The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 48 47 32
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -15
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 2 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 0.524% 0.515% 1.299%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.645% 0.881% 1.456%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
Average salary £75,000 £65,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +73.33%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
310 227 206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 81.15% 58.51% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 269 188 180
Average salary £46,250 £46,500 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.53% +5.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Management
Bedfordshire

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Test Management Salary Trend

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 7 (63.64%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (54.55%) Waterfall
2 6 (54.55%) Selenium
3 5 (45.45%) ISEB
3 5 (45.45%) Web Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) Retail
4 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
4 4 (36.36%) Degree
4 4 (36.36%) QA
5 3 (27.27%) Stress Testing
5 3 (27.27%) BDD
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) Test Strategy
5 3 (27.27%) Agile Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Analytics
5 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
5 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
5 3 (27.27%) B2C
5 3 (27.27%) HP
5 3 (27.27%) CMS
5 3 (27.27%) Scrum
5 3 (27.27%) SEO
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (27.27%) System Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
6 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
6 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) B2B
6 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) CMS
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Selenium
General
1 4 (36.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Test Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Test Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Configuration Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Team Leader
4 1 (9.091%) Test Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Waterfall
2 5 (45.45%) Web Testing
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Stress Testing
4 3 (27.27%) BDD
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Test Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Agile Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Analytics
4 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
4 3 (27.27%) B2C
4 3 (27.27%) Scrum
4 3 (27.27%) SEO
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (27.27%) System Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) B2B
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) ISEB
2 4 (36.36%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) HP