Test Manager Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Test Manager
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median Test Manager daily rate in Warwickshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 8 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 1.42% - 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% - 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £420 - -
25th Percentile £439 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £491 - -
90th Percentile £564 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £513 £538 £438
% change year-on-year -4.65% +22.86% -12.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 507 259 304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.73% 86.91% 86.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 185 214
10th Percentile £305 £235 £258
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £680
90th Percentile £748 £673 £784
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -1.02% +3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 27
10th Percentile £22.97 £14.99 £13.49
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.50 £17.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.18 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.46% +25.24% +25.00%
75th Percentile £33.00 £35.00 £27.67
90th Percentile £59.50 £45.33 £36.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £18.13 £22.00
% change year-on-year +38.72% -17.59% +22.22%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Test Manager job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Warwickshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Manager job vacancies in Warwickshire

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 22 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in Warwickshire

Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 22 March 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
Warwick - 5 £433 -
Test Manager
West Midlands

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire

For the 6 months to 22 March 2026, 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 across the Warwickshire region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (62.50%) JIRA
2 5 (62.50%) QA
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
3 4 (50.00%) Defect Management
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) Maximo
4 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
4 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
4 3 (37.50%) System Integration Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Test Management
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Azure
5 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (25.00%) Confluence
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Data Management
5 2 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
5 2 (25.00%) HP
5 2 (25.00%) HP ALM
5 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) Software Testing

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Maximo
2 2 (25.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SMS
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Learning Management System
2 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
3 4 (50.00%) Defect Management
3 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
4 3 (37.50%) Regression Testing
4 3 (37.50%) System Integration Testing
4 3 (37.50%) Test Management
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Data Management
5 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
5 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) HP
1 2 (25.00%) Workday
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) SAP