Test Manager Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Test Manager
Berkshire > Bracknell

The median Test Manager daily rate in Bracknell is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bracknell 0.83% 1.80% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.89% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £533 -
25th Percentile £563 £544 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 -
75th Percentile £588 £594 -
90th Percentile - £598 -
Berkshire median daily rate £440 £525 £363
% change year-on-year -16.19% +44.83% -39.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bracknell

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bracknell. 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 Bracknell with a recognized job title 105 106 162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 95.50% 97.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 44 59
10th Percentile £400 £236 £141
25th Percentile £468 £363 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £619
90th Percentile £604 £646 £740
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £511
% change year-on-year -7.41% +5.62% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 7
10th Percentile £39.79 £21.31 £29.40
25th Percentile £51.00 £24.33 £39.17
Median hourly rate £62.50 £34.00 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year +83.82% -33.41% +325.46%
75th Percentile £71.50 £41.47 £62.19
90th Percentile £76.60 £42.32 £66.30
Berkshire median hourly rate £31.21 £61.50 £62.40
% change year-on-year -49.25% -1.44% +24.79%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell.

Test Manager job vacancy trend in Bracknell

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

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

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

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, 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 Bracknell region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAML
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) JWT
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JWT
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Management
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA