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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 126 97 114
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 9 38 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.416% 1.635% 0.534%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.439% 1.717% 0.570%
Number of salaries quoted 2 22 9
Average salary £64,000 £48,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.95% +7.77%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year
+3.09% +1.04%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2052 2213 1753
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.91% 95.22% 93.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1666 1903 1414
Average salary £42,000 £41,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.20% -2.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Manager
Berkshire

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 8 (66.67%) Test Management
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) Validation
4 3 (25.00%) Project Management
4 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (25.00%) Test Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) Middleware
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (16.67%) ATM
5 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (16.67%) BSS
5 2 (16.67%) eTOM
5 2 (16.67%) QA
6 1 (8.333%) Fujitsu
6 1 (8.333%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (8.333%) C
6 1 (8.333%) Windows
6 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (8.333%) System Testing
6 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
6 1 (8.333%) DV Cleared
6 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
6 1 (8.333%) Integration Testing
6 1 (8.333%) Test Scripting
6 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (8.333%) IBM
6 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
6 1 (8.333%) ISEB

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 (16.67%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) ATM
1 2 (16.67%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) TestDirector
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Games
2 1 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Test Management
2 4 (33.33%) Validation
3 3 (25.00%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (16.67%) eTOM
5 1 (8.333%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (8.333%) System Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Integration Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Test Scripting
5 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.333%) CMMI
5 1 (8.333%) Change Management
5 1 (8.333%) Regression Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) DV Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Fujitsu
1 1 (8.333%) IBM
Reading, Thames Valley
As a Test Manager your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Extensive track record within testing & quality assurance including more recent experience of Test Management on large integration...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
As a Test Manager your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Extensive track record within testing & quality assurance including more recent experience of Test Management on large integration...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013