The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 17 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 372 432 284
Rank change year-on-year
+60 -148
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 251 211 449
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.575% 0.392% 0.781%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.723% 0.509% 1.026%
Number of salaries quoted 177 186 315
Average salary £56,750 £60,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.41% +4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,600 £40,500 £43,600
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £78,000 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34701 41461 43779
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 79.55% 77.05% 76.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28833 35647 36435
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Management
England

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Test Management Salary Trend

Test Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Management across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London -22 39 £60,000 -11.11%
Bromley - 8 £70,000 -
Croydon - 4 £53,750 -
Docklands, London +6 2 £63,750 -13.85%
Hammersmith - 2 £51,250 -
Test Management
England

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 193 (37.40%) ISEB
2 185 (35.85%) QA
3 156 (30.23%) HP Quality Center
4 153 (29.65%) User Acceptance Testing
5 130 (25.19%) HP
6 128 (24.81%) ISTQB
7 127 (24.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 126 (24.42%) Finance
9 122 (23.64%) Software Testing
10 106 (20.54%) JIRA
11 100 (19.38%) Degree
12 96 (18.60%) Test Strategy
13 93 (18.02%) PRINCE2
14 86 (16.67%) Test Scripting
15 81 (15.70%) Selenium
16 74 (14.34%) QuickTest Pro
17 72 (13.95%) Agile Software Development
18 71 (13.76%) Banking
19 68 (13.18%) Automated Testing
20 63 (12.21%) Scrum
21 59 (11.43%) Java
22 58 (11.24%) Performance Testing
23 57 (11.05%) SQL
23 57 (11.05%) MS Excel
24 53 (10.27%) SharePoint
25 49 (9.496%) E-Commerce
26 47 (9.109%) C#
27 46 (8.915%) Project Management
28 44 (8.527%) Microsoft
28 44 (8.527%) Manual Testing

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 38 (7.364%) .NET
2 11 (2.132%) ASP.NET
3 9 (1.744%) Middleware
3 9 (1.744%) soapUI
4 8 (1.550%) Gherkin
4 8 (1.550%) Web Services
5 7 (1.357%) .NET Framework
6 6 (1.163%) XML
6 6 (1.163%) SOAP
6 6 (1.163%) ASP
7 4 (0.775%) HTML
7 4 (0.775%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.581%) jQuery
8 3 (0.581%) J2EE
8 3 (0.581%) XML Messaging
9 2 (0.388%) DOM
9 2 (0.388%) JMX
9 2 (0.388%) CSS
10 1 (0.194%) COM
10 1 (0.194%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 53 (10.27%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.775%) Documentum
2 4 (0.775%) LiveLink
2 4 (0.775%) Alfresco
3 3 (0.581%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (0.581%) CICS
3 3 (0.581%) MS Exchange
4 2 (0.388%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.388%) MSMQ
4 2 (0.388%) CMS
4 2 (0.388%) SAS
5 1 (0.194%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.194%) ESB
5 1 (0.194%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.194%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 57 (11.05%) MS Excel
2 29 (5.620%) MS PowerPoint
3 28 (5.426%) MS Project
4 18 (3.488%) MS Office
5 6 (1.163%) S-PLUS
6 2 (0.388%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.194%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 7 (1.357%) SAP FI-GL
2 5 (0.969%) SAP GTS
2 5 (0.969%) Temenos T24
2 5 (0.969%) SAP FI
2 5 (0.969%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (0.969%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.775%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.388%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.388%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.388%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.194%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.194%) Sophis RISQUE
5 1 (0.194%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 37 (7.171%) Internet
2 32 (6.202%) HTTP
3 4 (0.775%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.775%) Extranet
3 4 (0.775%) BSS
3 4 (0.775%) SAN
3 4 (0.775%) Intranet
4 2 (0.388%) SMTP
5 1 (0.194%) DHCP
5 1 (0.194%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.194%) SNMP
5 1 (0.194%) VPN
5 1 (0.194%) IPv4
5 1 (0.194%) IPv6
5 1 (0.194%) ATM
5 1 (0.194%) GPRS
5 1 (0.194%) GSM
5 1 (0.194%) LAN
5 1 (0.194%) SDH
5 1 (0.194%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.233%) QlikView
2 22 (4.264%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.907%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (2.519%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (1.744%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (1.744%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (1.163%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.969%) TOAD
8 4 (0.775%) EDRMS
8 4 (0.775%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.775%) Big Data
9 1 (0.194%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.194%) MySQL
