Test Manager Contracts in Central London

Test Manager
London > Central London

The median Test Manager daily rate in Central London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 161 186
Rank change year-on-year +41 +25 -43
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 13 19 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.53% 0.49% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.52% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 4
10th Percentile £512 £458 £488
25th Percentile £513 £513 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £610
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -5.74% +10.91%
75th Percentile £575 £790 £679
90th Percentile £578 £835 £699
London median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,351 3,681 4,277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.34% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,676 2,515 3,259
10th Percentile £347 £321 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
75th Percentile £683 £725 £675
90th Percentile £789 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 30 50
10th Percentile £19.23 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £48.30 £85.33 £62.83
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +12.90%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Central London

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in Central London

Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Manager in Central London

Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 25 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
City of London +37 13 £550 -4.35%
Test Manager
London

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 Central London region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Test Strategy
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Azure
3 4 (30.77%) Test Management
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Migration
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) ADO
4 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
4 3 (23.08%) JIRA
4 3 (23.08%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
5 2 (15.38%) Validation
5 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
5 2 (15.38%) QA
5 2 (15.38%) Selenium
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
5 2 (15.38%) JMeter
5 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
6 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 1 (7.69%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (7.69%) ETL

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

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
2 2 (15.38%) JMeter
2 2 (15.38%) Selenium
3 1 (7.69%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) General Ledger
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) ADO
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Test Strategy
2 4 (30.77%) Test Management
3 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (23.08%) DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Scenario Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
4 2 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
5 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.69%) ERP
5 1 (7.69%) ETL
5 1 (7.69%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Guidewire
1 1 (7.69%) Informatica
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle