Senior Test Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Senior Test Manager
UK > England

The median Senior Test Manager daily rate in England is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 537 487 544
Rank change year-on-year -50 +57 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Manager 3 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.009% 0.026% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.028% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £528 £419
25th Percentile - £606 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £675 £563
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile - £748 £650
90th Percentile - £756 £673
UK median daily rate £465 £675 £563
% change year-on-year -31.11% +20.00% -6.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 29,159 25,051 33,652
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 92.94% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,642 15,542 22,833
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,768 758 1,549
10th Percentile £14.48 £15.86 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £61.19 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +21.43%

Senior Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Test Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Senior Test Manager job vacancy trend in England

Senior Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Test Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Test Manager job vacancies in England

Senior Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Test Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Test Manager job vacancies in England

Senior Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 16 January 2026. 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
London -13 2 £480 -26.15% 3
South East - 1 - - 1
Senior Test Manager
UK

Senior Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 January 2026, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Test Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Domain Models
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) IFRS
3 1 (33.33%) IFRS 17
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Operational Stability
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared

Senior Test Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (33.33%) IFRS
2 1 (33.33%) IFRS 17
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