Test Manager Contracts in Hampshire

Test Manager
South East > Hampshire

The median Test Manager daily rate in Hampshire is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 August 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
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 91 91
Rank change year-on-year +21 0 +11
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Test Manager 11 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.10% 0.48% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 0.51% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile - £520 £493
25th Percentile £513 £531 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £581 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £551 £553
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -5.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Hampshire with a recognized job title 934 1,365 1,195
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 92.79% 93.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 856 703
10th Percentile £211 £361 £253
25th Percentile £418 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £650 £714 £679
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 135 104
10th Percentile £19.00 £21.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £48.66 £19.80
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +9.24% +40.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.43 £66.25
90th Percentile £74.50 £76.86 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Hampshire

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Hampshire

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in Hampshire over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in Hampshire

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Hampshire

Test Manager
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Southampton - 9 £588 -
Test Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 24 August 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 Hampshire region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
1 7 (63.64%) Test Strategy
2 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Katalon Studio
3 3 (27.27%) Playwright
3 3 (27.27%) Test Planning
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco
3 3 (27.27%) HP UFT
3 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
3 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
3 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 3 (27.27%) Validation
3 3 (27.27%) Selenium
4 2 (18.18%) QA
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Security Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) TDD
4 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (18.18%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
4 2 (18.18%) BDD
5 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (9.09%) Functional Testing
5 1 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) HP UFT
1 3 (27.27%) Katalon Studio
1 3 (27.27%) Selenium
General
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (63.64%) Test Strategy
2 3 (27.27%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Test Automation
2 3 (27.27%) Test Planning
2 3 (27.27%) Validation
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) BDD
3 2 (18.18%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Security Testing
3 2 (18.18%) TDD
3 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
4 1 (9.09%) Data Management
4 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Regression Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (9.09%) CCIE
4 1 (9.09%) CCNP
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CISM
4 1 (9.09%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
4 1 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) BT