Test Programme Manager Contracts in England

Test Programme Manager
UK > England

The median Test Programme Manager daily rate in England is £613 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 641 754
Rank change year-on-year +98 +113 -152
Contract jobs requiring a Test Programme Manager 7 24 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.047% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.050% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 19 28
10th Percentile £495 £500 £504
25th Percentile £563 £519 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -3.85% +23.81%
75th Percentile £650 £763 £716
90th Percentile £673 £850 £749
UK median daily rate £613 £588 £650
% change year-on-year +4.26% -9.62% +23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £62.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,508 48,174 68,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.56% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,974 34,135 48,471
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,404 1,457 1,922
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.33 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

Test Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Programme Manager in England

Test Programme Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Programme Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Test Programme Manager in England

Test Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Programme Manager in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Programme Manager in England

Test Programme Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Programme Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Test Programme Manager in England

Test Programme 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 Test Programme Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
London +88 4 £525 -16.00% 1
Midlands +37 2 £675 +22.73%
West Midlands - 2 £675 -
North of England +30 1 £625 -
Yorkshire +21 1 £625 -
Test Programme Manager
UK

Test Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Test Programme 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 England region featuring Test Programme Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) QA
3 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
4 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
4 1 (14.29%) Test Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 1 (14.29%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared

Test Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Selenium
1 1 (14.29%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
4 1 (14.29%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cognizant
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle