The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 22 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 68 74 70
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 2 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.303% 0.129% 0.759%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.410% 0.165% 1.056%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 6
Average salary £65,000 £26,250 £40,125
Average salary % change year-on-year
+147.61% -34.57%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
488 605 568
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 73.94% 77.96% 71.81%
Number of salaries quoted 405 560 520
Average salary £39,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Management
East Midlands

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Test Management Salary Trend

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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Northampton 0 1 - -
Test Management
East Midlands

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 8 (66.67%) Retail
2 7 (58.33%) ISEB
3 5 (41.67%) Software Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (25.00%) ITIL
5 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
6 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) QA
6 2 (16.67%) Release Management
6 2 (16.67%) SQL
6 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 2 (16.67%) ERP
6 2 (16.67%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (16.67%) EPoS
6 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
7 1 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (8.333%) Migration
7 1 (8.333%) Scrum
7 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
7 1 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (8.333%) System Testing
7 1 (8.333%) Selenium
7 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
7 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (8.333%) Statistics
7 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (8.333%) Selenium
General
1 8 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Test Leader
4 1 (8.333%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) EPoS
2 1 (8.333%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Software Testing
2 3 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
3 2 (16.67%) Release Management
3 2 (16.67%) ERP
3 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (8.333%) Migration
4 1 (8.333%) Scrum
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
4 1 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (8.333%) System Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
4 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) ISEB
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) HP Quality Center