Test Manager Contracts in the North of England

Test Manager
England > North of England

The median Test Manager daily rate in the North of England is £481 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 168 220
Rank change year-on-year -1 +52 -51
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 19 45 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.41% 0.79% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.83% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 20
10th Percentile £413 £425 £451
25th Percentile £441 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +10.00% +35.14%
75th Percentile £547 £626 £525
90th Percentile £638 £700 £550
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,340 5,442 6,917
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 95.34% 96.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,710 3,843 5,087
10th Percentile £263 £285 £200
25th Percentile £383 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £554
90th Percentile £672 £687 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 155 280
10th Percentile £11.04 £14.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.54 £14.19
Median hourly rate £20.60 £30.76 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -33.02% +65.42% +3.87%
75th Percentile £46.18 £51.19 £28.94
90th Percentile £61.64 £66.41 £51.48
England median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in the North of England

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in the North of England

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in the North of England

Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Test Manager in the North of England

Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
North West +16 12 £463 -17.78%
Yorkshire +6 6 £550 -
North East - 1 - - 1
Test Manager
England

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 North of England region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 7 (36.84%) Test Management
2 5 (26.32%) Test Automation
2 5 (26.32%) Test Strategy
2 5 (26.32%) Agile
2 5 (26.32%) JIRA
2 5 (26.32%) QA
3 4 (21.05%) SAP
3 4 (21.05%) Test Planning
3 4 (21.05%) Defect Management
4 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
4 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Zephyr
5 2 (10.53%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (10.53%) iTrent
5 2 (10.53%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Regression Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Retail
5 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
5 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
5 2 (10.53%) Cucumber
5 2 (10.53%) Gherkin
5 2 (10.53%) Functional Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Non-Functional Testing
6 1 (5.26%) Analytics
6 1 (5.26%) User Stories
6 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
6 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (5.26%) DevOps

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JIRA
2 2 (10.53%) Cucumber
2 2 (10.53%) Zephyr
3 1 (5.26%) JMeter
3 1 (5.26%) Selenium
General
1 3 (15.79%) Finance
1 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
2 2 (10.53%) Retail
3 1 (5.26%) Aviation
3 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.26%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Gherkin
2 1 (5.26%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.26%) IoT
2 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Test Management
2 5 (26.32%) Agile
2 5 (26.32%) Test Automation
2 5 (26.32%) Test Strategy
3 4 (21.05%) Defect Management
3 4 (21.05%) Test Planning
4 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
4 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (10.53%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Functional Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Regression Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.26%) Application Security
6 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.26%) Defect Tracking
6 1 (5.26%) Offensive Security
6 1 (5.26%) Re-Platforming
6 1 (5.26%) Scenario Testing
6 1 (5.26%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) C++
1 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) CEH
1 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.26%) CREST Certified
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) GIAC
1 1 (5.26%) GPEN
1 1 (5.26%) OSCP
1 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce