Test Manager Contracts in Manchester

Test Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Test Manager daily rate in Manchester is £421, 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 70 85 102
Rank change year-on-year +15 +17 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 9 11 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.97% 0.73% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.76% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 8
10th Percentile £338 - £421
25th Percentile £358 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% -15.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £493 £538 £613
90th Percentile £538 £558 £665
North West median daily rate £478 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +3.24% -15.91% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
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 Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Manchester

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in Manchester

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in Manchester

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

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 Manchester region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Test Strategy
2 6 (66.67%) QA
3 5 (55.56%) Migration
3 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
3 5 (55.56%) Test Planning
3 5 (55.56%) Data Centre
4 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Test Management
4 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
5 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
5 1 (11.11%) CMDB
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) ITSM
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) ISEB
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
5 1 (11.11%) SDLC
5 1 (11.11%) Defect Management
5 1 (11.11%) Coaching

Test Manager Skill Set
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 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Test Strategy
2 5 (55.56%) Migration
2 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
2 5 (55.56%) Test Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Test Management
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Coaching
4 1 (11.11%) Defect Management
4 1 (11.11%) Functional Testing
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) ITSM
4 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
4 1 (11.11%) SDLC
4 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) User Stories
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Software Quality Assurance
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow