Test Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Test Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £475, 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 241 251 339
Rank change year-on-year +10 +88 +39
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 63 94 139
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.64% 0.61% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.65% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 63 86
10th Percentile £350 £430 £419
25th Percentile £413 £500 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £575 £703 £588
90th Percentile £645 £792 £730
UK median daily rate £520 £544 £538
% change year-on-year -4.50% +1.26% +2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £75.68 - -
25th Percentile £76.69 - -
Median hourly rate £79.25 - -
75th Percentile £82.69 - -
90th Percentile £84.23 - -
UK median hourly rate £79.25 £55.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year +44.09% -11.29% +37.23%

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%

Test Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

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 Test Manager.

Test Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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, 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 Test Manager in the job title.

1 25 (39.68%) Test Strategy
2 17 (26.98%) Test Automation
3 16 (25.40%) QA
4 15 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 15 (23.81%) Test Management
5 14 (22.22%) Security Cleared
6 13 (20.63%) Finance
6 13 (20.63%) Defect Management
6 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
7 12 (19.05%) Agile
8 11 (17.46%) Risk Management
8 11 (17.46%) SC Cleared
9 10 (15.87%) Test Planning
10 8 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
10 8 (12.70%) Test Scripting
10 8 (12.70%) Migration
10 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (12.70%) SAP
10 8 (12.70%) System Integration Testing
11 7 (11.11%) Data Centre
11 7 (11.11%) End-to-End Testing
11 7 (11.11%) ERP
11 7 (11.11%) JIRA
11 7 (11.11%) DevOps
12 6 (9.52%) Waterfall
12 6 (9.52%) Banking
13 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
13 5 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (7.94%) Microsoft
13 5 (7.94%) Validation

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.59%) Confluence
1 1 (1.59%) Mendix
1 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (4.76%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (3.17%) NetSuite
2 2 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.59%) Maximo
3 1 (1.59%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.59%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.94%) Azure
1 5 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (6.35%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.17%) Azure Pipelines
3 2 (3.17%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.17%) Tricentis Tosca
3 2 (3.17%) Twilio
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.59%) OCI
4 1 (1.59%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.59%) SaaS
4 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.76%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (11.11%) JIRA
2 3 (4.76%) Selenium
3 1 (1.59%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.59%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.59%) Postman
3 1 (1.59%) Zephyr
General
1 13 (20.63%) Finance
1 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.52%) Banking
4 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.35%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.17%) Automotive
6 2 (3.17%) Military
6 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Avionics
7 1 (1.59%) Back Office
7 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.59%) Legal
7 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Retail
7 1 (1.59%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) RFC 2544
2 1 (1.59%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.59%) AS400
3 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.59%) EMV
3 1 (1.59%) FMCG
3 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.59%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.68%) Test Strategy
2 17 (26.98%) Test Automation
3 15 (23.81%) Test Management
3 15 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 13 (20.63%) Defect Management
5 12 (19.05%) Agile
6 11 (17.46%) Risk Management
7 10 (15.87%) Test Planning
8 8 (12.70%) Migration
8 8 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (12.70%) System Integration Testing
8 8 (12.70%) Test Scripting
9 7 (11.11%) DevOps
9 7 (11.11%) End-to-End Testing
9 7 (11.11%) ERP
10 6 (9.52%) Waterfall
11 5 (7.94%) Validation
12 4 (6.35%) Project Management
12 4 (6.35%) Regression Testing
12 4 (6.35%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) Java
1 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.59%) Python
1 1 (1.59%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 11 (17.46%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.35%) ISTQB
4 2 (3.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.59%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (25.40%) QA
2 1 (1.59%) EMIR
2 1 (1.59%) MiFID
2 1 (1.59%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 8 (12.70%) SAP
2 5 (7.94%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.35%) Oracle
4 3 (4.76%) Cisco
4 3 (4.76%) Murex
5 2 (3.17%) Ariba
5 2 (3.17%) Avaya
5 2 (3.17%) CheckPoint
5 2 (3.17%) Databricks
5 2 (3.17%) Google
5 2 (3.17%) HP
5 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.17%) Snow
5 2 (3.17%) Virgin Media
5 2 (3.17%) Workday
6 1 (1.59%) Calypso
6 1 (1.59%) IBM
6 1 (1.59%) Micro Focus
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