Test Manager Jobs in England

Test Manager
UK > England

The median Test Manager salary in England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 725 795 862
Rank change year-on-year +70 +67 -99
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 96 159 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.18% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 72 116 174
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,043 £58,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,375 £115,027 £92,625
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 79,551 87,358 124,629
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.64% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59,915 55,003 76,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,190 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in England

Test Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in England.

Salary trend for Test Manager in England

Test Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Manager in England

Test Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +26 26 £56,315 +12.63% 5
North of England +51 21 £55,000 -12.00% 4
London +105 19 £85,500 +0.59% 7
North West +14 15 £55,000 -12.00% 4
West Midlands +56 14 £70,000 +55.56% 3
South East +26 13 £62,500 +8.70% 7
East Midlands -13 12 £49,329 -1.34% 2
East of England +25 11 £70,000 +12.00% 3
Yorkshire +70 6 £55,000 -10.20%
South West -24 5 £77,500 +10.71% 1
Test Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Test Manager 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 45 (46.88%) Test Strategy
2 42 (43.75%) Test Automation
3 38 (39.58%) Test Management
4 33 (34.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 33 (34.38%) Agile
5 30 (31.25%) QA
6 28 (29.17%) Social Skills
7 25 (26.04%) Software Testing
8 24 (25.00%) JIRA
9 18 (18.75%) ISTQB
9 18 (18.75%) Finance
9 18 (18.75%) End-to-End Testing
10 16 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (15.63%) Regression Testing
12 13 (13.54%) Defect Management
13 12 (12.50%) Functional Testing
13 12 (12.50%) Line Management
13 12 (12.50%) Project Management
13 12 (12.50%) Manual Testing
14 11 (11.46%) Waterfall
14 11 (11.46%) Scrum
14 11 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
14 11 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (10.42%) People Management
15 10 (10.42%) Degree
16 9 (9.38%) Matrix Management
16 9 (9.38%) Test Scripting
16 9 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
16 9 (9.38%) ISEB
16 9 (9.38%) SAP

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.21%) Azure
2 4 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.08%) SaaS
4 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.17%) LAN
1 4 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (4.17%) Wireless
2 1 (1.04%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.21%) SAP BW
1 5 (5.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (25.00%) JIRA
2 8 (8.33%) TestRail
3 6 (6.25%) SoapUI
4 3 (3.13%) Cucumber
4 3 (3.13%) Selenium
4 3 (3.13%) Zephyr
5 2 (2.08%) Git
5 2 (2.08%) Postman
6 1 (1.04%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.04%) TeamCity
General
1 28 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.75%) Finance
3 11 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.29%) Law
5 7 (7.29%) Retail
6 4 (4.17%) Back Office
6 4 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.13%) Automotive
8 2 (2.08%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.04%) Aviation
9 1 (1.04%) Electronics
9 1 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Legal
9 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Police
9 1 (1.04%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.21%) SOAP
2 4 (4.17%) ADO
3 3 (3.13%) WPF
4 1 (1.04%) .NET
4 1 (1.04%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.04%) HTML
4 1 (1.04%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.17%) BBC
2 4 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.04%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.04%) Cybercrime
4 1 (1.04%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.04%) NHS
4 1 (1.04%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (46.88%) Test Strategy
2 42 (43.75%) Test Automation
3 38 (39.58%) Test Management
4 33 (34.38%) Agile
4 33 (34.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 25 (26.04%) Software Testing
6 18 (18.75%) End-to-End Testing
7 16 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (15.63%) Regression Testing
9 13 (13.54%) Defect Management
10 12 (12.50%) Functional Testing
10 12 (12.50%) Line Management
10 12 (12.50%) Manual Testing
10 12 (12.50%) Project Management
11 11 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (11.46%) Scrum
11 11 (11.46%) Waterfall
12 10 (10.42%) People Management
13 9 (9.38%) CI/CD
13 9 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.21%) SQL
2 4 (4.17%) C#
3 1 (1.04%) Java
3 1 (1.04%) Python
3 1 (1.04%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (18.75%) ISTQB
2 10 (10.42%) Degree
3 9 (9.38%) ISEB
4 8 (8.33%) Security Cleared
5 5 (5.21%) CAPM
5 5 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (5.21%) DV Cleared
5 5 (5.21%) PMI Certification
5 5 (5.21%) PMP
6 2 (2.08%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.04%) CEH
7 1 (1.04%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (1.04%) CISM
7 1 (1.04%) CISSP
7 1 (1.04%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (31.25%) QA
2 2 (2.08%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.25%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.04%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (9.38%) SAP
2 6 (6.25%) HP
3 5 (5.21%) UiPath
4 2 (2.08%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.04%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.04%) BT
5 1 (1.04%) Salesforce