Test Assurance Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Test Assurance Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Test Assurance Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £613, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 - 386
Rank change year-on-year - - +66
Contract jobs requiring a Test Assurance Manager 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £606 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -29.17%
75th Percentile £619 - £438
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £613 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -29.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,318 11,751 18,801
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 92.04% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,944 7,502 11,461
10th Percentile £295 £213 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £595
90th Percentile £686 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,516 843 2,259
10th Percentile £14.64 £14.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.91 £17.31 £15.75
Median hourly rate £45.00 £27.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -31.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.09 £28.60 £37.18
% change year-on-year +50.66% -23.08% -17.38%

Test Assurance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Assurance Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Test Assurance Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Test Assurance Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Assurance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Assurance Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Test Assurance 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 Test Assurance Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
South West - 1 £613 -
Test Assurance Manager
UK

Test Assurance Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2026, Test Assurance 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 UK excluding London region featuring Test Assurance Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Identity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Test Assurance Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Identity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On