Test Manager Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Test Manager
South London > Croydon

The median Test Manager daily rate in Croydon is £431, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.13% - 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% - 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £366 - -
25th Percentile £389 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £477 - £588
90th Percentile £502 - -
South London median daily rate £431 £413 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -28.26% +1.10%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Croydon with a recognized job title 171 80 117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.61% 97.56% 98.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 57 81
10th Percentile £350 £273 £377
25th Percentile £483 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £493 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -3.90% -2.38%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £575
90th Percentile £673 £703 £630
South London median daily rate £500 £493 £500
% change year-on-year +1.52% -1.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £17.00
25th Percentile - - £17.19
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - £40.18
South London median hourly rate £58.84 £27.61 £33.67
% change year-on-year +113.13% -18.01% -33.22%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

Test Manager job vacancy trend in Croydon

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Croydon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Croydon

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Croydon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in Croydon over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in Croydon

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Test Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Croydon region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) TestRail
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform