The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford 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 20 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 73 - 79
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 15 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 1.478% - 0.234%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.545% - 0.242%
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 0
Average salary £60,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £48,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-3.00% +5.26%
All Job Titles
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
971 643 828
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 95.67% 96.55% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 851 590 732
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Test Manager
Oxfordshire

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Manager across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Oxford Test Manager Salary Histogram

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 17 (56.67%) ISEB
2 16 (53.33%) Test Management
3 13 (43.33%) Oracle
4 12 (40.00%) Software Testing
5 10 (33.33%) QA
6 9 (30.00%) ISEB Practitioner
6 9 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
6 9 (30.00%) Oracle BI EE
6 9 (30.00%) CRM
6 9 (30.00%) Siebel
6 9 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (30.00%) Project Management
6 9 (30.00%) Finance
7 7 (23.33%) LoadRunner
8 6 (20.00%) HP
8 6 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
8 6 (20.00%) PRINCE
8 6 (20.00%) E-business
8 6 (20.00%) Test Strategy
8 6 (20.00%) Selenium
9 5 (16.67%) WATIR
9 5 (16.67%) Security Testing
9 5 (16.67%) Open Source
9 5 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 5 (16.67%) Oracle ODI
9 5 (16.67%) Publishing
9 5 (16.67%) ETL
10 4 (13.33%) Retail
10 4 (13.33%) Degree
11 3 (10.00%) Automated Testing

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (6.667%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.333%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 2 (6.667%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (30.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 5 (16.67%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) LoadRunner
2 6 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 6 (20.00%) Selenium
3 5 (16.67%) WATIR
4 2 (6.667%) Rational Robot
5 1 (3.333%) Cucumber
5 1 (3.333%) Bugzilla
General
1 9 (30.00%) Finance
2 5 (16.67%) Publishing
3 4 (13.33%) Retail
4 2 (6.667%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Open Source
2 1 (3.333%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) Windows
1 2 (6.667%) Linux
1 2 (6.667%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (6.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) Test Management
2 12 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 9 (30.00%) CRM
3 9 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (30.00%) Project Management
4 6 (20.00%) PRINCE
4 6 (20.00%) E-business
4 6 (20.00%) Test Strategy
5 5 (16.67%) Security Testing
5 5 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 5 (16.67%) ETL
6 3 (10.00%) Automated Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (10.00%) Manual Testing
6 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2
7 2 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (3.333%) Waterfall
8 1 (3.333%) Logistics
8 1 (3.333%) Performance Testing
Qualifications
1 17 (56.67%) ISEB
2 9 (30.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 4 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.667%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (6.667%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Oracle
2 9 (30.00%) Siebel
3 6 (20.00%) HP
4 2 (6.667%) Red Hat
4 2 (6.667%) IBM
4 2 (6.667%) Citrix
4 2 (6.667%) VMware