Test Manager Contract Job Trends 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 7 October 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 116 134
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 10 17 18
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.52% 0.73% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.78% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 15
10th Percentile £438 £400 £530
25th Percentile £475 £460 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -20.00% +25.58%
75th Percentile £675 £653 £859
90th Percentile £735 £730 £888
London median daily rate £575 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% +4.55%

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 1,786 2,174 2,961
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 93.63% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 1,382 2,063
10th Percentile £321 £363 £340
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.88%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
London median daily rate £543 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.36% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 27 13
10th Percentile £17.79 £21.40 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £26.20 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -2.78% -11.11%
75th Percentile £36.00 £70.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £60.95 £122.20 £65.50
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.75 £39.42
% change year-on-year -23.08% -9.31% +30.31%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Test Manager job vacancy trend in Central London

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Central London

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 7 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in Central London

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies 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 7 October 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 -3 10 £500 -7.41% 2
Test Manager
London

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 7 October 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Test Strategy
2 6 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Finance
3 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (40.00%) Test Management
4 4 (40.00%) QA
5 3 (30.00%) JIRA
5 3 (30.00%) Migration
5 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (30.00%) Azure
5 3 (30.00%) Defect Management
5 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (30.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) DevOps
6 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (20.00%) Service Management
6 2 (20.00%) ITSM
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
6 2 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
7 1 (10.00%) Selenium
7 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
7 1 (10.00%) Security Testing

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (10.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
2 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Low-Code
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Test Strategy
2 6 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (40.00%) Test Management
5 3 (30.00%) Defect Management
5 3 (30.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Migration
5 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
6 2 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
6 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (20.00%) DevOps
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 2 (20.00%) ITSM
6 2 (20.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) Service Management
7 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (10.00%) System Integration Testing
7 1 (10.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) HP
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) VMware
1 1 (10.00%) Workday