Test Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 334 371
Rank change year-on-year +85 +37 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 92 134 259
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.61% 0.53% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.56% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 84 193
10th Percentile £401 £427 £414
25th Percentile £475 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £703 £588 £588
90th Percentile £792 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.18
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.00 £45.18
% change year-on-year +0.81% +37.23% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,102 23,924 42,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.36% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,465 16,894 30,368
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 548 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.27
25th Percentile £23.37 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.87 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Test Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Test Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Manager.

Test Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Manager over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Test Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Manager.

Test Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 40 (43.48%) Test Strategy
2 32 (34.78%) Test Management
3 29 (31.52%) Test Automation
4 24 (26.09%) Agile
4 24 (26.09%) Social Skills
5 23 (25.00%) Finance
6 19 (20.65%) ISTQB
7 18 (19.57%) Azure
8 17 (18.48%) QA
8 17 (18.48%) Software Testing
8 17 (18.48%) Test Scripting
9 16 (17.39%) Security Cleared
9 16 (17.39%) Test Planning
10 15 (16.30%) Waterfall
11 14 (15.22%) User Acceptance Testing
12 13 (14.13%) Migration
12 13 (14.13%) SAP
12 13 (14.13%) DevOps
12 13 (14.13%) End-to-End Testing
13 12 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (13.04%) Defect Management
13 12 (13.04%) Oracle
13 12 (13.04%) Integration Testing
14 11 (11.96%) Public Sector
15 10 (10.87%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (10.87%) Functional Testing
15 10 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
16 9 (9.78%) Dynamics 365
16 9 (9.78%) DV Cleared
16 9 (9.78%) JIRA

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.09%) Confluence
2 1 (1.09%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.09%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.17%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.09%) iTrent
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.09%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 18 (19.57%) Azure
2 10 (10.87%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (9.78%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.26%) OCI
4 3 (3.26%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.26%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.17%) AWS
5 2 (2.17%) GCP
5 2 (2.17%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.17%) Oracle CX
5 2 (2.17%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.17%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.26%) Power BI
2 2 (2.17%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (9.78%) JIRA
2 6 (6.52%) Selenium
3 3 (3.26%) JMeter
3 3 (3.26%) Postman
3 3 (3.26%) SpecFlow
4 2 (2.17%) SoapUI
5 1 (1.09%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.09%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.00%) Finance
3 11 (11.96%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.70%) Banking
5 5 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.43%) Legal
6 4 (4.35%) Electronics
6 4 (4.35%) Investment Banking
6 4 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.35%) Marketing
6 4 (4.35%) Prime Brokerage
6 4 (4.35%) Retail
6 4 (4.35%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
6 4 (4.35%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.09%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.09%) Front Office
7 1 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.09%) Military
7 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) Web Services
2 3 (3.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (2.17%) Middleware
3 2 (2.17%) SOAP
3 2 (2.17%) XML
4 1 (1.09%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.52%) Equities
2 4 (4.35%) Derivative
2 4 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.26%) Life Science
3 3 (3.26%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.17%) Hedge funds
4 2 (2.17%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.09%) EPoS
5 1 (1.09%) FMCG
5 1 (1.09%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.09%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.09%) NHS
5 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.43%) Linux
1 5 (5.43%) Windows
2 2 (2.17%) Unix
2 2 (2.17%) VMS
2 2 (2.17%) Windows 2000
2 2 (2.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (43.48%) Test Strategy
2 32 (34.78%) Test Management
3 29 (31.52%) Test Automation
4 24 (26.09%) Agile
5 17 (18.48%) Software Testing
5 17 (18.48%) Test Scripting
6 16 (17.39%) Test Planning
7 15 (16.30%) Waterfall
8 14 (15.22%) User Acceptance Testing
9 13 (14.13%) DevOps
9 13 (14.13%) End-to-End Testing
9 13 (14.13%) Migration
10 12 (13.04%) Defect Management
10 12 (13.04%) Integration Testing
10 12 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (10.87%) Functional Testing
12 8 (8.70%) Project Management
12 8 (8.70%) Scenario Testing
12 8 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.26%) SQL
2 2 (2.17%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.17%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (20.65%) ISTQB
2 16 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 9 (9.78%) DV Cleared
4 8 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 7 (7.61%) Degree
6 5 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.35%) ISEB
8 2 (2.17%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.17%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.17%) PMP
9 1 (1.09%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (1.09%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.48%) QA
2 2 (2.17%) GDPR
2 2 (2.17%) HL7
3 1 (1.09%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.09%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.09%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.09%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (5.43%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.17%) Ansible
2 2 (2.17%) Terraform
3 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (14.13%) SAP
2 12 (13.04%) Oracle
3 8 (8.70%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.43%) HP
5 3 (3.26%) Ariba
5 3 (3.26%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.17%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.17%) Juniper
6 2 (2.17%) VMware
7 1 (1.09%) Blue Prism
7 1 (1.09%) Temenos
7 1 (1.09%) Workday