Test Manager Contracts in Reading

Test Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Test Manager daily rate in Reading is £525 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 96 84 97
Rank change year-on-year -12 +13 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% 0.39% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.41% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £515 - £579
25th Percentile £519 £431 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £613
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -28.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £569 £444 £634
90th Percentile £588 - £636
Berkshire median daily rate £519 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +15.28% -14.29% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,080 973 1,284
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 95.96% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 656 872
10th Percentile £213 £363 £176
25th Percentile £413 £460 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +11.11% +4.21%
75th Percentile £619 £655 £595
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -26.76%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.30 £56.89 £19.25
% change year-on-year +2.49% +195.51% -8.55%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Reading

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in Reading

Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Test Manager in Reading

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

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 Reading region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Test Management
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Runbook
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Identification
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Web Services
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) Middleware
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Middleware
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Test Management
1 2 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Runbook
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Identification
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) HL7
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix