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The table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Test Manager
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank259240
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads535870
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.296 %0.365 %
As % of the category below0.801 %0.872 %
Salaries quoted373690
Average minimum salary£55,206£51,506
Average salary£60,034£55,838
% change on same period last year+7.51 %
Average maximum salary£64,862£60,171
UK excluding London average salary£51,213£50,517
% change on same period last year+1.37 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads6680899791
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled36.97 %41.85 %
Salaries quoted5564976873
Average minimum salary£45,822£47,427
Average salary£50,018£51,906
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Average maximum salary£54,214£56,385
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Test Manager EnglandTest Manager
England

Test Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Test Manager across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Test Manager Demand Trend

Test Manager
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Test Manager across the London region.

London Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Manager across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonUp+1114£64,809+20.51 %
Docklands, LondonUp+711£69,083+32.15 %
LutonUp+810£60,500+34.44 %
Canary WharfUp+2510£58,278+29.50 %
UxbridgeUp+147£53,071-18.35 %
CroydonDown-167£48,571-22.99 %
HarrowDown-121£55,000+4.76 %
Test Manager EnglandTest Manager
England

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1543 (41.48 %)Finance
2429 (32.77 %)ISEB
3401 (30.63 %)TestDirector
4394 (30.10 %)Banking
5391 (29.87 %)Test Management
6279 (21.31 %)QA
7250 (19.10 %)User Acceptance Testing
8199 (15.20 %)Derivative
9196 (14.97 %)Retail
10173 (13.22 %)Software Testing
11140 (10.70 %)Insurance
12132 (10.08 %)SQL
13121 (9.244 %)Test Scripting
14118 (9.015 %)WinRunner
15109 (8.327 %)Investment Banking
16108 (8.251 %)Equities
17104 (7.945 %)Project Management
17104 (7.945 %)QuickTest Pro
18101 (7.716 %)SAP
1999 (7.563 %)Telecoms
1999 (7.563 %)ISEB Practitioner
2094 (7.181 %)LoadRunner
2191 (6.952 %)E-Commerce
2282 (6.264 %)Use Case
2282 (6.264 %)Pensions
2376 (5.806 %)Automated Testing
2475 (5.730 %)Performance Testing
2571 (5.424 %)System Testing
2571 (5.424 %)Health
2665 (4.966 %)Degree

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
156 (4.278 %)XML
246 (3.514 %).NET
330 (2.292 %)J2EE
418 (1.375 %)CSS
517 (1.299 %)XHTML
611 (0.840 %)HTML
710 (0.764 %)RSS
710 (0.764 %)Middleware
85 (0.382 %)WebSphere
94 (0.306 %)WebServices
94 (0.306 %)JMS
94 (0.306 %)XSL
94 (0.306 %)ASP
103 (0.229 %)COM
112 (0.153 %)ASP.NET
121 (0.076 %)JDBC
121 (0.076 %)SOAP
121 (0.076 %)ODBC
121 (0.076 %)EDI
121 (0.076 %)WAP
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
127 (2.063 %)CMS
225 (1.910 %)Content Management Server
317 (1.299 %)Commerce Server
414 (1.070 %)SAS
513 (0.993 %)SharePoint
65 (0.382 %)MS Exchange
65 (0.382 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
65 (0.382 %)ESB
65 (0.382 %)Exchange Server 2007
72 (0.153 %)SharePoint Server 2007
72 (0.153 %)MQSeries
81 (0.076 %)Documentum
81 (0.076 %)ColdFusion
81 (0.076 %)WebLogic
81 (0.076 %)IIS
81 (0.076 %)Apache
81 (0.076 %)Tomcat
81 (0.076 %)Tuxedo
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
136 (2.750 %)MS Excel
231 (2.368 %)CA Clarity
327 (2.063 %)MS Visio
45 (0.382 %)MS Office
53 (0.229 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.153 %)MS Project
71 (0.076 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (0.840 %)Oracle Applications
28 (0.611 %)SAP HR
34 (0.306 %)MAXIMO
42 (0.153 %)VisionPLUS
42 (0.153 %)Singl.eView
51 (0.076 %)Endur
51 (0.076 %)Oracle ERP
51 (0.076 %)Oracle Financials
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
132 (2.445 %)Internet
25 (0.382 %)Firewall
33 (0.229 %)DVB
33 (0.229 %)WLAN
42 (0.153 %)LAN
42 (0.153 %)CTI
51 (0.076 %)Intranet
51 (0.076 %)Broadband
51 (0.076 %)WAN
51 (0.076 %)DHCP
51 (0.076 %)RIP
51 (0.076 %)TCP/IP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (2.063 %)Datawarehouse
216 (1.222 %)SQL Server
311 (0.840 %)RDBMS
49 (0.688 %)Oracle Reports
58 (0.611 %)MySQL
64 (0.306 %)DataStage
73 (0.229 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (0.153 %)BusinessObjects
82 (0.153 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.076 %)ETL
91 (0.076 %)Database Marketing
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1401 (30.63 %)TestDirector
2118 (9.015 %)WinRunner
3104 (7.945 %)QuickTest Pro
494 (7.181 %)LoadRunner
537 (2.827 %)JIRA
635 (2.674 %)Selenium
728 (2.139 %)eCATT
811 (0.840 %)JMeter
910 (0.764 %)JUnit
108 (0.611 %)Rational Robot
117 (0.535 %)SilkTest
126 (0.458 %)Bugzilla
135 (0.382 %)TestPartner
135 (0.382 %)Visual Studio
143 (0.229 %)Oracle Forms
143 (0.229 %)Subversion
152 (0.153 %)Ant
152 (0.153 %)FitNesse
152 (0.153 %)WATIR
161 (0.076 %)NUnit
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1543 (41.48 %)Finance
2394 (30.10 %)Banking
3196 (14.97 %)Retail
4140 (10.70 %)Insurance
5109 (8.327 %)Investment Banking
699 (7.563 %)Telecoms
782 (6.264 %)Pensions
871 (5.424 %)Health
941 (3.132 %)Retail Banking
1039 (2.979 %)Financial Institution
1136 (2.750 %)Front Office
1218 (1.375 %)Back Office
1315 (1.146 %)Government
149 (0.688 %)Education
158 (0.611 %)Legal
158 (0.611 %)Marketing
167 (0.535 %)3D Graphics
176 (0.458 %)Billing
185 (0.382 %)Auditing
185 (0.382 %)Pharmaceutical
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1199 (15.20 %)Derivative
2108 (8.251 %)Equities
332 (2.445 %)Fixed Income
416 (1.222 %)Equity Derivative
416 (1.222 %)N-Tier
512 (0.917 %)Mainframe
69 (0.688 %)Equity Risk
78 (0.611 %)Credit Risk
85 (0.382 %)Client/Server
85 (0.382 %)Management Information System
85 (0.382 %)EPoS
85 (0.382 %)Blackberry
94 (0.306 %)STB
94 (0.306 %)IPTV
103 (0.229 %)Market Risk
103 (0.229 %)Computer Science
112 (0.153 %)CMDB
112 (0.153 %)Grid Computing
112 (0.153 %)EFTPOS
112 (0.153 %)NHS
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
164 (4.889 %)UNIX
257 (4.354 %)Windows
37 (0.535 %)Symbian OS
45 (0.382 %)Windows XP
54 (0.306 %)zOS
62 (0.153 %)Linux
71 (0.076 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (0.076 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.076 %)AIX
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1391 (29.87 %)Test Management
2250 (19.10 %)User Acceptance Testing
3173 (13.22 %)Software Testing
4121 (9.244 %)Test Scripting
5104 (7.945 %)Project Management
691 (6.952 %)E-Commerce
782 (6.264 %)Use Case
876 (5.806 %)Automated Testing
975 (5.730 %)Performance Testing
1071 (5.424 %)System Testing
1155 (4.202 %)V-Model
1252 (3.972 %)Configuration Management
1351 (3.896 %)PRINCE2
1448 (3.667 %)Integration Testing
1545 (3.438 %)Risk Management
1643 (3.285 %)Business Analysis
1742 (3.209 %)UML
1836 (2.750 %)RUP
1836 (2.750 %)Investment Management
1931 (2.368 %)Time Management
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1132 (10.08 %)SQL
248 (3.667 %)Java
313 (0.993 %)C
313 (0.993 %)C#
48 (0.611 %)VB
57 (0.535 %)JavaScript
66 (0.458 %)VBScript
75 (0.382 %)VBA
83 (0.229 %)VB.NET
92 (0.153 %)PL/SQL
101 (0.076 %)Shell Script
101 (0.076 %)VB6
101 (0.076 %)Korn
101 (0.076 %)Perl
101 (0.076 %)PHP
101 (0.076 %)DHTML
101 (0.076 %)Transact-SQL
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1429 (32.77 %)ISEB
299 (7.563 %)ISEB Practitioner
365 (4.966 %)Degree
418 (1.375 %)ISTQB
59 (0.688 %)ACCA
59 (0.688 %)CISA
67 (0.535 %)PRINCE2 Certification
76 (0.458 %)PMP
76 (0.458 %)PMI Certification
76 (0.458 %)MAPM
76 (0.458 %)MBCS
84 (0.306 %)CFA
92 (0.153 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.076 %)Microsoft Certification
101 (0.076 %)MCTS
101 (0.076 %)MCSD
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1279 (21.31 %)QA
223 (1.757 %)Basel II
39 (0.688 %)COBIT
43 (0.229 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.229 %)ISO9000
52 (0.153 %)MiFID
61 (0.076 %)SLA
61 (0.076 %)WAI
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.535 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
26 (0.458 %)Active Directory
31 (0.076 %)AquaLogic
31 (0.076 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.535 %)Tivoli
21 (0.076 %)ServiceCenter
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1101 (7.716 %)SAP
251 (3.896 %)Oracle
350 (3.820 %)Microsoft
435 (2.674 %)Compuware
532 (2.445 %)HP
621 (1.604 %)Retek
711 (0.840 %)Empirix
711 (0.840 %)Ab Initio
810 (0.764 %)IBM
810 (0.764 %)Citrix
98 (0.611 %)Borland
107 (0.535 %)Symbian
116 (0.458 %)TIBCO
124 (0.306 %)Yantra
124 (0.306 %)Unisys
133 (0.229 %)Siebel
142 (0.153 %)Sybase
142 (0.153 %)Business Objects
142 (0.153 %)OpenLink
151 (0.076 %)Sony