Test Management Contracts in Manchester

Test Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Test Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 90 111
Rank change year-on-year +14 +21 +17
Contract jobs citing Test Management 3 6 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.32% 0.40% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.45% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £464 £404 £354
25th Percentile £466 £409 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -22.73% +87.23%
75th Percentile £484 £463 £625
90th Percentile £486 £508 £670
North West median daily rate £475 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +29.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Test Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Test Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in Manchester

Test Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Management in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Test Management in Manchester

Test Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Management in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Test Management in Manchester

Test Management
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the Manchester 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
Stockport - 1 - -
Test Management
North West

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Change and Release Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Change Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Release Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB