The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 56 61 57
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 12 2 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.719% 0.302% 2.934%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.813% 0.309% 2.996%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 21
Average salary £42,500 £44,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.49% -11.00%
UK excluding London average salary £48,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-3.00% +5.26%
All Job Titles
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
662 648 801
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.84% 97.74% 97.92%
Number of salaries quoted 579 596 745
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £50,000 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Manager
East Midlands

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

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

Northamptonshire Test Manager Salary Histogram

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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 Northamptonshire 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
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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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Vacancies
Northampton +5 7 £40,000 -10.11% 1
Test Manager
East Midlands

Test Manager
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 6 (46.15%) Test Management
2 6 (46.15%) Test Strategy
3 5 (38.46%) Validation
3 5 (38.46%) IVR
4 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
4 4 (30.77%) C#
4 4 (30.77%) Windows
4 4 (30.77%) ISEB
4 4 (30.77%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (30.77%) Physics
4 4 (30.77%) Games
5 2 (15.38%) System Testing
5 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
6 1 (7.692%) Statistics
6 1 (7.692%) Resource Management
6 1 (7.692%) Avaya
6 1 (7.692%) NetIQ
6 1 (7.692%) Chordiant
6 1 (7.692%) Migration
6 1 (7.692%) Selenium
6 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.692%) Verint

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (7.692%) Selenium
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
2 4 (30.77%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) IVR
2 4 (30.77%) Physics
3 1 (7.692%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Test Management
1 6 (46.15%) Test Strategy
2 5 (38.46%) Validation
3 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
4 2 (15.38%) System Testing
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.692%) Resource Management
5 1 (7.692%) Migration
5 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Avaya
1 1 (7.692%) NetIQ
1 1 (7.692%) Chordiant
1 1 (7.692%) Verint
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