Test Strategy Manager Contracts

Test Strategy Manager
UK

The median Test Strategy Manager daily rate in the UK is £443, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 - 707
Rank change year-on-year - - +141
Contract jobs requiring a Test Strategy Manager 9 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% - 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £437 - £491
25th Percentile £439 - £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 - £563
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £446 - £595
90th Percentile £449 - £643
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -10.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,138 40,367 56,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,265 39,350
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 2,668 1,565
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.40
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.50 £42.43
% change year-on-year -29.11% -6.91% +117.60%

Test Strategy Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy Manager in the UK

Test Strategy Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy Manager in the UK

Test Strategy Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Strategy Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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 - 8 £443 -
UK excluding London - 7 £450 -
South East - 5 £450 -
Work from Home - 2 £450 -
London - 2 £435 -
East of England - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Test Strategy 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 Test Strategy Manager in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) QA
1 6 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 5 (55.56%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
2 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
3 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Appium
3 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
3 4 (44.44%) Product Management
3 4 (44.44%) JUnit
3 4 (44.44%) Selenium
3 4 (44.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
4 3 (33.33%) Test Management
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (11.11%) Confluence
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) System Integration Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Agile
6 1 (11.11%) Local Government

Test Strategy 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
1 5 (55.56%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Appium
1 4 (44.44%) JUnit
1 4 (44.44%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Automotive
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
3 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
3 4 (44.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (44.44%) Manual Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Product Management
3 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Test Management
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (11.11%) Agile
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) CRM
6 1 (11.11%) ERP
6 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) System Integration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) QA