Test Programme Manager
UK

The median Test Programme Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 903 968 1219
Rank change year-on-year +65 +251 -305
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Programme Manager 7 11 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.011% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.012% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 7
10th Percentile - £68,625 £74,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,313 £75,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -14.71% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,563 £93,750
90th Percentile - £95,625 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £81,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -10.49% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Test Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Programme Manager in the UK

Test Programme Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Test Programme Manager in the UK

Test Programme Manager
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Programme Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +105 7 £70,000 -3.45% 2
UK excluding London -5 6 £70,000 -3.45%
West Midlands - 5 £70,000 -
Midlands - 5 £70,000 -
London +123 1 - - 2
South West - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Test Programme 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 featuring Test Programme Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Test Management
2 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) Test Strategy
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (71.43%) HP ALM
3 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (71.43%) JIRA
3 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
3 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
3 5 (71.43%) ISTQB
3 5 (71.43%) CAPM
3 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) HP
3 5 (71.43%) ISEB
3 5 (71.43%) PMP
3 5 (71.43%) PMI Certification
3 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Law
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) TDD
5 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
5 1 (14.29%) CEH
5 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) CISSP
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft

Test Programme 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
2 1 (14.29%) TeamCity
General
1 6 (85.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Gherkin
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Test Management
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Test Strategy
3 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
3 5 (71.43%) Regression Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) TDD
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) CAPM
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (71.43%) ISEB
2 5 (71.43%) ISTQB
2 5 (71.43%) PMI Certification
2 5 (71.43%) PMP
3 1 (14.29%) CEH
3 1 (14.29%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft