Test Manager Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Test Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Manager
Rank 365 324 297
Rank change year-on-year
-41 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 700 903 998
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.648% 0.748% 0.802%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.686% 0.789% 0.851%
Number of salaries quoted 497 706 779
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year
+3.09% +1.04%
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All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
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%

Test Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Test Manager Salary Trend

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Test Manager over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Test Manager Salary Histogram

Test Manager
Top 30 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 UK 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
England -39 653 £55,000 -
London -4 313 £65,000 -
South East -7 159 £52,500 +10.52%
City of London -61 51 £65,000 -7.14%
Surrey +19 40 £52,500 +5.00%
East of England +6 38 £70,000 +69.69%
Yorkshire -11 38 £41,500 -7.77%
West Midlands +8 36 £42,500 -22.72%
West Yorkshire -9 34 £40,000 -11.11%
North West -29 32 £42,500 -16.66%
Leeds -14 29 £40,000 -15.78%
East Midlands +4 26 £56,250 +34.73%
Oxfordshire -6 23 £57,500 +57.53%
Berkshire -55 23 £65,000 +36.84%
Manchester -56 19 £41,500 -20.95%
Oxford -8 18 £60,000 -
Hampshire -15 18 £60,000 +26.31%
West Sussex 0 17 £48,750 -18.75%
Scotland -30 17 £52,500 +10.52%
Hertfordshire +10 16 £47,500 +21.01%
Cambridgeshire +20 14 £70,000 +4.47%
Brighton - 12 £52,500 -
Peterborough - 12 £70,000 -
East Sussex - 12 £52,500 -
North East +8 11 £47,500 -17.39%
Kent -11 11 £52,500 +10.52%
Coventry -16 11 £52,500 +5.00%
Cheshire +9 10 £45,500 -10.78%
Wales +9 10 £37,000 -21.27%
Nottinghamshire 0 10 £58,000 +45.00%

Test Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 479 (35.69%) Test Management
2 453 (33.76%) ISEB
3 435 (32.41%) QA
4 382 (28.46%) Finance
5 377 (28.09%) Test Strategy
6 314 (23.40%) User Acceptance Testing
7 295 (21.98%) ISTQB
8 277 (20.64%) Software Testing
9 218 (16.24%) HP Quality Center
9 218 (16.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 201 (14.98%) HP
11 173 (12.89%) Banking
12 160 (11.92%) Test Scripting
13 158 (11.77%) Selenium
14 153 (11.40%) Performance Testing
14 153 (11.40%) PRINCE2
15 150 (11.18%) Project Management
16 143 (10.66%) Automated Testing
17 135 (10.06%) Agile Software Development
18 130 (9.687%) QuickTest Pro
19 129 (9.613%) Degree
20 125 (9.314%) SAP
21 119 (8.867%) Retail
22 115 (8.569%) SQL
22 115 (8.569%) Test Automation
23 88 (6.557%) Microsoft
24 83 (6.185%) Java
25 81 (6.036%) MS Excel
26 79 (5.887%) ITIL
27 78 (5.812%) Waterfall

Test Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 64 (4.769%) .NET
2 15 (1.118%) Web Services
2 15 (1.118%) Middleware
3 14 (1.043%) soapUI
3 14 (1.043%) XML
4 12 (0.894%) SOAP
5 11 (0.820%) J2EE
6 8 (0.596%) HTML
7 7 (0.522%) WebSphere
7 7 (0.522%) REST
8 6 (0.447%) LAMP
9 5 (0.373%) Gherkin
10 4 (0.298%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.224%) COM
11 3 (0.224%) .NET Framework
12 2 (0.149%) HTML5
12 2 (0.149%) CSS
12 2 (0.149%) CGI
13 1 (0.075%) SAP XI
13 1 (0.075%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 16 (1.192%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.745%) CMS
3 8 (0.596%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (0.522%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.224%) Windows Azure
6 2 (0.149%) Apache
6 2 (0.149%) SAS
6 2 (0.149%) Documentum
7 1 (0.075%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.075%) WebLogic Integration
7 1 (0.075%) SAP EP
7 1 (0.075%) IIS
7 1 (0.075%) Tomcat
Applications
1 81 (6.036%) MS Excel
2 41 (3.055%) MS Project
3 37 (2.757%) MS PowerPoint
4 32 (2.385%) MS Office
5 14 (1.043%) Open Workbench
6 7 (0.522%) Niku Workbench
7 4 (0.298%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (1.043%) SAP SD
