The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey 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 21 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 171 193 197
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 40 30 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.757% 0.499% 0.360%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.793% 0.521% 0.381%
Number of salaries quoted 39 27 17
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% +3.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £41,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year
+3.09% +1.04%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5046 5762 4985
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 95.44% 95.91% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4059 5051 4360
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Manager across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 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
Guildford -5 7 £45,000 -28.00%
Redhill - 3 £55,000 -
Reigate - 2 £60,000 -
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 34 (53.13%) ISTQB
2 32 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 31 (48.44%) ISEB
4 29 (45.31%) QuickTest Pro
5 26 (40.63%) Selenium
5 26 (40.63%) Automated Testing
6 25 (39.06%) QA
7 22 (34.38%) WinRunner
8 21 (32.81%) Test Scripting
9 19 (29.69%) Test Management
9 19 (29.69%) Open Source
10 13 (20.31%) Finance
10 13 (20.31%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
12 9 (14.06%) .NET
13 8 (12.50%) MS Excel
13 8 (12.50%) SharePoint
13 8 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
14 6 (9.375%) Test Strategy
14 6 (9.375%) Use Case
15 5 (7.813%) Degree
15 5 (7.813%) Statistics
15 5 (7.813%) Progress
15 5 (7.813%) HP
15 5 (7.813%) Publishing
15 5 (7.813%) Bug Management
15 5 (7.813%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 5 (7.813%) HP Quality Center
15 5 (7.813%) Integration Testing
16 4 (6.250%) Test Automation

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 9 (14.06%) .NET
2 1 (1.563%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.563%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 8 (12.50%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.563%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.250%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 29 (45.31%) QuickTest Pro
2 26 (40.63%) Selenium
3 22 (34.38%) WinRunner
4 2 (3.125%) LoadRunner
5 1 (1.563%) SilkPerformer
5 1 (1.563%) TestPartner
5 1 (1.563%) Maven
5 1 (1.563%) FitNesse
5 1 (1.563%) jMock
5 1 (1.563%) QALoad
5 1 (1.563%) Ant
5 1 (1.563%) JUnit
5 1 (1.563%) Concordion
5 1 (1.563%) SpecFlow
5 1 (1.563%) EasyMock
5 1 (1.563%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.563%) JBehave
General
1 13 (20.31%) Finance
2 5 (7.813%) Publishing
3 4 (6.250%) Games
4 3 (4.688%) Law
5 1 (1.563%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 19 (29.69%) Open Source
2 5 (7.813%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.688%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 26 (40.63%) Automated Testing
3 21 (32.81%) Test Scripting
4 19 (29.69%) Test Management
5 13 (20.31%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (9.375%) Test Strategy
6 6 (9.375%) Use Case
7 5 (7.813%) Bug Management
7 5 (7.813%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (7.813%) Integration Testing
8 4 (6.250%) Test Automation
8 4 (6.250%) Scrum
9 3 (4.688%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (4.688%) TDD
9 3 (4.688%) Performance Testing
10 2 (3.125%) Waterfall
10 2 (3.125%) Information Security
10 2 (3.125%) Automation Testing
10 2 (3.125%) BDD
10 2 (3.125%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.250%) VB
2 3 (4.688%) SQL
3 1 (1.563%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (53.13%) ISTQB
2 31 (48.44%) ISEB
3 5 (7.813%) Degree
4 3 (4.688%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (39.06%) QA
2 1 (1.563%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 5 (7.813%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.813%) Progress
2 5 (7.813%) HP
3 2 (3.125%) Oracle
4 1 (1.563%) IBM
Redhill, Surrey
As The Testing Manager You Will Be Required To: - Ensure the test strategy is appropriate and implement changes to the approach as required... - Support the preparation of test...
YourRecruit
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey, West Sussex, Crawley, Epsom, South East
This successful and profitable Software House who specialise in the supply of large scale solutions to the Corporate & Public Sector markets is looking to recruit an experienced Test...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to c£60,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
Redhill, Surrey
A leading software provider requires an experienced Test Team Lead (Test Manager) to build a test team from scratch. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a dynamic,...
ISL
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + negotiable
Posted: 16 May 2013