Test Manager Jobs in the North of England

Test Manager
England > North of England

The median Test Manager salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 405 417
Rank change year-on-year +43 +12 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 22 23 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.13% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 19
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,475 £45,912
25th Percentile £51,391 £50,250 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,625 £72,500
England median annual salary £64,150 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.36% +16.67% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,421 15,679 17,326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 89.49% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,705 8,279 11,135
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,650 £65,225
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in the North of England

Test Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Test Manager in the North of England

Test Manager
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Manager in the North of England

Test Manager
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 26 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
North West +13 16 £55,000 -12.00% 3
Yorkshire +89 6 £55,000 -12.00%
Test Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 North of England region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 12 (54.55%) Software Testing
1 12 (54.55%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (50.00%) Test Management
3 8 (36.36%) Agile
4 7 (31.82%) Project Management
4 7 (31.82%) QA
4 7 (31.82%) Test Automation
4 7 (31.82%) Test Strategy
5 6 (27.27%) Waterfall
5 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
6 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
6 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (22.73%) End-to-End Testing
6 5 (22.73%) Matrix Management
6 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) SAP
7 4 (18.18%) LAN
7 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (18.18%) Wireless
7 4 (18.18%) Back Office
7 4 (18.18%) Line Management
7 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
7 4 (18.18%) Defect Management
7 4 (18.18%) Transition Management
7 4 (18.18%) JIRA
7 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
8 3 (13.64%) Budget Management
8 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (13.64%) Data Migration

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) SaaS
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) LAN
1 4 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (18.18%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
2 3 (13.64%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Back Office
2 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.09%) Retail
4 1 (4.55%) Aviation
4 1 (4.55%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Police
4 1 (4.55%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Software Testing
1 12 (54.55%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (50.00%) Test Management
3 8 (36.36%) Agile
4 7 (31.82%) Project Management
4 7 (31.82%) Test Automation
4 7 (31.82%) Test Strategy
5 6 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 6 (27.27%) Waterfall
6 5 (22.73%) End-to-End Testing
6 5 (22.73%) Matrix Management
6 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) Defect Management
7 4 (18.18%) Line Management
7 4 (18.18%) Mentoring
7 4 (18.18%) Transition Management
8 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
8 3 (13.64%) Migration
8 3 (13.64%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft