Test Manager Jobs in the South East

Test Manager
England > South East

The median Test Manager salary in the South East is £63,750 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 372 395 447
Rank change year-on-year +23 +52 -91
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 13 19 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.078% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.14% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 28
10th Percentile £48,975 - £51,950
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% -4.17% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,125 £80,000
90th Percentile - £82,875 £89,800
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,620 13,675 18,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.62% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,331 8,566 12,620
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in the South East

Test Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Test Manager in the South East

Test Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Manager in the South East

Test Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the South East 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
Hampshire -10 6 £57,500 +4.55% 1
Thames Valley +11 4 £62,500 +4.17% 3
Surrey - 3 £65,000 - 1
Berkshire - 3 £52,000 - 2
Buckinghamshire -24 1 £70,000 - 1
Test Manager
England

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Test Strategy
2 9 (69.23%) Test Automation
3 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
4 4 (30.77%) Product Ownership
4 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Test Management
4 4 (30.77%) Finance
5 3 (23.08%) WPF
5 3 (23.08%) JIRA
5 3 (23.08%) Azure
5 3 (23.08%) Windows
5 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 3 (23.08%) C#
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (23.08%) Scrum
5 3 (23.08%) Agile
5 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
5 3 (23.08%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
5 3 (23.08%) Scenario Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (23.08%) Sprint Review
5 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (23.08%) TestRail
5 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (23.08%) System Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Kanban
5 3 (23.08%) DevOps
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
1 3 (23.08%) TestRail
2 1 (7.69%) Selenium
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) WPF
2 1 (7.69%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Mainframe
2 1 (7.69%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Test Strategy
2 9 (69.23%) Test Automation
3 4 (30.77%) Test Management
3 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Kanban
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Scrum
4 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Sprint Review
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) System Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) ISTQB
1 1 (7.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA