Test Manager Contracts in Bristol

Test Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Test Manager daily rate in Bristol is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 July 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
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 77 88
Rank change year-on-year +17 +11 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 5 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.77% 0.36% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.38% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £340 £459 -
25th Percentile £363 £464 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £481 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% -8.33% +14.13%
75th Percentile £569 £502 £538
90th Percentile £670 £508 -
South West median daily rate £575 £513 £563
% change year-on-year +12.20% -8.89% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 607 1,051 1,085
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 94.43% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 577 755
10th Percentile £235 £260 £313
25th Percentile £357 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £567 £600 £638
90th Percentile £644 £688 £706
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 254 131
10th Percentile £17.69 £27.65 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £44.94 £53.13
Median hourly rate £50.49 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.21% +3.85% +44.44%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.30
90th Percentile £73.20 £80.00 £83.75
South West median hourly rate £32.75 £56.49 £62.50
% change year-on-year -42.03% -9.62% +38.37%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Bristol

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in Bristol

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in Bristol over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in Bristol

Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Manager in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 7 July 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 Bristol region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (60.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) PKI
3 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (40.00%) Test Management
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (20.00%) IFS

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) PKI
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
1 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Defect Management
2 3 (60.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Planning and Forecasting
4 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) IFS