Test Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in London

Test Programme Manager
England > London

The median Test Programme Manager daily rate in London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 364 382
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +170
Contract jobs requiring a Test Programme Manager 8 5 23
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.056% 0.033% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.035% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 15
10th Percentile £557 £519 £538
25th Percentile £575 £547 £596
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £591 £700
Median % change year-on-year +9.94% -15.54% -3.45%
75th Percentile £675 £621 £859
90th Percentile £735 £638 £888
England median daily rate £650 £608 £700
% change year-on-year +7.00% -13.21% +12.00%

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 13,187 14,093 17,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 93.53% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,735 9,130 12,805
10th Percentile £343 £335 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £759 £799 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.75
25th Percentile £22.38 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £57.13 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.50 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.39% -20.00% +38.46%

Test Programme Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Test Programme Manager job vacancy trend in London

Test Programme Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Test Programme Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Programme Manager in London over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Programme Manager in London

Test Programme Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Test Programme 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 Test Programme Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 +3 2 £750 +15.38%
Test Programme Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Test Programme 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 Test Programme Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Test Strategy
2 6 (75.00%) QA
2 6 (75.00%) Test Management
3 5 (62.50%) Azure
3 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
4 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Agile
5 3 (37.50%) C#
5 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (37.50%) Contract Management
5 3 (37.50%) DevOps
5 3 (37.50%) GitLab
5 3 (37.50%) Java
5 3 (37.50%) JIRA
5 3 (37.50%) Migration
5 3 (37.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (37.50%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (25.00%) AI
6 2 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Generative AI
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) Middleware
6 2 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (25.00%) REST Assured
6 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
6 2 (25.00%) Test Assurance
6 2 (25.00%) Test Planning

Test Programme 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 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) GitLab
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
2 2 (25.00%) REST Assured
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Investment Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Middleware
2 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Test Strategy
2 6 (75.00%) Test Management
3 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
4 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (37.50%) Agile
5 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (37.50%) Contract Management
5 3 (37.50%) DevOps
5 3 (37.50%) Migration
5 3 (37.50%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Generative AI
6 2 (25.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
6 2 (25.00%) Test Assurance
6 2 (25.00%) Test Planning
6 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
1 3 (37.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
2 3 (37.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Workday