Test Manager Contract Job Trends in South London

Test Manager
London > South London

The median Test Manager daily rate in South London is £431, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - 39
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.62% - 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% - 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £366 - -
25th Percentile £389 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £477 - £588
90th Percentile £502 - -
London median daily rate £563 £600 £515
% change year-on-year -6.25% +16.50% -10.43%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 305 161 185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 90.96% 98.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 98 132
10th Percentile £353 £213 £363
25th Percentile £456 £386 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% +2.50% -5.66%
75th Percentile £566 £632 £553
90th Percentile £718 £706 £698
London median daily rate £550 £549 £550
% change year-on-year +0.23% -0.23% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 6
10th Percentile £16.70 - -
25th Percentile £54.37 - £17.25
Median hourly rate £58.74 £17.98 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +226.67% -7.79% -61.32%
75th Percentile £65.90 £19.60 £59.34
90th Percentile - £20.56 £73.44
London median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £32.29
% change year-on-year +30.00% -7.09% -18.09%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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 South London.

Test Manager job vacancy trend in South London

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in South London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in South London

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in South London over the 6 months to 26 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in South London

Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Croydon - 2 £431 - 2
Test Manager
London

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 26 July 2026, 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 South London region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) TestRail
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform