Test Manager Jobs in England

Test Manager
UK > England

The median Test Manager salary in England is £64,150 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 721 774 869
Rank change year-on-year +53 +95 -128
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 94 153 273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.18% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 70 110 168
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £47,350
25th Percentile £50,348 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,150 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £77,813
90th Percentile £82,750 £106,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,172 84,782 125,764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,024 53,688 75,723
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in England

Test Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in England.

Salary trend for Test Manager in England

Test Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Manager in England

Test Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +13 26 £56,315 +12.63% 2
North of England +35 22 £55,000 -12.00% 2
London +84 17 £86,000 +1.18% 10
North West +22 16 £55,000 -12.00% 2
West Midlands - 14 £70,000 - 1
South East +15 13 £63,750 +10.87% 12
East of England +12 12 £70,000 +12.00% 5
East Midlands -12 12 £49,329 -1.34% 1
Yorkshire +86 6 £55,000 -12.00%
South West -31 3 £62,961 -10.06% 1
Test Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Test Manager 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 45 (47.87%) Test Strategy
2 39 (41.49%) Test Automation
3 36 (38.30%) User Acceptance Testing
3 36 (38.30%) Test Management
4 30 (31.91%) Agile
5 29 (30.85%) QA
6 28 (29.79%) Social Skills
7 24 (25.53%) JIRA
7 24 (25.53%) Software Testing
8 17 (18.09%) Finance
9 16 (17.02%) Regression Testing
9 16 (17.02%) ISTQB
9 16 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (17.02%) End-to-End Testing
10 14 (14.89%) Line Management
11 13 (13.83%) Defect Management
12 12 (12.77%) Manual Testing
12 12 (12.77%) Waterfall
12 12 (12.77%) Project Management
13 11 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
13 11 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (10.64%) Functional Testing
14 10 (10.64%) Degree
14 10 (10.64%) Matrix Management
15 9 (9.57%) Test Scripting
15 9 (9.57%) SAP
15 9 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (9.57%) CI/CD
15 9 (9.57%) Public Sector
16 8 (8.51%) Project Delivery

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.32%) Azure
2 4 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.19%) SaaS
4 1 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.06%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.26%) LAN
1 4 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (4.26%) Wireless
2 1 (1.06%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.32%) SAP BW
1 5 (5.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (25.53%) JIRA
2 8 (8.51%) TestRail
3 6 (6.38%) SoapUI
4 3 (3.19%) Cucumber
4 3 (3.19%) Selenium
4 3 (3.19%) Zephyr
5 2 (2.13%) Git
5 2 (2.13%) Postman
6 1 (1.06%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.06%) TeamCity
General
1 28 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.09%) Finance
3 11 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (7.45%) Law
6 7 (7.45%) Retail
7 4 (4.26%) Back Office
7 4 (4.26%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.19%) Automotive
9 2 (2.13%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.06%) Aviation
10 1 (1.06%) Electronics
10 1 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.06%) Legal
10 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.06%) Police
10 1 (1.06%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.32%) SOAP
2 4 (4.26%) ADO
3 3 (3.19%) WPF
4 1 (1.06%) .NET
4 1 (1.06%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.06%) HTML
4 1 (1.06%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.26%) BBC
2 4 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.06%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.06%) Cybercrime
3 1 (1.06%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.06%) NHS
3 1 (1.06%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (47.87%) Test Strategy
2 39 (41.49%) Test Automation
3 36 (38.30%) Test Management
3 36 (38.30%) User Acceptance Testing
4 30 (31.91%) Agile
5 24 (25.53%) Software Testing
6 16 (17.02%) End-to-End Testing
6 16 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (17.02%) Regression Testing
7 14 (14.89%) Line Management
8 13 (13.83%) Defect Management
9 12 (12.77%) Manual Testing
9 12 (12.77%) Project Management
9 12 (12.77%) Waterfall
10 11 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (10.64%) Functional Testing
11 10 (10.64%) Matrix Management
12 9 (9.57%) CI/CD
12 9 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (9.57%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.32%) SQL
2 4 (4.26%) C#
3 1 (1.06%) Java
3 1 (1.06%) Python
3 1 (1.06%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (17.02%) ISTQB
2 10 (10.64%) Degree
3 8 (8.51%) Security Cleared
4 7 (7.45%) ISEB
5 5 (5.32%) CAPM
5 5 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (5.32%) DV Cleared
5 5 (5.32%) PMI Certification
5 5 (5.32%) PMP
6 2 (2.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.06%) CEH
7 1 (1.06%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (1.06%) CISM
7 1 (1.06%) CISSP
7 1 (1.06%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (30.85%) QA
2 2 (2.13%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.38%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.06%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (9.57%) SAP
2 6 (6.38%) HP
3 5 (5.32%) UiPath
4 2 (2.13%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.06%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.06%) BT
5 1 (1.06%) Salesforce