Test Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Test Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £56,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 685 650 667
Rank change year-on-year -35 +17 -90
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 77 83 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.16% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 60 47 102
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,199 £52,500 £51,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,926 52,593 68,736
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.19% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 47,990 30,014 42,465
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in the UK excluding London

Test Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Test Manager in the UK excluding London

Test Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Manager in the UK excluding London

Test Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +5 27 £55,000 +10.00% 5
North of England +55 22 £55,000 -12.00% 3
North West +14 17 £53,750 -14.00% 1
West Midlands +26 15 £70,000 +12.00% 4
East of England +4 13 £70,000 +12.00% 5
South East -4 12 £62,500 +8.70% 10
East Midlands -8 12 £49,329 -1.34% 1
Yorkshire +77 5 £55,000 -13.73% 1
Wales +8 2 £65,000 +30.00%
South West -41 1 - - 1
Test Manager
UK

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 36 (46.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 35 (45.45%) Test Strategy
3 30 (38.96%) Test Automation
3 30 (38.96%) Test Management
4 28 (36.36%) Agile
5 23 (29.87%) JIRA
6 21 (27.27%) QA
7 20 (25.97%) Software Testing
7 20 (25.97%) Social Skills
8 17 (22.08%) End-to-End Testing
9 16 (20.78%) Regression Testing
10 14 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (18.18%) Line Management
10 14 (18.18%) Defect Management
11 13 (16.88%) Project Management
12 12 (15.58%) ISTQB
13 11 (14.29%) Waterfall
14 10 (12.99%) Matrix Management
14 10 (12.99%) Mentoring
14 10 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
15 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
15 9 (11.69%) Project Delivery
15 9 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
16 8 (10.39%) Scrum
16 8 (10.39%) Migration
16 8 (10.39%) Degree
16 8 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (10.39%) TestRail
17 7 (9.09%) System Integration Testing
17 7 (9.09%) Functional Testing

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.19%) Azure
2 3 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (3.90%) SaaS
3 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) LAN
1 4 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (5.19%) Wireless
2 1 (1.30%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 23 (29.87%) JIRA
2 8 (10.39%) TestRail
3 5 (6.49%) SoapUI
4 3 (3.90%) Zephyr
5 2 (2.60%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.60%) Selenium
6 1 (1.30%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (1.30%) TeamCity
General
1 20 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (9.09%) Finance
5 7 (9.09%) Law
6 5 (6.49%) Retail
7 4 (5.19%) Back Office
7 4 (5.19%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.90%) Automotive
9 2 (2.60%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Aviation
10 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Electronics
10 1 (1.30%) Legal
10 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Police
10 1 (1.30%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.49%) SOAP
2 4 (5.19%) ADO
3 3 (3.90%) WPF
4 2 (2.60%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.49%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.60%) BBC
5 1 (1.30%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.30%) Cybercrime
5 1 (1.30%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.30%) NHS
5 1 (1.30%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 35 (45.45%) Test Strategy
3 30 (38.96%) Test Automation
3 30 (38.96%) Test Management
4 28 (36.36%) Agile
5 20 (25.97%) Software Testing
6 17 (22.08%) End-to-End Testing
7 16 (20.78%) Regression Testing
8 14 (18.18%) Defect Management
8 14 (18.18%) Line Management
8 14 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (16.88%) Project Management
10 11 (14.29%) Waterfall
11 10 (12.99%) Matrix Management
11 10 (12.99%) Mentoring
12 9 (11.69%) Project Delivery
12 9 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (10.39%) Migration
13 8 (10.39%) Scrum
14 7 (9.09%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.49%) SQL
2 3 (3.90%) C#
3 1 (1.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) ISTQB
2 8 (10.39%) Degree
3 5 (6.49%) CAPM
3 5 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.49%) ISEB
3 5 (6.49%) PMI Certification
3 5 (6.49%) PMP
3 5 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (1.30%) CREST Certified
4 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (27.27%) QA
2 2 (2.60%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 6 (7.79%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (7.79%) HP
2 5 (6.49%) SAP
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.30%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.30%) BT
4 1 (1.30%) Workday