Programme Test Manager Contracts

Programme Test Manager
UK

The median Programme Test Manager daily rate in the UK is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 672 817
Rank change year-on-year +91 +145 -135
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Test Manager 9 31 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.052% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.055% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 22 38
10th Percentile £494 £513 £510
25th Percentile £544 £525 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £638
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% -5.88% +21.43%
75th Percentile £631 £731 £694
90th Percentile £663 £849 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +18.18% - +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

Programme Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Programme Test Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Programme Test Manager in the UK

Programme Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Programme Test Manager.

Daily rate trend for Programme Test Manager in the UK

Programme Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Test Manager over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Test Manager in the UK

Programme Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Programme Test Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Programme Test Manager in the UK

Programme Test Manager
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Test Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +111 9 £588 -6.00% 2
London +83 6 £575 -9.80% 2
UK excluding London +46 3 £650 +18.18%
Work from Home +111 2 - -
Midlands +30 2 £675 +22.73%
West Midlands - 2 £675 -
North of England +29 1 £625 -
Yorkshire - 1 £625 -

Programme Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Programme Test Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Programme Test Manager in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
3 3 (33.33%) Azure
3 3 (33.33%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Functional Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) Virtual Team
4 2 (22.22%) Legal
4 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
4 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) QA
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
5 1 (11.11%) Cognizant
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (11.11%) SLA
5 1 (11.11%) C#
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) PLM
5 1 (11.11%) Service Management

Programme Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
1 1 (11.11%) SpecFlow
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
3 3 (33.33%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Functional Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
5 1 (11.11%) Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Facilities Management
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (11.11%) PLM
5 1 (11.11%) Practice Management
5 1 (11.11%) Service Management
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Cognizant
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle