The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Luton 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 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Luton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 41 45 38
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 3 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 0.811% 0.267% 0.389%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.852% 0.276% 0.410%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £75,000 £55,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.36% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year
+3.09% +1.04%
All Job Titles
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
352 362 244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 95.14% 96.53% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 298 281 216
Average salary £45,000 £41,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.75% +17.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,750 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £48,800 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Manager
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Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 11 (78.57%) Waterfall
2 10 (71.43%) QA
2 10 (71.43%) Selenium
3 9 (64.29%) Web Testing
4 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (50.00%) Test Management
5 7 (50.00%) System Testing
6 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
6 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
7 3 (21.43%) B2C
7 3 (21.43%) HP
7 3 (21.43%) ISEB
7 3 (21.43%) CMS
7 3 (21.43%) SEO
7 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (21.43%) Stress Testing
7 3 (21.43%) Scrum
7 3 (21.43%) BDD
7 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
7 3 (21.43%) Agile Testing
7 3 (21.43%) Analytics
7 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
7 3 (21.43%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (14.29%) Volume Testing
8 2 (14.29%) B2B
8 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
8 2 (14.29%) Regression Testing
9 1 (7.143%) Finance

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 1 (7.143%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) CMS
Development Applications
1 10 (71.43%) Selenium
2 1 (7.143%) Bugzilla
2 1 (7.143%) FogBugz
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.143%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Waterfall
2 9 (64.29%) Web Testing
3 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (50.00%) Test Management
4 7 (50.00%) System Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
5 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
6 3 (21.43%) B2C
6 3 (21.43%) SEO
6 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (21.43%) Stress Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Scrum
6 3 (21.43%) BDD
6 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
6 3 (21.43%) Agile Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Analytics
6 3 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (14.29%) Volume Testing
7 2 (14.29%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (71.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) HP
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