The first table below looks at the demand for Test Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Management
Rank 189 168 154
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -14
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 15 17 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.298% 0.373% 0.527%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.398% 0.538% 0.764%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 18
Average salary £42,500 £28,500 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+49.12% -34.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,100 £27,000 £32,200
10% offered a salary of more than £49,750 £32,100 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £43,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+1.17% -5.55%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3770 3162 2881
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.98% 69.37% 69.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3158 2737 2424
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Test Management
England

Test Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Test Management Salary Trend

Test Management
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham -19 6 £40,000 +33.33%
Coventry - 4 £47,500 -
Worcestershire +3 1 £40,000 +37.93%
Solihull - 1 £36,500 -
Warwickshire - 1 £80,000 -
Test Management
England

Test Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 14 (42.42%) SQL Server
2 13 (39.39%) Finance
3 11 (33.33%) ISEB
4 10 (30.30%) Test Scripting
4 10 (30.30%) Test Strategy
5 9 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
5 9 (27.27%) Automated Testing
5 9 (27.27%) Software Testing
5 9 (27.27%) SQL
6 7 (21.21%) QA
7 6 (18.18%) Degree
7 6 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (18.18%) ISTQB
7 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (18.18%) QuickTest Pro
7 6 (18.18%) Project Management
7 6 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
8 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
8 5 (15.15%) IIS
8 5 (15.15%) Visual Studio
8 5 (15.15%) SAP
9 4 (12.12%) HND
9 4 (12.12%) NHS
9 4 (12.12%) ISEB Practitioner
9 4 (12.12%) Manual Testing
9 4 (12.12%) Mobile Payment
9 4 (12.12%) HP Quality Center
10 3 (9.091%) Integration Testing
10 3 (9.091%) Games
10 3 (9.091%) Regression Testing

Test Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (9.091%) Flash
2 1 (3.030%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.030%) WinForms
2 1 (3.030%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.030%) XML
2 1 (3.030%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (15.15%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (6.061%) MS Office
2 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.030%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (42.42%) SQL Server
2 6 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (6.061%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (15.15%) Visual Studio
3 1 (3.030%) Selenium
3 1 (3.030%) TestDirector
General
1 13 (39.39%) Finance
2 3 (9.091%) Games
3 1 (3.030%) Marketing
3 1 (3.030%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Analyst
1 14 (42.42%) Test Analyst
2 8 (24.24%) Test Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Tester
4 3 (9.091%) Test Leader
4 3 (9.091%) Environment Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Graduate
5 2 (6.061%) Coordinator
5 2 (6.061%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Test Coordinator
5 2 (6.061%) Manual Tester
5 2 (6.061%) Software Tester
5 2 (6.061%) Senior Test Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Technical Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Manual Test Analyst
5 2 (6.061%) Graduate Software Tester
5 2 (6.061%) Testing Manager
6 1 (3.030%) Head of Testing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) NHS
1 4 (12.12%) Mobile Payment
2 2 (6.061%) AS400
3 1 (3.030%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.030%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.030%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.061%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Test Scripting
1 10 (30.30%) Test Strategy
2 9 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (27.27%) Automated Testing
2 9 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 6 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (18.18%) Project Management
4 4 (12.12%) Manual Testing
5 3 (9.091%) Integration Testing
5 3 (9.091%) Regression Testing
6 2 (6.061%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (6.061%) System Testing
6 2 (6.061%) Unit Testing
7 1 (3.030%) Analytics
7 1 (3.030%) Bug Management
7 1 (3.030%) Marketing Analytics
7 1 (3.030%) Automation Testing
7 1 (3.030%) Market Research
7 1 (3.030%) Change Management
7 1 (3.030%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) SQL
2 3 (9.091%) C++
2 3 (9.091%) Java
3 1 (3.030%) VBScript
3 1 (3.030%) C
3 1 (3.030%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) ISEB
2 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 6 (18.18%) ISTQB
3 4 (12.12%) HND
3 4 (12.12%) ISEB Practitioner
4 3 (9.091%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.21%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
1 5 (15.15%) SAP
2 3 (9.091%) Oracle
3 1 (3.030%) IBM
3 1 (3.030%) HP
3 1 (3.030%) PeopleSoft
West Midlands
Software quality assurance experience... Ideally an ISEB Practitioner Certificate in Test Management... KEYWORDS: Quality Assurance | Test | Testing | QA | Manager | UAT | SIT | Strategy | Plan | Tests | Management | Lead | Technology | Software
Harnham
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013