Test Manager Contracts in Southampton

Test Manager
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Test Manager daily rate in Southampton is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Test Manager 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 7.03% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £524 - -
25th Percentile £541 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £641 - -
90th Percentile £661 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Southampton with a recognized job title 116 144 174
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 90.57% 96.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 92 117
10th Percentile £126 £200 £263
25th Percentile £286 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -5.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £634 £610
90th Percentile £683 £659 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £537 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.57% +9.52% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 17
10th Percentile £70.60 - -
25th Percentile £70.75 £21.89 -
Median hourly rate £72.00 £65.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% +306.25% -21.95%
75th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £74.60 - £31.70
Hampshire median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -12.82% +9.24% +40.00%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Southampton

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Southampton

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in Southampton over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in Southampton

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

For the 6 months to 25 August 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 Southampton region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (55.56%) Test Strategy
4 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
4 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) Validation
5 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
5 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 3 (33.33%) Cisco
5 3 (33.33%) Test Planning
6 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (22.22%) End-to-End Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Test Management
7 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Network Security
7 1 (11.11%) Finance
7 1 (11.11%) BT
7 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
7 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
7 1 (11.11%) BDD
7 1 (11.11%) CCIE
7 1 (11.11%) CCNP
7 1 (11.11%) CISSP
7 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (11.11%) HP UFT
7 1 (11.11%) CISM

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) HP UFT
1 1 (11.11%) Katalon Studio
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (55.56%) Test Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 3 (33.33%) Validation
4 2 (22.22%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) BDD
5 1 (11.11%) Data Management
5 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (11.11%) Functional Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) TDD
5 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
5 1 (11.11%) Test Management
5 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (11.11%) CCIE
4 1 (11.11%) CCNP
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) BT