Test Manager Contracts in the South East

Test Manager
England > South East

The median Test Manager daily rate in the South East is £513 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 June 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
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 195 178
Rank change year-on-year +35 -17 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 31 23 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.55% 0.41% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.43% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 14 64
10th Percentile £353 £408 £425
25th Percentile £406 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £498 £538
90th Percentile £698 £544 £617
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,199 5,293 7,364
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.64% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,066 3,665 5,057
10th Percentile £234 £213 £207
25th Percentile £400 £385 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £590
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 532 234 311
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.35 £22.27 £16.18
Median hourly rate £48.20 £50.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% +150.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £45.56
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -15.56% +88.21% +11.73%

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 5 June 2024.

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 5 June 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
Thames Valley +10 13 £475 - 1
Berkshire +1 10 £519 +15.28% 1
Surrey - 10 £600 -
Buckinghamshire +21 3 £475 -
Hampshire -9 3 - - 2
West Sussex - 3 £550 - 3
Test Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 South East region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 17 (54.84%) Test Automation
2 16 (51.61%) Test Management
3 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
4 14 (45.16%) Test Strategy
5 11 (35.48%) Azure
6 9 (29.03%) Web Services
6 9 (29.03%) Software Testing
7 8 (25.81%) Agile
7 8 (25.81%) Waterfall
8 7 (22.58%) ISTQB
8 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (19.35%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (19.35%) Finance
9 6 (19.35%) Oracle
9 6 (19.35%) DevOps
9 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (19.35%) Life Science
10 5 (16.13%) HL7
10 5 (16.13%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (16.13%) SDLC
10 5 (16.13%) Defect Tracking
10 5 (16.13%) Scenario Testing
10 5 (16.13%) End-to-End Testing
10 5 (16.13%) Requirements Gathering
11 4 (12.90%) Business Strategy
11 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (12.90%) Defect Management
11 4 (12.90%) Integration Testing
11 4 (12.90%) NHS
11 4 (12.90%) Project Management

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:

Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.23%) SAP Retail
2 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (35.48%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (9.68%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Postman
1 3 (9.68%) Selenium
1 3 (9.68%) SpecFlow
2 1 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Ranorex
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Finance
3 3 (9.68%) Military
4 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Automotive
5 1 (3.23%) Aviation
5 1 (3.23%) Law
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (29.03%) Web Services
2 3 (9.68%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.23%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Life Science
2 4 (12.90%) NHS
3 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Test Automation
2 16 (51.61%) Test Management
3 14 (45.16%) Test Strategy
4 9 (29.03%) Software Testing
5 8 (25.81%) Agile
5 8 (25.81%) Waterfall
6 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (19.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (19.35%) DevOps
8 5 (16.13%) Defect Tracking
8 5 (16.13%) End-to-End Testing
8 5 (16.13%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (16.13%) Scenario Testing
8 5 (16.13%) SDLC
8 5 (16.13%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (12.90%) Business Strategy
9 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
9 4 (12.90%) Defect Management
9 4 (12.90%) Integration Testing
9 4 (12.90%) Migration
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) ISTQB
2 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (12.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) HL7
2 3 (9.68%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Oracle
2 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) Citrix
3 1 (3.23%) SAP