2 11 (0.820%) SAP FI
2 11 (0.820%) SAP CO
3 10 (0.745%) SAP FI/CO
4 8 (0.596%) SAP FI-GL
5 7 (0.522%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.522%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.447%) SAP CRM
7 4 (0.298%) SAP IS-U
7 4 (0.298%) SAP HR
7 4 (0.298%) Maximo
7 4 (0.298%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.224%) Oracle HRMS
8 3 (0.224%) PeopleSoft HRMS
8 3 (0.224%) Oracle BPM
8 3 (0.224%) SAP PSCD
8 3 (0.224%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.224%) Taleo
8 3 (0.224%) SAP Retail
8 3 (0.224%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.832%) HTTP
2 14 (1.043%) BSS
2 14 (1.043%) Internet
3 12 (0.894%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.671%) ATM
5 4 (0.298%) SAN
5 4 (0.298%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.224%) Wireless
6 3 (0.224%) GSM
6 3 (0.224%) PSTN
7 2 (0.149%) NAS
7 2 (0.149%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.149%) 4G
7 2 (0.149%) DNS
7 2 (0.149%) DHCP
7 2 (0.149%) FTP
7 2 (0.149%) 3G
7 2 (0.149%) Firewall
7 2 (0.149%) 2G
8 1 (0.075%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.310%) SQL Server
2 11 (0.820%) Oracle BI EE
3 7 (0.522%) RDBMS
4 6 (0.447%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (0.298%) Big Data
6 3 (0.224%) Oracle OWB
6 3 (0.224%) TOAD
6 3 (0.224%) MySQL
6 3 (0.224%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.224%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.224%) QlikView
7 2 (0.149%) Base SAS
7 2 (0.149%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.149%) MS Access
7 2 (0.149%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.075%) MarkLogic
8 1 (0.075%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.075%) OLTP
8 1 (0.075%) DataStage
8 1 (0.075%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 158 (11.77%) Selenium
2 130 (9.687%) QuickTest Pro
3 77 (5.738%) LoadRunner
4 52 (3.875%) TestDirector
5 51 (3.800%) JIRA
6 36 (2.683%) Cucumber
7 31 (2.310%) FitNesse
8 28 (2.086%) eCATT
9 27 (2.012%) WinRunner
10 26 (1.937%) SpecFlow
11 23 (1.714%) Team Foundation Server
12 22 (1.639%) Concordion
12 22 (1.639%) Maven
13 21 (1.565%) JBehave
14 20 (1.490%) Ant
15 17 (1.267%) WATIR
16 15 (1.118%) Visual Studio
17 14 (1.043%) Jasmine
18 10 (0.745%) WebDriver
19 9 (0.671%) ClearQuest
General
1 382 (28.46%) Finance
2 173 (12.89%) Banking
3 119 (8.867%) Retail
4 59 (4.396%) Investment Banking
5 57 (4.247%) Telecoms
6 28 (2.086%) Advertising
7 20 (1.490%) Games
7 20 (1.490%) Manufacturing
7 20 (1.490%) Back Office
8 19 (1.416%) Publishing
9 12 (0.894%) Retail Banking
10 11 (0.820%) Law
10 11 (0.820%) Front Office
10 11 (0.820%) Corporate Banking
11 10 (0.745%) Billing
12 6 (0.447%) German Language
12 6 (0.447%) Legal
12 6 (0.447%) Automotive
12 6 (0.447%) Financial Institution
13 5 (0.373%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 61 (4.545%) Open Source
2 34 (2.534%) Equities
3 32 (2.385%) Mobile App
4 27 (2.012%) Computer Science
4 27 (2.012%) Derivative
4 27 (2.012%) Fixed Income
5 16 (1.192%) Mainframe
6 14 (1.043%) Equity Derivative
6 14 (1.043%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (0.969%) Client/Server
8 12 (0.894%) Mathematics
9 11 (0.820%) Economics
10 10 (0.745%) Blackberry
10 10 (0.745%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.671%) EPoS
12 8 (0.596%) Social Media
12 8 (0.596%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.522%) Statistics
13 7 (0.522%) iPhone
13 7 (0.522%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.428%) Windows
2 41 (3.055%) UNIX
3 27 (2.012%) Linux
4 16 (1.192%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.192%) Android
5 4 (0.298%) Solaris
6 3 (0.224%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.149%) HPUX
7 2 (0.149%) VMS
7 2 (0.149%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.075%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 479 (35.69%) Test Management
2 377 (28.09%) Test Strategy
3 314 (23.40%) User Acceptance Testing
4 277 (20.64%) Software Testing