9 1 (0.194%) OLTP
9 1 (0.194%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.194%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.194%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 106 (20.54%) JIRA
2 81 (15.70%) Selenium
3 74 (14.34%) QuickTest Pro
4 38 (7.364%) LoadRunner
5 23 (4.457%) Team Foundation Server
6 20 (3.876%) Cucumber
6 20 (3.876%) Visual Studio
7 17 (3.295%) TestDirector
8 12 (2.326%) JMeter
9 11 (2.132%) WinRunner
10 10 (1.938%) Bugzilla
11 8 (1.550%) NUnit
12 7 (1.357%) Sahi
13 6 (1.163%) QADirector
13 6 (1.163%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.969%) FitNesse
15 4 (0.775%) Subversion
15 4 (0.775%) WebDriver
16 3 (0.581%) Git (software)
16 3 (0.581%) Hudson
General
1 126 (24.42%) Finance
2 71 (13.76%) Banking
3 23 (4.457%) Telecoms
4 21 (4.070%) Investment Banking
5 19 (3.682%) Retail
6 14 (2.713%) Publishing
7 11 (2.132%) Back Office
8 8 (1.550%) Advertising
9 6 (1.163%) Legal
10 5 (0.969%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.775%) Law
12 3 (0.581%) Front Office
12 3 (0.581%) Games
12 3 (0.581%) Wholesale Banking
12 3 (0.581%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.194%) Marketing
13 1 (0.194%) German Language
13 1 (0.194%) Online Betting
13 1 (0.194%) Military
13 1 (0.194%) Billing
Job Titles
1 224 (43.41%) Test Manager
2 88 (17.05%) Analyst
3 65 (12.60%) Test Analyst
4 46 (8.915%) Tester
5 45 (8.721%) Consultant
6 42 (8.140%) Test Consultant
7 36 (6.977%) Test Leader
8 34 (6.589%) Project Manager
9 28 (5.426%) Programme Manager
10 26 (5.039%) Programme Test Manager
11 25 (4.845%) QA Engineer
12 24 (4.651%) Test Engineer
13 22 (4.264%) QA Manager
13 22 (4.264%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (4.070%) QA Leader
15 15 (2.907%) QA Analyst
16 13 (2.519%) Software Tester
16 13 (2.519%) Senior Test Analyst
16 13 (2.519%) QA Tester
17 12 (2.326%) UAT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.977%) Computer Science
2 16 (3.101%) Equities
3 13 (2.519%) Fixed Income
3 13 (2.519%) iPhone
3 13 (2.519%) iPad
4 10 (1.938%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (1.744%) Derivative
6 8 (1.550%) Digital Media
6 8 (1.550%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.163%) Social Media
7 6 (1.163%) SWIFT
7 6 (1.163%) Mainframe
8 5 (0.969%) Wiki
9 4 (0.775%) Open Source
9 4 (0.775%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.775%) PMI
9 4 (0.775%) APACS
10 2 (0.388%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.388%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.388%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.457%) UNIX
1 23 (4.457%) Windows
2 15 (2.907%) Apple iOS
3 11 (2.132%) Linux
4 2 (0.388%) Windows XP
4 2 (0.388%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (0.388%) Windows Vista
4 2 (0.388%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.194%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (29.65%) User Acceptance Testing
2 127 (24.61%) Stakeholder Management
3 122 (23.64%) Software Testing
4 96 (18.60%) Test Strategy
5 93 (18.02%) PRINCE2
6 86 (16.67%) Test Scripting
7 72 (13.95%) Agile Software Development
8 68 (13.18%) Automated Testing
9 63 (12.21%) Scrum
10 58 (11.24%) Performance Testing
11 49 (9.496%) E-Commerce
12 46 (8.915%) Project Management
13 44 (8.527%) Manual Testing
14 43 (8.333%) Web Testing
14 43 (8.333%) ITIL
14 43 (8.333%) Asset Management
15 41 (7.946%) Service Management
15 41 (7.946%) Regression Testing
16 35 (6.783%) Integration Testing
17 33 (6.395%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 59 (11.43%) Java
2 57 (11.05%) SQL
3 47 (9.109%) C#
4 22 (4.264%) C
5 17 (3.295%) VB
6 11 (2.132%) C++
6 11 (2.132%) Perl
7 9 (1.744%) VBScript
8 7 (1.357%) Ruby
9 6 (1.163%) R
9 6 (1.163%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.775%) Python
10 4 (0.775%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.388%) PHP
12 1 (0.194%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.194%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.194%) VBA
Qualifications
1 193 (37.40%) ISEB
2 128 (24.81%) ISTQB
3 100 (19.38%) Degree
4 37 (7.171%) Security Cleared
5 25 (4.845%) SC Cleared
6 23 (4.457%) ISEB Practitioner
7 10 (1.938%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 8 (1.550%) SAP Certification
9 7 (1.357%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.581%) PMP
11 1 (0.194%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (35.85%) QA
2 5 (0.969%) SLA
3 2 (0.388%) Solvency II
3 2 (0.388%) TickIT
4 1 (0.194%) Basel II
4 1 (0.194%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.194%) GxP
System Software
1 7 (1.357%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.581%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.194%) NDS
Systems Management
1 156 (30.23%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.194%) CORE IMPACT
2 1 (0.194%) Nessus
Vendors
1 130 (25.19%) HP
2 44 (8.527%) Microsoft
3 33 (6.395%) Hyperion
3 33 (6.395%) Cadis
4 32 (6.202%) SAP
5 27 (5.233%) MKS
6 19 (3.682%) Oracle
7 8 (1.550%) ATG
8 7 (1.357%) IBM
8 7 (1.357%) Citrix
9 5 (0.969%) Business Objects
