Test Manager Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Test Manager
England > North of England

The median Test Manager daily rate in the North of England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 134 138
Rank change year-on-year -55 +4 +73
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 15 31 53
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.34% 0.79% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.85% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 26
10th Percentile £412 £324 £396
25th Percentile £426 £409 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.53% -0.50% -
75th Percentile £570 £575 £575
90th Percentile £593 £638 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 4,095 3,631 4,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 91.97% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,739 1,965 3,094
10th Percentile £215 £261 £263
25th Percentile £365 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £557 £575 £595
90th Percentile £669 £650 £674
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 222 220
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.37 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.00 £18.00 £17.94
Median hourly rate £27.44 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +9.09% +30.64%
75th Percentile £51.02 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £60.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -38.66% -10.64% +52.93%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Test Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies 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 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in the North of England

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies 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 3 November 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
North West -38 9 £450 -7.98% 2
Yorkshire -30 6 £525 +2.44% 1
Test Manager
England

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Test 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 North of England region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Test Strategy
2 10 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
3 9 (60.00%) QA
4 7 (46.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (40.00%) Test Scripting
6 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (33.33%) Migration
6 5 (33.33%) Test Automation
6 5 (33.33%) Test Management
6 5 (33.33%) Traceability Matrix
7 4 (26.67%) Test Planning
8 3 (20.00%) Agile
8 3 (20.00%) Cash Management
8 3 (20.00%) Defect Management
8 3 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
8 3 (20.00%) Epics
8 3 (20.00%) Functional Testing
8 3 (20.00%) JIRA
8 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
8 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
8 3 (20.00%) User Stories
9 2 (13.33%) AWS
9 2 (13.33%) HP
9 2 (13.33%) HP ALM
9 2 (13.33%) Integration Testing
9 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
9 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
9 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
1 2 (13.33%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Banking
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Test Strategy
2 10 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
3 7 (46.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (40.00%) Test Scripting
5 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (33.33%) Migration
5 5 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 5 (33.33%) Test Management
5 5 (33.33%) Traceability Matrix
6 4 (26.67%) Test Planning
7 3 (20.00%) Agile
7 3 (20.00%) Cash Management
7 3 (20.00%) Defect Management
7 3 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
7 3 (20.00%) Epics
7 3 (20.00%) Functional Testing
7 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
7 3 (20.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) HP
1 2 (13.33%) SAP