5 218 (16.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 160 (11.92%) Test Scripting
7 153 (11.40%) Performance Testing
7 153 (11.40%) PRINCE2
8 150 (11.18%) Project Management
9 143 (10.66%) Automated Testing
10 135 (10.06%) Agile Software Development
11 115 (8.569%) Test Automation
12 79 (5.887%) ITIL
13 78 (5.812%) Waterfall
14 73 (5.440%) Scrum
15 72 (5.365%) E-Commerce
16 69 (5.142%) TDD
17 67 (4.993%) Manual Testing
18 60 (4.471%) CRM
19 59 (4.396%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 115 (8.569%) SQL
2 83 (6.185%) Java
3 43 (3.204%) C#
4 26 (1.937%) C
5 20 (1.490%) VB
6 11 (0.820%) PHP
7 10 (0.745%) Ruby
8 8 (0.596%) Perl
9 7 (0.522%) C++
10 4 (0.298%) Python
10 4 (0.298%) VBA
10 4 (0.298%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.298%) VBScript
11 2 (0.149%) SAS Macro
11 2 (0.149%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.149%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.075%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.075%) FoxPro (VFP)
12 1 (0.075%) Tcl
12 1 (0.075%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 453 (33.76%) ISEB
2 295 (21.98%) ISTQB
3 129 (9.613%) Degree
4 64 (4.769%) ISEB Practitioner
5 59 (4.396%) Security Cleared
6 36 (2.683%) SC Cleared
7 22 (1.639%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 6 (0.447%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.224%) SAP Certification
9 3 (0.224%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.224%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.075%) CISSP
10 1 (0.075%) PMP
10 1 (0.075%) PCI QSA
10 1 (0.075%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.075%) MCTS
10 1 (0.075%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 435 (32.41%) QA
2 4 (0.298%) ISO 9001
2 4 (0.298%) SLA
2 4 (0.298%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (0.224%) TickIT
4 2 (0.149%) GxP
4 2 (0.149%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.075%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.075%) WAI
System Software
1 3 (0.224%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.149%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (0.149%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.149%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 218 (16.24%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.149%) Nessus
2 2 (0.149%) CORE IMPACT
2 2 (0.149%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 201 (14.98%) HP
2 125 (9.314%) SAP
3 88 (6.557%) Microsoft
4 63 (4.694%) Oracle
5 33 (2.459%) IBM
6 12 (0.894%) Siebel
6 12 (0.894%) Cognizant
7 11 (0.820%) Citrix
7 11 (0.820%) Reuters
7 11 (0.820%) Bloomberg
7 11 (0.820%) Huawei
8 8 (0.596%) Fundtech
9 7 (0.522%) Niku
9 7 (0.522%) ATG
9 7 (0.522%) BMC
10 6 (0.447%) Compuware
10 6 (0.447%) webMethods
10 6 (0.447%) MKS
11 5 (0.373%) Progress
11 5 (0.373%) CheckPoint
Test Assurance Manager - London / M4 Corridor
London
We are looking for experienced Test Assurance Managers to join our Testing practice to lead and manage User Acceptance Testing activities on major programmes for our customers... Sogeti...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Flexible Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Software Test Manager (Software/UAT/Manual) - Manchester, North West
Manchester, Lancashire
They require an experienced Test Manager with proven experience and expertise in software testing within a fast paced delivery environment... You will be required to implement a test...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Business Test Manager: Finance
Reigate, South East
The core responsibilities of this position include (but are not limited to)*Ensuring the test strategy is appropriate and implement changes as required*Define test standards and templates*...
Volt
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Business Test Manager Finance
Reigate, Surrey
The core responsibilities of this position include (but are not limited to) *Ensuring the test strategy is appropriate and implement changes as required *Define test standards and templates *...
