The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Test Manager role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Test Manager
Rank 812 839 802
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Test Manager 52 61 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.048% 0.050% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.052% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 31 47 46
Average salary £57,500 £48,500 £66,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.55% -26.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £40,000 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £72,500 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £51,250 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+13.88% -21.73%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102708 116230 115193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 85414 99672 97379
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Senior Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Test Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Test Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Test Manager within the UK.

Senior Test Manager Salary Trend

Senior Test Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Test Manager over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior Test Manager Salary Histogram

Senior Test Manager
Top 25 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +23 45 £58,750 +16.33%
London +42 24 £57,500 -20.68%
South East +14 14 £60,000 +33.33%
City of London +14 6 £57,500 -20.68%
Wales - 6 £37,000 -
Flintshire - 6 £37,000 -
Deeside - 6 £37,000 -
North Wales - 6 £37,000 -
Surrey +15 5 £60,000 +33.33%
Canary Wharf - 4 - -
Oxfordshire - 3 £45,000 -
North West -8 2 £60,000 +12.14%
South West - 2 £52,500 -
Nottingham - 2 £56,250 -
East Midlands - 2 £56,250 -
Nottinghamshire - 2 £56,250 -
Bristol - 2 £52,500 -
Cheshire +10 1 £60,000 +12.14%
Scotland -7 1 £57,500 +18.55%
West Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
Berkshire - 1 - -
Reading - 1 - -
Oxford - 1 £60,000 -
Coventry - 1 £52,500 -
Aberdeen - 1 £57,500 -

Senior Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Manager in their job title.

1 46 (40.35%) Finance
2 40 (35.09%) Test Strategy
3 31 (27.19%) ISEB
4 30 (26.32%) Degree
4 30 (26.32%) QA
5 27 (23.68%) Banking
6 26 (22.81%) Test Management
7 25 (21.93%) Test Scripting
7 25 (21.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (21.05%) Performance Testing
9 20 (17.54%) Software Testing
9 20 (17.54%) SQL
10 19 (16.67%) Retail
11 17 (14.91%) Automated Testing
12 16 (14.04%) ISTQB
13 14 (12.28%) QuickTest Pro
14 12 (10.53%) Microsoft
14 12 (10.53%) SQL Server
14 12 (10.53%) Risk Management
14 12 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
15 11 (9.649%) Selenium
15 11 (9.649%) .NET
16 10 (8.772%) Agile Software Development
17 9 (7.895%) E-Commerce
17 9 (7.895%) TestDirector
18 8 (7.018%) Advertising
18 8 (7.018%) C#
18 8 (7.018%) Equities
18 8 (7.018%) System Testing
18 8 (7.018%) Test Automation

Senior Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Test Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (9.649%) .NET
2 6 (5.263%) J2EE
3 1 (0.877%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.877%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.877%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (6.140%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.386%) MS Office
3 2 (1.754%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.877%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.386%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.877%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.632%) Internet
2 1 (0.877%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 14 (12.28%) QuickTest Pro
2 11 (9.649%) Selenium
3 9 (7.895%) TestDirector
4 4 (3.509%) LoadRunner
5 3 (2.632%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.754%) TestComplete
6 2 (1.754%) WinRunner
7 1 (0.877%) JIRA
7 1 (0.877%) FitNesse
7 1 (0.877%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.877%) Cobertura
7 1 (0.877%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.877%) Concordion
General
1 46 (40.35%) Finance
2 27 (23.68%) Banking
3 19 (16.67%) Retail
4 8 (7.018%) Advertising
5 5 (4.386%) Publishing
5 5 (4.386%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.509%) Automotive
7 3 (2.632%) Front Office
7 3 (2.632%) Games
8 1 (0.877%) Interactive Media
8 1 (0.877%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.018%) Equities
2 7 (6.140%) Fixed Income
3 6 (5.263%) EPoS
4 5 (4.386%) Statistics
5 4 (3.509%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.632%) NHS
6 3 (2.632%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.877%) Derivative
7 1 (0.877%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.877%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.877%) DTV
7 1 (0.877%) FMCG
7 1 (0.877%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.754%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (35.09%) Test Strategy
2 26 (22.81%) Test Management
3 25 (21.93%) Test Scripting
3 25 (21.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (21.05%) Performance Testing
5 20 (17.54%) Software Testing
6 17 (14.91%) Automated Testing
7 12 (10.53%) Risk Management
7 12 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
8 10 (8.772%) Agile Software Development
9 9 (7.895%) E-Commerce
10 8 (7.018%) System Testing
10 8 (7.018%) Test Automation
11 7 (6.140%) Waterfall
11 7 (6.140%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (6.140%) Asset Management
11 7 (6.140%) Release Management
11 7 (6.140%) Scrum
12 6 (5.263%) Project Management
12 6 (5.263%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.54%) SQL
2 8 (7.018%) C#
3 7 (6.140%) Java
4 1 (0.877%) Ruby
4 1 (0.877%) Python
4 1 (0.877%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.877%) VB
4 1 (0.877%) Objective-C
4 1 (0.877%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 31 (27.19%) ISEB
2 30 (26.32%) Degree
3 16 (14.04%) ISTQB
4 5 (4.386%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (26.32%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (6.140%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.140%) Oracle
3 6 (5.263%) HP
4 5 (4.386%) SAP
4 5 (4.386%) Progress
5 2 (1.754%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.877%) Capita
6 1 (0.877%) MicroStrategy
England
The work will be extremely varied, very challenging and requires a high degree of testing knowledge and test management experience. Implementation and co-ordination of the End-to-...
Harrington Boyd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Plus package
Posted: 8 May 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
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 + excellent bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 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
East London
This is a straight replacement hire as a Test & QA Manager within Fixed Income. This area is responsible for the development and support of all front, middle and...
Aston Carter
Salary: £75000 - £95000 per annum + annual bonus + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013