Programme Test Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Programme Test Manager
England > London

The median Programme Test Manager daily rate in London is £738, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 372 391
Rank change year-on-year +5 +19 +187
Contract jobs requiring a Programme Test Manager 11 9 28
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.082% 0.057% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.061% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 14
10th Percentile £566 £504 £568
25th Percentile £609 £530 £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £575 £750
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -23.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £775 £613 £869
90th Percentile - £624 £888
England median daily rate £725 £575 £750
% change year-on-year +26.09% -23.33% +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 12,405 14,801 19,393
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 94.06% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,238 9,577 14,110
10th Percentile £333 £345 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 162 212
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.25 £18.02
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.16 £21.94
Median hourly rate £26.78 £38.00 £39.09
Median % change year-on-year -29.53% -2.78% +20.26%
75th Percentile £47.50 £58.75 £60.38
90th Percentile £66.34 £80.55 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +54.59%

Programme Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Programme Test Manager job vacancy trend in London

Programme Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Programme Test Manager job vacancies in London

Programme Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Test Manager in London over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Test Manager in London

Programme Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Programme Test Manager job vacancies in London

Programme Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Programme Test Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 26 October 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
Central London 0 2 £750 +15.38%
Programme Test Manager
England

Programme Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, Programme 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 London region featuring Programme Test Manager in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Test Strategy
2 7 (63.64%) Test Management
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (45.45%) DevOps
4 5 (45.45%) QA
4 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
5 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 4 (36.36%) Azure
6 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (27.27%) JIRA
6 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Workday
7 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
7 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (18.18%) Defect Management
7 2 (18.18%) End-to-End Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Migration
7 2 (18.18%) People Management
7 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (18.18%) Test Assurance
7 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
7 2 (18.18%) Use Case
7 2 (18.18%) Wealth Management
8 1 (9.09%) Agile Testing
8 1 (9.09%) Avaloq
8 1 (9.09%) C#
8 1 (9.09%) Contingency Planning

Programme Test Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) GitLab
2 1 (9.09%) Postman
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Billing
4 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Test Strategy
2 7 (63.64%) Test Management
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (45.45%) DevOps
4 5 (45.45%) Test Automation
5 4 (36.36%) Agile
6 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (18.18%) Defect Management
7 2 (18.18%) End-to-End Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Migration
7 2 (18.18%) People Management
7 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (18.18%) Test Assurance
7 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
7 2 (18.18%) Use Case
7 2 (18.18%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C#
1 1 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Workday
2 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 1 (9.09%) Avaloq
3 1 (9.09%) Guidewire
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Snow