Test Manager Contracts in the City of London

Test Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Test Manager daily rate in the City of London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 114 155
Rank change year-on-year +5 +41 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 13 11 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.74% 0.50% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.53% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 13
10th Percentile - £511 £473
25th Percentile £475 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -5.22% -9.45%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £760
90th Percentile £555 £579 £840
Central London median daily rate £500 £545 £575
% change year-on-year -8.26% -5.22% -9.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,634 2,075 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 95.10% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,474 2,351
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £588
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.38% +4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 23
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -5.41%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.64
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -5.41%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in the City of London

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in the City of London

Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Manager in the City of London

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 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 City of 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 the City of 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%) Process Improvement
7 1 (7.69%) Test Scripting
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