Test Manager Contracts in Lancashire

Test Manager
North West > Lancashire

The median Test Manager daily rate in Lancashire is £483, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 1.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £424 - -
25th Percentile £442 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - -
75th Percentile £522 - -
90th Percentile £539 - -
North West median daily rate £478 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +3.24% -15.91% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 167 167 220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 85.64% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 81 124
10th Percentile £204 £200 £240
25th Percentile £445 £363 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £591 £650 £625
90th Percentile £630 £750 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 53 36
10th Percentile £14.34 £15.00 £23.05
25th Percentile £22.98 £25.60 £28.40
Median hourly rate £28.75 £42.91 £41.37
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +3.72% +16.13%
75th Percentile £31.52 £46.18 £52.13
90th Percentile £43.83 £49.69 £54.91
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Lancashire

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in Lancashire

Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Manager in Lancashire

Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Preston - 1 £425 -
Test Manager
North West

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 1 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 Lancashire region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Unit4 Business World
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Virgin Media
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (100.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Virgin Media