Test Manager Contracts in Central London

Test Manager
London > Central London

The median Test Manager daily rate in Central London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 122 157
Rank change year-on-year +11 +35 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 13 13 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.65% 0.53% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.56% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 13
10th Percentile - £512 £458
25th Percentile £475 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -10.85%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £760
90th Percentile £555 £578 £840
London median daily rate £600 £588 £550
% change year-on-year +2.13% +6.82% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,853 2,328 3,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.37% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,195 1,660 2,513
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £725
90th Percentile £775 £798 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £40.00 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.33 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.82% -21.43% -

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 2 May 2025. 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 +7 13 £500 -9.09% 2
Test Manager
London

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Central London region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Test Strategy
2 7 (53.85%) Finance
3 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
4 5 (38.46%) Test Management
4 5 (38.46%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (30.77%) Banking
5 4 (30.77%) Azure
5 4 (30.77%) DevOps
5 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
6 3 (23.08%) QA
6 3 (23.08%) Service Management
6 3 (23.08%) ITSM
6 3 (23.08%) ITIL
7 2 (15.38%) Windows
7 2 (15.38%) ERP
7 2 (15.38%) HP
7 2 (15.38%) SAP
7 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity
7 2 (15.38%) Agile
7 2 (15.38%) Degree
7 2 (15.38%) JIRA
7 2 (15.38%) Test Planning
7 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
7 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
7 2 (15.38%) HP ALM
7 2 (15.38%) Low-Code

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%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (7.69%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Eclipse
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) Selenium
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Banking
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Low-Code
2 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Test Strategy
2 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
3 5 (38.46%) Test Management
3 5 (38.46%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (30.77%) DevOps
5 3 (23.08%) ITIL
5 3 (23.08%) ITSM
5 3 (23.08%) Service Management
6 2 (15.38%) Agile
6 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
6 2 (15.38%) ERP
6 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (15.38%) Test Planning
7 1 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (7.69%) Line Management
7 1 (7.69%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) HP ALM
2 1 (7.69%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) HP
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Workday