Principal Test Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Principal Test Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Principal Test Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £775 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 396 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Test Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.005% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £750 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £775 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,219 22,597 29,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.17% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,734 15,842 20,729
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £599 £598 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,162 1,485
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.50 £42.43 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% +117.60% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.51
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%

Principal Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Principal Test Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Test Manager in the UK excluding London

Principal Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Principal Test Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Principal Test Manager in the UK excluding London

Principal Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Test Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East - 1 £775 -
Principal Test Manager
UK

Principal Test Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Principal 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 UK excluding London region featuring Principal Test Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing

Principal Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans