Testing Manager
UK

The median Testing Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 873 969 1194
Rank change year-on-year +96 +225 -310
Permanent jobs requiring a Testing Manager 21 24 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.023% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.025% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 11 17 15
10th Percentile £52,500 £63,300 £33,590
25th Percentile £58,750 £65,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% +3.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile - - £83,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -2.33%

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Testing Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Testing Manager in the UK

Testing Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Testing Manager in the UK

Testing Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Testing Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Testing Manager in the UK

Testing Manager
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Testing Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +122 21 £70,000 - 4
UK excluding London -5 18 £70,000 - 2
South West -27 7 - -
East of England - 7 £70,000 -
London +145 3 £45,000 -30.77% 2
North of England - 3 £55,000 -
Work from Home +83 2 £55,000 -17.91% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £55,000 -
North West - 1 - -
South East - 1 £72,500 - 2

Testing Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Testing 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 Testing Manager in the job title.

1 12 (57.14%) QA
2 10 (47.62%) Management Information System
2 10 (47.62%) Degree
3 9 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (33.33%) Line Management
4 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (33.33%) Regression Testing
4 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (28.57%) UiPath
5 6 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
5 6 (28.57%) Data-Driven Testing
5 6 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
5 6 (28.57%) Power Platform
5 6 (28.57%) Onboarding
5 6 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (28.57%) Power BI
5 6 (28.57%) LLM
5 6 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (28.57%) Investment Banking
5 6 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (28.57%) Banking
5 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 6 (28.57%) Python
5 6 (28.57%) SAS
5 6 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 6 (28.57%) Finance
5 6 (28.57%) Law
5 6 (28.57%) Legal
5 6 (28.57%) Process Management

Testing 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 6 (28.57%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 4 (19.05%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) Power BI
1 6 (28.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
1 2 (9.52%) Zephyr
General
1 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Banking
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (28.57%) Investment Banking
2 6 (28.57%) Law
2 6 (28.57%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Management Information System
2 6 (28.57%) Algorithms
2 6 (28.57%) Credit Risk
2 6 (28.57%) Market Risk
2 6 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.76%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (33.33%) Line Management
2 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 6 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
3 6 (28.57%) Analytics
3 6 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
3 6 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
3 6 (28.57%) Data Analytics
3 6 (28.57%) Data-Driven Testing
3 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 6 (28.57%) LLM
3 6 (28.57%) Machine Learning
3 6 (28.57%) Process Management
3 6 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
3 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 6 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 6 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) Python
1 6 (28.57%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (47.62%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (57.14%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Alteryx
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 6 (28.57%) Pega
1 6 (28.57%) UiPath