Test Manager Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Test Manager
Berkshire > Bracknell

The median Test Manager daily rate in Bracknell is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bracknell 4.67% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £518 £390 £488
% change year-on-year +32.82% -20.00% -22.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 102 74 201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 93.67% 99.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 50 65
10th Percentile £150 £227 £141
25th Percentile £412 £390 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £458 £452
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% +1.50% -9.70%
75th Percentile £578 £584 £588
90th Percentile £638 £626 £825
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 13
10th Percentile - £21.31 £18.95
25th Percentile - £24.33 £19.00
Median hourly rate - £34.00 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year - -21.53% +76.86%
75th Percentile - £41.47 £51.58
90th Percentile - £42.32 £61.80
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £59.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% +9.09%

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 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, 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 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Conflict Management
1 5 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Test Management
1 5 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (80.00%) Code Quality
2 4 (80.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Event-Driven
2 4 (80.00%) Integration Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) JWT
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) OAuth
2 4 (80.00%) OWASP
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Resilience Testing
2 4 (80.00%) SAML
2 4 (80.00%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Secure Coding
2 4 (80.00%) Security Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (60.00%) QA
3 3 (60.00%) SAP
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing

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 5 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) JWT
1 4 (80.00%) OAuth
1 4 (80.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Conflict Management
1 5 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Test Management
1 5 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (80.00%) Code Quality
2 4 (80.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Event-Driven
2 4 (80.00%) Integration Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) OWASP
2 4 (80.00%) Resilience Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Secure Coding
2 4 (80.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Modelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP