Test Manager Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Test Manager
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Test Manager daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 71 74
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 2 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.42% 1.02% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 1.09% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 5
10th Percentile - £400 £423
25th Percentile £463 £447 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £473
Median % change year-on-year - +0.53% +11.18%
75th Percentile £488 £495 £495
90th Percentile - £500 -
South East median daily rate £550 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 453 826 792
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.18% 93.65% 97.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 671 592
10th Percentile £225 £252 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year - +1.55% +3.94%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £551
90th Percentile £678 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 3 41
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.23 -
25th Percentile £17.64 £11.33 £10.77
Median hourly rate £23.75 £13.16 £12.05
Median % change year-on-year +80.47% +9.21% -13.93%
75th Percentile £29.38 £28.46 £21.50
90th Percentile £48.75 £37.63 £27.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -13.40%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Buckinghamshire

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in Buckinghamshire

Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Milton Keynes +24 2 £475 -
Test Manager
South East

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 26 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Test Assurance

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting