The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 21 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 122 147 155
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +8
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 21 3 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.854% 0.119% 0.394%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.118% 0.162% 0.517%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 13
Average salary £52,500 £77,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.25% +72.22%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1878 1850 2514
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.40% 73.44% 76.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1488 1502 2024
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Management
East of England

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Test Management Salary Trend

Test Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Management across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Test Management Salary Histogram

Test Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Watford - 6 £52,500 -
St Albans -6 3 - -
Borehamwood - 2 £30,000 -
Test Management
East of England

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 28 (73.68%) QA
1 28 (73.68%) HP Quality Center
2 22 (57.89%) Test Strategy
3 20 (52.63%) ISEB
4 19 (50.00%) MS Excel
5 18 (47.37%) MS Visio
5 18 (47.37%) Test Scripting
5 18 (47.37%) User Acceptance Testing
6 17 (44.74%) MS Project
7 14 (36.84%) Integration Testing
8 13 (34.21%) SAP
8 13 (34.21%) Windows
9 11 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (26.32%) Windows 7
10 10 (26.32%) SAN
10 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
10 10 (26.32%) Windows XP
10 10 (26.32%) LAN
11 9 (23.68%) ISTQB
12 8 (21.05%) JIRA
13 7 (18.42%) SAP FI/CO
13 7 (18.42%) SAP CO
13 7 (18.42%) SAP FI
14 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
14 6 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
14 6 (15.79%) Software Testing
15 4 (10.53%) Finance
15 4 (10.53%) Visual Studio
16 3 (7.895%) Project Management
16 3 (7.895%) Broadband

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.632%) .NET
1 1 (2.632%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 19 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 18 (47.37%) MS Visio
3 17 (44.74%) MS Project
4 2 (5.263%) MS Office
5 1 (2.632%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (18.42%) SAP FI/CO
1 7 (18.42%) SAP CO
1 7 (18.42%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (26.32%) SAN
1 10 (26.32%) LAN
2 3 (7.895%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 8 (21.05%) JIRA
2 4 (10.53%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.263%) LabVIEW
4 1 (2.632%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.632%) JUnit
General
1 4 (10.53%) Finance
2 3 (7.895%) Retail
2 3 (7.895%) Marketing
3 2 (5.263%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.632%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.632%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (31.58%) Test Manager
1 12 (31.58%) Test Leader
2 9 (23.68%) Test Analyst
2 9 (23.68%) Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Technical Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Technical Test Analyst
4 2 (5.263%) Tester
4 2 (5.263%) Test Engineer
5 1 (2.632%) Test Programme Manager
5 1 (2.632%) Programme Manager
5 1 (2.632%) Software Engineer
5 1 (2.632%) Consultant
5 1 (2.632%) Senior Tester
5 1 (2.632%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (2.632%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (2.632%) Test Consultant
5 1 (2.632%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (2.632%) Web Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.632%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (34.21%) Windows
2 10 (26.32%) Windows 7
2 10 (26.32%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (57.89%) Test Strategy
2 18 (47.37%) Test Scripting
2 18 (47.37%) User Acceptance Testing
3 14 (36.84%) Integration Testing
4 11 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (15.79%) Software Testing
6 3 (7.895%) Project Management
6 3 (7.895%) Scrum
7 2 (5.263%) PRINCE2
7 2 (5.263%) Regression Testing
8 1 (2.632%) Web Testing
8 1 (2.632%) Time Management
8 1 (2.632%) Test Automation
8 1 (2.632%) Agile Testing
8 1 (2.632%) User Stories
8 1 (2.632%) Automation Testing
8 1 (2.632%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.632%) Validation
8 1 (2.632%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.263%) Python
1 2 (5.263%) C
1 2 (5.263%) C++
2 1 (2.632%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (52.63%) ISEB
2 9 (23.68%) ISTQB
3 2 (5.263%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (73.68%) QA
2 1 (2.632%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (2.632%) GxP
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (73.68%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) SAP
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.263%) HP
St. Albans, South East
Skills and experience: Proven track record and previous software testing experience. Knowledge of 'Software Testing Tools' e.g. (test management tools, capture replay tools, data preparation tools, debugging...
SkyIQ
Posted: 20 May 2013
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Skills and experience: Proven track record and previous software testing experience. Knowledge of 'Software Testing Tools' e.g. (test management tools, capture replay tools, data preparation tools, debugging...
Sky
Posted: 30 April 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, South East
The scope of the intelligent trading programme is to add intelligence and automation into the processes and decisions that are taken daily within the commercial area.The Test...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013