Test Manager Contracts in West Yorkshire

Test Manager
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Test Manager daily rate in West Yorkshire is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 89 112
Rank change year-on-year +22 +23 -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 6 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.60% 0.92% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.95% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 8
10th Percentile £443 £478 £445
25th Percentile £450 £500 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £638 £550 £525
90th Percentile £645 - £529
Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +66.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 925 1,582 1,881
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 97.47% 97.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 1,101 1,354
10th Percentile £275 £325 £250
25th Percentile £400 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £494
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.33% +9.72%
75th Percentile £577 £600 £556
90th Percentile £668 £700 £644
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 54
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.70 £10.33
25th Percentile £12.25 £15.75 £12.00
Median hourly rate £15.17 £32.50 £17.18
Median % change year-on-year -53.32% +89.23% -21.00%
75th Percentile £22.75 £63.75 £21.38
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £26.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -34.09% +25.71% -9.09%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in West Yorkshire

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in West Yorkshire

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in West Yorkshire

Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in West Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Manager in West Yorkshire

Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Bradford - 3 £450 -
Leeds +5 2 £625 +16.28%
Test Manager
Yorkshire

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 across the West Yorkshire region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 4 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 3 (50.00%) JIRA
2 3 (50.00%) Test Management
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (33.33%) QA
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 2 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Gherkin
3 2 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 2 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
4 1 (16.67%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (16.67%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (16.67%) CREST Certified
4 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
4 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) NIST
4 1 (16.67%) Red Team
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (16.67%) Application Security
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Offensive Security

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (16.67%) JMeter
3 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Gherkin
2 1 (16.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 4 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Test Management
2 3 (50.00%) Test Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 2 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) BDD
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C++
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CEH
1 1 (16.67%) CREST Certified
1 1 (16.67%) GIAC
1 1 (16.67%) GPEN
1 1 (16.67%) OSCP
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP