Portfolio Test Manager Contracts

Portfolio Test Manager
UK

The median Portfolio Test Manager daily rate in the UK is £613 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 April 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 718 868
Rank change year-on-year +131 +150 -
Contract jobs requiring a Portfolio Test Manager 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.003% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.003% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £466 - -
25th Percentile £509 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - £500
75th Percentile £709 - £525
90th Percentile £749 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,676 58,105 85,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.57% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,585 40,497 60,269
10th Percentile £275 £308 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,604 1,648 2,131
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.37
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -17.38% +117.26% +2.63%

Portfolio Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Portfolio Test Manager in the UK

Portfolio Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Portfolio Test Manager.

Daily rate trend for Portfolio Test Manager in the UK

Portfolio Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Portfolio Test Manager over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Portfolio Test Manager in the UK

Portfolio Test Manager
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Test Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 April 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
England +121 2 £613 -
London +112 1 £750 -
East of England - 1 £475 -
UK excluding London - 1 £475 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Portfolio 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 featuring Portfolio Test Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) TMMi
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) PMI
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HCM
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Validation

Portfolio Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HCM
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) TMMi
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP