The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the North East 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 19 June 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 57 66 67
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 9 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 1.391% 0.582% 0.694%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.478% 0.602% 0.716%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 4
Average salary £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.04% +21.05%
UK excluding London average salary £48,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-3.00% +5.26%
All Job Titles
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
609 831 698
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 94.13% 96.74% 96.94%
Number of salaries quoted 513 688 585
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Manager across the North East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Tyne and Wear +5 6 £48,750 -15.21%
Durham +1 2 £42,000 -6.66%
Test Manager
England

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 12 (63.16%) QA
2 8 (42.11%) ISEB
3 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
3 7 (36.84%) Linux
4 5 (26.32%) Manual Testing
4 5 (26.32%) Test Strategy
4 5 (26.32%) RDF
4 5 (26.32%) ISTQB
5 4 (21.05%) Automated Testing
5 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
6 3 (15.79%) Resource Management
6 3 (15.79%) Finance
6 3 (15.79%) ITIL
6 3 (15.79%) Performance Testing
6 3 (15.79%) Test Management
7 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
7 2 (10.53%) Service Management
7 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
7 2 (10.53%) Wireless
7 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
7 2 (10.53%) Scrum
8 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (5.263%) TDD
8 1 (5.263%) Validation
8 1 (5.263%) Change Management
8 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
8 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
8 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
8 1 (5.263%) Microsoft

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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.

Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.53%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
1 1 (5.263%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (5.263%) Selenium
General
1 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Manual Testing
1 5 (26.32%) Test Strategy
1 5 (26.32%) RDF
2 4 (21.05%) Automated Testing
2 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
3 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
3 3 (15.79%) Resource Management
3 3 (15.79%) ITIL
3 3 (15.79%) Performance Testing
3 3 (15.79%) Test Management
4 2 (10.53%) Test Scripting
4 2 (10.53%) Service Management
4 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
4 2 (10.53%) Scrum
5 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.263%) TDD
5 1 (5.263%) Validation
5 1 (5.263%) Change Management
5 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) ISEB
2 5 (26.32%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (63.16%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
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