Test Programme Manager Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Test Programme Manager
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Test Programme Manager daily rate in Northern Ireland is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Programme Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.87% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £588 £608 £675
% change year-on-year -3.29% -10.00% +8.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 199 150 162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.90% 93.17% 96.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 74 92
10th Percentile £312 £144 £175
25th Percentile £395 £225 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -27.78% -
75th Percentile £544 £538 £600
90th Percentile £638 £597 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 22
10th Percentile £13.57 £22.50 £12.04
25th Percentile £15.95 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £24.18 £15.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +52.89% +8.38%
75th Percentile £53.75 £45.89 £18.56
90th Percentile - £70.48 £23.54
UK median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -10.96% +4.29%

Test Programme Manager
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Programme Manager within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 31 January 2026. 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
County Antrim - 1 £475 -
County Armagh - 1 £475 -
Test Programme Manager
UK

Test Programme Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, Test Programme 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Test Programme Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) HP ALM
1 2 (100.00%) Infor
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall

Test Programme Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Infor