programmes on behalf of...
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Key areas of focus will be on the following - - Managing a small Test team of 4 - Defining the overall Test strategy - Planning Testing procedures and activities for the...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £45000 - £62000 per annum + bens and bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
They require an experienced Test Manager with proven experience and expertise in software testing within a fast paced delivery environment... You will be required to implement a test...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Creation of UAT Project Plans... - Use tools such as HP Quality Center / ALM... - Stakeholder management. - UAT tracking, oversight and reporting... - Must be SC Cleared or eligible to obtain...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Flexible Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Experis IT
Salary: £55000 - £63000 per annum + pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Flexible Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £38000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £38000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
West Midlands (County)
Frazer John
Salary: £65000 to £85000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £90000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
City, London
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: c£55,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Code IT Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hungerford, Berkshire
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Pension +
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
BrightTALK
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £400.00 - £460.00 per annum + per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: Up to £78,000 per annum plus package including banking bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Salary: £71 - £100 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Berkshire
F5 IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum + car allowance, bonus and benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013