Test Manager Contracts in the South East

Test Manager
England > South East

The median Test Manager daily rate in the South East is £469, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 169 183
Rank change year-on-year +32 +14 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 15 29 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.50% 0.52% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.56% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 23
10th Percentile £435 £389 £405
25th Percentile £451 £461 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +9.38% -4.00%
75th Percentile £566 £666 £513
90th Percentile £580 £738 £583
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,133 5,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.49% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,823 3,082 3,806
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.28%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 482 241
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.48 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in the South East

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in the South East

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in the South East

Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Test Manager in the South East

Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Thames Valley +33 10 £463 -6.33% 3
Berkshire +21 6 £503 -3.13%
Hampshire +27 5 £525 -32.26% 4
Buckinghamshire +20 4 £463 -2.63% 2
Test Manager
England

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 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 South East region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 6 (40.00%) Telecoms
1 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 4 (26.67%) Defect Management
4 3 (20.00%) Test Management
4 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (20.00%) QA
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Validation
4 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Test Assurance
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Virgin Media
5 2 (13.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco
5 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
5 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 2 (13.33%) Automotive
5 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (13.33%) Security Testing
5 2 (13.33%) JIRA
5 2 (13.33%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) Demand Management
5 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
5 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (13.33%) Databricks

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (6.67%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Automotive
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 4 (26.67%) Defect Management
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 3 (20.00%) Test Assurance
4 3 (20.00%) Test Management
4 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (20.00%) Validation
5 2 (13.33%) Agile
5 2 (13.33%) Demand Management
5 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (13.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (13.33%) Security Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Waterfall
6 1 (6.67%) Defect Tracking
6 1 (6.67%) Network Management
6 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) CISM
4 1 (6.67%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
1 2 (13.33%) Cisco
1 2 (13.33%) Databricks
1 2 (13.33%) Virgin Media
2 1 (6.67%) BT
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) Snow