The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 23 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 95 96 104
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 24 11 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.306% 0.761% 0.121%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.390% 0.781% 0.127%
Number of salaries quoted 24 9 0
Average salary £58,750 £36,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+60.95% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year
+3.09% +1.04%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1727 1409 1581
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.01% 97.44% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1495 1270 1426
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% -1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Manager across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Oxford -1 19 £60,000 -
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 18 (46.15%) ISEB
2 16 (41.03%) Software Testing
2 16 (41.03%) QA
3 14 (35.90%) Test Management
4 13 (33.33%) Oracle
5 11 (28.21%) CRM
6 10 (25.64%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (23.08%) LoadRunner
7 9 (23.08%) Siebel
7 9 (23.08%) ISEB Practitioner
7 9 (23.08%) Test Scripting
7 9 (23.08%) Oracle BI EE
8 8 (20.51%) HP Quality Center
8 8 (20.51%) Manual Testing
8 8 (20.51%) Retail
8 8 (20.51%) Finance
8 8 (20.51%) SQL
8 8 (20.51%) SQL Server
8 8 (20.51%) HP
8 8 (20.51%) Project Management
9 6 (15.38%) C#
9 6 (15.38%) Java
9 6 (15.38%) Selenium
9 6 (15.38%) Test Automation
10 5 (12.82%) Security Testing
10 5 (12.82%) Test Strategy
10 5 (12.82%) Degree
10 5 (12.82%) Publishing
10 5 (12.82%) ETL
10 5 (12.82%) QuickTest Pro

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (5.128%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.564%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.128%) HTTP
1 2 (5.128%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.08%) Oracle BI EE
2 8 (20.51%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.564%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (23.08%) LoadRunner
2 6 (15.38%) Selenium
3 5 (12.82%) QuickTest Pro
4 4 (10.26%) WATIR
5 3 (7.692%) Cucumber
6 2 (5.128%) Rational Robot
6 2 (5.128%) Concordion
7 1 (2.564%) Bugzilla
7 1 (2.564%) FitNesse
General
1 8 (20.51%) Retail
1 8 (20.51%) Finance
2 5 (12.82%) Publishing
3 2 (5.128%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Open Source
2 2 (5.128%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (2.564%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.26%) Windows
1 4 (10.26%) Linux
2 2 (5.128%) UNIX
2 2 (5.128%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (5.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Software Testing
2 14 (35.90%) Test Management
3 11 (28.21%) CRM
4 10 (25.64%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (23.08%) Test Scripting
6 8 (20.51%) Manual Testing
6 8 (20.51%) Project Management
7 6 (15.38%) Test Automation
8 5 (12.82%) Security Testing
8 5 (12.82%) Test Strategy
8 5 (12.82%) ETL
9 4 (10.26%) PRINCE
9 4 (10.26%) E-business
9 4 (10.26%) Automated Testing
10 3 (7.692%) Automation Testing
10 3 (7.692%) PRINCE2
11 2 (5.128%) ERP
11 2 (5.128%) Service Delivery
11 2 (5.128%) Disaster Recovery
11 2 (5.128%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) SQL
2 6 (15.38%) C#
2 6 (15.38%) Java
3 1 (2.564%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (46.15%) ISEB
2 9 (23.08%) ISEB Practitioner
3 5 (12.82%) Degree
4 3 (7.692%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (41.03%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.128%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (5.128%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) Oracle
2 9 (23.08%) Siebel
3 8 (20.51%) HP
4 4 (10.26%) Citrix
5 2 (5.128%) IBM
5 2 (5.128%) Red Hat
5 2 (5.128%) VMware
Oxford, Oxfordshire
As Principal Test manger you will need to be expertises in the following: Significant Test Management experience, earned across multiple markets segments covering a wide range of Testing...
Sanderson
Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Oxfordshire
ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing preferred... Testing applications such as CRM (Siebel), Business Intelligence systems (such as OBIEE), ETL (such as Oracle Data Integrator) preferred. Experience with...
Robert Walters
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013