Payments Test Manager Contract Job Trends

Test Manager - Payments
UK

As of 30 April 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Test Manager - Payments daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Test Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 43,571 27,048 40,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.55% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,878 17,685 26,353
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +2.87% -3.55% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,816 1,030 2,658
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £44.00 £29.07 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.36% -19.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £66.00 £62.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £38.50
% change year-on-year +58.12% -25.32% -9.41%

Payments Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Payments Test Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Payments Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Test Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Test Manager job vacancies in the UK

Payments Test Manager
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payments Test Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England - 2 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -
London - 1 - -
South East - 1 - -

Payments Test Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2026, Payments 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 featuring Payments Test Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) BASE24
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Management
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Fiserv
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) QualityStage
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (50.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
2 1 (50.00%) Zephyr

Payments Test Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) BASE24
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Management
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (50.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Fiserv