The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Test Management over the 3 months to 24 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 62 59 51
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -8
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 4 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.635% 0.873% 1.629%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.816% 1.149% 2.492%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 5
Average salary £33,000 £55,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.00% +100.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,600 £53,250 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,600 £56,750 £28,500
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+1.17% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
490 348 321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 77.78% 75.98% 65.38%
Number of salaries quoted 451 330 297
Average salary £38,000 £39,160 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.96% +4.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Management
South West

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Test Management Salary Trend

Test Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Management across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Somerset Test Management Salary Histogram

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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bath - 1 £33,000 -
Taunton - 1 - -
Test Management
South West

Test Management
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 15 (75.00%) Finance
2 12 (60.00%) MS Excel
3 8 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 7 (35.00%) Test Scripting
4 7 (35.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (35.00%) Regression Testing
5 5 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (20.00%) Retail
6 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Software Testing
6 4 (20.00%) Project Management
7 3 (15.00%) ISEB
7 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
7 3 (15.00%) ISTQB
7 3 (15.00%) Selenium
7 3 (15.00%) WebLOAD
7 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
8 1 (5.000%) Scrum
8 1 (5.000%) IBM
8 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
8 1 (5.000%) Oracle
8 1 (5.000%) Test Automation

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

Applications
1 12 (60.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Selenium
1 3 (15.00%) WebLOAD
General
1 15 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Analyst
1 10 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 8 (40.00%) Test Leader
3 7 (35.00%) Tester
4 2 (10.00%) Applications Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Test Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 7 (35.00%) Test Scripting
2 7 (35.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (35.00%) Regression Testing
3 5 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (20.00%) Unit Testing
4 4 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
5 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
6 1 (5.000%) Scrum
6 1 (5.000%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) ISEB
1 3 (15.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (5.000%) IBM
1 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.000%) Oracle