The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 17 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 198 182 152
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 12 33 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.229% 0.598% 0.904%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.237% 0.627% 0.951%
Number of salaries quoted 7 24 35
Average salary £52,500 £48,750 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £56,750 £48,600
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,500 £47,750
% change year-on-year
+3.09% +1.57%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5265 5574
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.57% 95.45% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4462 4544 4772
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Test Manager
England

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Manager across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wiltshire +6 3 £40,000 +23.07%
Somerset -10 3 £55,000 -
Bristol -12 3 £52,500 +20.97%
Gloucestershire +5 1 - -
Dorset -6 1 £65,000 -
Test Manager
England

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 16 (37.21%) ISEB
2 15 (34.88%) QA
3 13 (30.23%) Test Management
4 11 (25.58%) Software Testing
5 10 (23.26%) Test Automation
5 10 (23.26%) HP Quality Center
6 9 (20.93%) Test Strategy
7 8 (18.60%) ISTQB
7 8 (18.60%) Finance
7 8 (18.60%) Retail
8 7 (16.28%) .NET
8 7 (16.28%) HP
9 6 (13.95%) Scrum
9 6 (13.95%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (11.63%) Logistics
10 5 (11.63%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (11.63%) IBM
11 4 (9.302%) Rational Robot
11 4 (9.302%) PRINCE2
11 4 (9.302%) Java
11 4 (9.302%) FitNesse
11 4 (9.302%) Automated Testing
11 4 (9.302%) Banking
11 4 (9.302%) Telerik
12 3 (6.977%) Business Analysis
12 3 (6.977%) Resource Management
12 3 (6.977%) Test Scripting
12 3 (6.977%) Oracle
12 3 (6.977%) SQL Server
12 3 (6.977%) SAP

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 7 (16.28%) .NET
2 1 (2.326%) Middleware
Applications
1 2 (4.651%) MS Project
1 2 (4.651%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.651%) SAP Retail
1 2 (4.651%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.326%) Internet
1 1 (2.326%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.977%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (9.302%) Rational Robot
1 4 (9.302%) FitNesse
General
1 8 (18.60%) Finance
1 8 (18.60%) Retail
2 4 (9.302%) Banking
3 1 (2.326%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.977%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.651%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Test Management
2 11 (25.58%) Software Testing
3 10 (23.26%) Test Automation
4 9 (20.93%) Test Strategy
5 6 (13.95%) Scrum
5 6 (13.95%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (11.63%) Logistics
6 5 (11.63%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (9.302%) Automated Testing
7 4 (9.302%) PRINCE2
8 3 (6.977%) Project Management
8 3 (6.977%) Business Analysis
8 3 (6.977%) Unit Testing
8 3 (6.977%) Resource Management
8 3 (6.977%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.977%) Test Scripting
9 2 (4.651%) Manual Testing
9 2 (4.651%) Functional Testing
9 2 (4.651%) PRINCE
10 1 (2.326%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.302%) Java
2 2 (4.651%) Perl
2 2 (4.651%) VB
2 2 (4.651%) C
3 1 (2.326%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (37.21%) ISEB
2 8 (18.60%) ISTQB
3 2 (4.651%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (4.651%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.326%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (2.326%) Degree
4 1 (2.326%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (34.88%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) HP
2 5 (11.63%) IBM
3 4 (9.302%) Telerik
4 3 (6.977%) Oracle
4 3 (6.977%) SAP
5 2 (4.651%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.651%) JDA
6 1 (2.326%) Capita
6 1 (2.326%) Cognizant