Senior Test Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Test Manager
England > London

The median Senior Test Manager daily rate in London 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 372 359 381
Rank change year-on-year -13 +22 +152
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Manager 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.029% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.030% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £490 £414
25th Percentile - £541 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% +30.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile - £700 £594
90th Percentile - £715 £620
England median daily rate £480 £675 £563
% change year-on-year -28.89% +20.00% +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 13,325 13,125 16,763
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 93.52% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,850 8,468 12,069
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -3.86%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 143 240
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.60 £23.80 £20.38
Median hourly rate £32.05 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% +7.69% -4.41%
75th Percentile £62.00 £52.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.35 £70.20
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -21.43% -20.00% +25.00%

Senior Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Senior Test Manager job vacancy trend in London

Senior Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Senior Test Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

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 London region featuring Senior Test Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Domain Models
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) IFRS
2 1 (50.00%) IFRS 17
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Senior 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cutover Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Domain Models
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) IFRS
2 1 (50.00%) IFRS 17