Volt
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Test Manager
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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: 13 May 2013
Test Manager
Chesterfield, East Midlands
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: 25 May 2013
Test Manager
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: 25 May 2013
Programme Test Manager - London / M4 Corridor
London
This will include test strategy development, third party test assurance (software and\or hardware) and overall responsibility for the delivery of services into complex, high profile programmes... Sogeti...
Sogeti
Salary: Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oracle Test Manager
UK
The EAS Testing Group within the UK and Europe acts as a horizontal function supporting delivery of existing business through account teams or pre sales support for new...
Cognizant
Posted: 16 May 2013
Principal Test Manager
Oxford, Oxfordshire
As Principal Test manger you will need to be expertises in the following: Significant Test Management experience, earned across multiple markets segments covering a wide range of Testing...
Sanderson
Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Senior Test manager
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
Test Manager
Glasgow, Scotland
If you enjoy working in an agile environment which is flexible and creative with the opportunity to work on the full life-cycle of the projects, then this...
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Bonus + Pension
Posted: 30 April 2013
Test Manager - Application Testing (x2)
London
Potential test managers need to have: - Extensive experience in delegating jobs/roles within a project. - Minimum of 5 years experience in senior testing role. -Industry relevant qualifications such...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £650000 per annum + Car
Posted: 22 May 2013
Test Manager - Application Testing (x2)
London
Potential test managers need to have: - Extensive experience in delegating jobs/roles within a project. - Minimum of 5 years experience in senior testing role. -Industry relevant qualifications such...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £60000 - £650000 per annum + Car
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Co-ordinator, Test Liaison Manager £40000
Solihull, West Midlands
I am looking for a test co-coordinator to join a busy company based in Solihull, they are looking for a test coordinator who can take responsibility for...
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Test Delivery Manager
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
An excellent, in-depth understanding of the testing lifecycle is required, with outstanding supplier management skills... You will oversee Test strategy, drive modernisation and maintain processes for all...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 15 May 2013
UAT Manager / User Acceptance Testing Manager - London
City, London
PRINCE2, MSP or similar project management qualification (Foundation as a minimum); Experience of working in large organisations... ISEB/ISTQB Foundation (or higher) Testing Certification (or equivalent)... Define UAT...
Elevate Recruitment
Salary: From £45,000 to £65,000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Test Manager - Consultant - UK Wide
London
This is a great opportunity to join a top consultancy with a strong client base and the chance to take your Test Management career to the next level...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: competitive + flexible benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
UAT Manager / User Acceptance Test Manager / UAT Lead - 50k
West Midlands (County)
We are looking to recruit a UAT Manager to join a successful, growing Financial Services organisation based in the West Midlands... As the UAT Manager you will be...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Manager - London - £60,000 - £75,000 - Permanent
London
Test Manager, ISEB, ISTQB, Security Cleared, Security Clearance, SC Cleared, SC Clearance, SC Level, DV Cleared, DV Clearance, DV Level, Developed Vetting, Government, Telecommunications, Jira, Quality Center, Quality...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Car allowance
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Manager / system and acceptance tests / Systems Integration
London
Skills Required - Expert level knowledge of Test Management, Test Process and Test Team Leadership - Plan or oversee the planning of the system and acceptance tests and co-ordinates...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £80,000 per annum + excellent package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Test Manager London £70K SAAS Pioneer!
London
Head of Quality Assurance, QA Manager, Test Manager, Selenium, eCommerce, SAAS. Head of QA with strong Automated Testing skills is needed by this leading provider of eCommerce SAAS...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Test / QA Manager, UAT , Anti-money laundering, finance
London
My global banking client, a prestigious and top tier investment bank, is looking for a high calibre business facing test manager to build a new Quality Assurance function...
Aston Carter
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Test Manager / QA Manager (Agile) £55k
City, London
c) Has worked within an Agile development environment... You may have experience of the following: Test Manager, Waterfall, Software Testing Manager, Scrum, ISTQB, Agile, QA Manager, Quality Assurance,...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: c£55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Test Manager / QA Manager (Agile) £55k
London, London, United Kingdom
Through their award winning brands, IG offers Contracts for Difference (CFDs) and financial spread betting to a global audience of over 130,000 clients... IG Group's strong...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £0 - £55,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
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