QA Test Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Quality Assurance Test Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Quality Assurance Test Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £515, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 - 471
Rank change year-on-year - - +151
Contract jobs requiring a QA Test Manager 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% - 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% - 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £345 - £490
25th Percentile £409 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +13.70%
75th Percentile £533 - £621
90th Percentile £543 - £704
UK median daily rate £533 £425 £529
% change year-on-year +25.29% -19.66% +10.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

QA Test Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured QA Test Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

QA Test Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

QA Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing QA Test Manager.

QA Test Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

QA Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing QA Test Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

QA Test Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

QA Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, QA 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring QA Test Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
3 1 (33.33%) Network Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
3 1 (33.33%) SOQL
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) RFC 2544
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Postman
3 1 (33.33%) Playwright
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Python

QA Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Postman
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
1 1 (33.33%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce