Test Manager Contracts in Birmingham

Test Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Test Manager daily rate in Birmingham is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 69 84
Rank change year-on-year +9 +15 -24
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 7 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.92% 0.98% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 1.03% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 8
10th Percentile £431 £469 £413
25th Percentile £459 £481 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £484
Median % change year-on-year - +3.36% +20.94%
75th Percentile £544 £519 £538
90th Percentile £578 £545 £568
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £505
% change year-on-year -5.00% -0.99% +12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 702 877 1,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 95.74% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 587 946
10th Percentile £250 £263 £205
25th Percentile £325 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 23
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.40 £12.55
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +14.42% -2.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +18.42% +11.76% +6.25%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Birmingham

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in Birmingham

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in Birmingham

Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Test Manager in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 Birmingham region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 3 (42.86%) JIRA
3 3 (42.86%) QA
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
4 2 (28.57%) HP
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Service Management
4 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (28.57%) HP ALM
4 2 (28.57%) GCP
4 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
4 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 2 (28.57%) AWS
4 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
4 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 2 (28.57%) Test Assurance
4 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Test Assurance
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) HP
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) SAP