9 5 (0.969%) Mercator
9 5 (0.969%) Reuters
9 5 (0.969%) Bloomberg
9 5 (0.969%) OpenLink
9 5 (0.969%) T-Plan
10 3 (0.581%) VMware
10 3 (0.581%) Huawei
10 3 (0.581%) Fundtech
11 2 (0.388%) Sitecore
London
The successful Test Manager (Systems Integration / Automation) shall gain cross industry exposure within a cutting edge consultancy working with clients across the government and commercial spaces... Furthermore Test...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum plus competitive package
Posted: 16 May 2013
South West London
The Test Manager will have an excellent understanding of software testing and will be prepared to perform the tasks of a senior tester when necessary. The Test Manager...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Experience using test management tools to manage and report on UAT activities... -HP Quality Center/ALM. -MS-Project. -MS-Word/Excel/Powerpoint. As a Senior / Lead UAT Test...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Mobile Tester (Mobile Test Analyst / Test Engineer) - Mobile / Automated Testing / Manual Testing / Mobile Testing / Selenium / QTP / ISEB / ISTQB / Agile - required by leading Digital Media Client is seeking a...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent benefits package
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
As Test Lead / Manager you'll be required to complete the Test Strategy, construct a meaningful Test Project Plan and oversee final preparation for system integration testing on...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Flexible Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
The Test Manager responsibilities will cover: Defining and agreeing test strategy at the planning stage of all projects... The Test Manager skills required: Strong exposure to working in...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + 27.5 days + generous pension
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
You will be working on CMS projects in an exciting and fast-paced agile environment. The right candidate will have: - 6 years + experience in testing - 3 years + test...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + pension and bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
You will be working on CMS projects in an exciting and fast-paced agile environment. The right candidate will have: - 6 years + experience in testing - 3 years + test...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + pension and bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Test Manager, Manual Testing, Automation, FX, Foreign Exchange, Documentation, Framework Design, QTP, VB Script, Quality Centre, Load Runner, Java. There is a new role with an Investment Bank...
Stott & May
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
This will include (but not be limited to): a)RunningTest programmes on a full time basis, including resource utilisation and reporting b)Mobilising Test Programmes c)Providing Test...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
The successful Test Programme Manager (Banking, COTS, QC, Automation) will have: Test background and extensive test management/programme management experience... Automation (QTP, selenium) and QC experience... Great Stakeholder...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
The successful Programme Test Manager (Investment Banking, COTS) will have: Test background and extensive test management/programme management experience... Automation (QTP, selenium) and QC experience... Great Stakeholder Management...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £60,000 to £75,000 per annum + Bonus + Market-Leading Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Test Management experience on large programmes/projects. Project Management... HP Tooling. Understanding of Functional and Non-Functional Testing. Full lifecycle Test Management... Experience of Testing technologies such as...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
Working with 3nd party off-shore development and testing teams in Sri Lanka and India throughout the SDLC, you will ensure the projects are delivered on time and...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + BONUS + BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The successful Project Manager - financial services, SDLC, JIRA, off-shore development, Prince 2, Agile - will have the following responsibilities: Project planning - define project scope, goal and deliverables... Requirements...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + BONUS + BENEFITS
Posted: 14 May 2013
North London
Extensive experience in IT testing and proven expertise in leading a QA Data Warehouse/BI function for large scale complex projects, delivering complex QA work to a project...
Ticketmaster UK
Salary: Competative
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Job Title: QA Engineer... The role As a Quality Assurance Engineer with my client, you'll be required to qualify workflows, verify that bugs are fixed, design test...
Apollo Solutions
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013