Programme Test Manager Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Programme Test Manager
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Programme Test Manager daily rate in Belfast is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Test Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.49% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 181 135 134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.16% 92.47% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 70 87
10th Percentile £333 £143 £204
25th Percentile £400 £216 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £328 £450
Median % change year-on-year +45.04% -27.22% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £600
90th Percentile £638 £603 £650
County Antrim median daily rate £475 £328 £450
% change year-on-year +45.04% -27.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 16 7
10th Percentile £13.57 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £17.38 - £13.54
Median hourly rate £27.88 £24.18 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year +15.30% +50.00% +10.47%
75th Percentile £53.75 £45.89 -
90th Percentile - £70.48 £16.87
County Antrim median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £16.12
% change year-on-year -0.74% +50.00% +10.47%

Programme Test Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, Programme Test Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Belfast region featuring Programme Test Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall

Programme Test Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Infor