Test Manager Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Test Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Test Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 100 113
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 2 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.17% 0.46% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.51% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 3
10th Percentile £530 £453 £376
25th Percentile £538 £508 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +20.00% -22.22%
75th Percentile £613 £566 £456
90th Percentile £620 £588 £464
South East median daily rate £538 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +2.38% +7.69% -2.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,089 1,572 1,697
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 91.02% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 689 837 1,074
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £663 £698 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 81 62
10th Percentile £14.75 £41.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £17.69 £56.25 £47.73
Median hourly rate £34.80 £61.80 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -43.69% +6.88% +122.38%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.99 £72.33
90th Percentile £86.53 £97.50 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +111.01%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Berkshire

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 September 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +25 2 £575 +9.52%
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 12 September 2025, Test Manager contract 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 contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Virgin Media
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Snow
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) System Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Snow
1 1 (50.00%) Virgin Media