Test Manager Contracts in Milton Keynes

Test Manager
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Test Manager daily rate in Milton Keynes is £463, 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 28 42 67
Rank change year-on-year +14 +25 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 3 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 1.73% 0.51% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 0.55% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 8
10th Percentile £451 - £400
25th Percentile £453 £463 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +0.53%
75th Percentile £472 £488 £495
90th Percentile £474 - £500
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +0.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 161 364 699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 93.33% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 275 570
10th Percentile £286 £263 £310
25th Percentile £400 £403 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £590 £586 £570
90th Percentile £643 £695 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 25 2
10th Percentile £13.90 £15.85 £9.87
25th Percentile £15.25 £18.00 £10.42
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.58 £11.58
Median % change year-on-year -15.85% +94.99% +7.52%
75th Percentile £53.75 £30.00 £12.50
90th Percentile £63.50 £48.75 £12.89
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £14.42 £23.75 £13.16
% change year-on-year -39.28% +80.47% +11.20%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Milton Keynes

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in Milton Keynes

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Demand Management
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Test Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Demand Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Assurance
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
2 Test Manager jobs in Buckinghamshire