Test Manager
UK

The median Test Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 799 787 917
Rank change year-on-year -12 +130 -148
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 97 183 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.099% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 72 125 187
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £47,300
25th Percentile £51,043 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -5.88%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,750 £104,000 £94,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.62% +8.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in the UK

Test Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Test Manager in the UK

Test Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Manager over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Manager in the UK

Test Manager
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +48 94 £64,150 -8.36% 29
UK excluding London +3 78 £58,750 -9.62% 17
Midlands +21 26 £56,315 +12.63% 2
North of England +50 22 £55,000 -12.00% 2
Work from Home +22 21 £62,500 -13.79% 15
London +78 17 £86,000 +1.18% 11
North West +18 16 £55,000 -12.00% 2
West Midlands - 14 £70,000 - 1
South East +25 13 £63,750 +10.87% 11
East of England +11 12 £70,000 +12.00% 4
East Midlands -15 12 £49,329 -1.34% 1
Yorkshire +86 6 £55,000 -12.00%
South West -14 3 £62,961 -10.06% 1
Wales - 2 £65,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 45 (46.39%) Test Strategy
2 40 (41.24%) Test Automation
3 37 (38.14%) User Acceptance Testing
4 36 (37.11%) Test Management
5 31 (31.96%) Agile
6 29 (29.90%) QA
7 28 (28.87%) Social Skills
8 24 (24.74%) JIRA
8 24 (24.74%) Software Testing
9 17 (17.53%) Finance
10 16 (16.49%) Regression Testing
10 16 (16.49%) ISTQB
10 16 (16.49%) End-to-End Testing
10 16 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (15.46%) Line Management
12 13 (13.40%) Defect Management
13 12 (12.37%) Manual Testing
13 12 (12.37%) Waterfall
13 12 (12.37%) Project Management
14 11 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
14 11 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (11.34%) Public Sector
15 10 (10.31%) Functional Testing
15 10 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (10.31%) Security Cleared
15 10 (10.31%) Degree
15 10 (10.31%) Matrix Management
16 9 (9.28%) Test Scripting
16 9 (9.28%) SAP
16 9 (9.28%) Inclusion and Diversity

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.15%) Azure
2 4 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.09%) SaaS
4 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.12%) LAN
1 4 (4.12%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (4.12%) Wireless
2 1 (1.03%) Broadband
2 1 (1.03%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.15%) SAP BW
1 5 (5.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (24.74%) JIRA
2 8 (8.25%) TestRail
3 6 (6.19%) SoapUI
4 4 (4.12%) Cucumber
4 4 (4.12%) Selenium
5 3 (3.09%) Zephyr
6 2 (2.06%) Git
6 2 (2.06%) Postman
7 1 (1.03%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.03%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (1.03%) TeamCity
General
1 28 (28.87%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.53%) Finance
3 11 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.34%) Public Sector
4 9 (9.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (8.25%) Law
6 7 (7.22%) Retail
7 4 (4.12%) Back Office
7 4 (4.12%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.09%) Automotive
9 2 (2.06%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.03%) Aviation
10 1 (1.03%) Electronics
10 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.03%) Legal
10 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.03%) Police
10 1 (1.03%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.15%) SOAP
2 4 (4.12%) ADO
3 3 (3.09%) WPF
4 2 (2.06%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.03%) .NET
5 1 (1.03%) HTML
5 1 (1.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.25%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.15%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (5.15%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.12%) BBC
4 1 (1.03%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.03%) Cybercrime
4 1 (1.03%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.03%) NHS
4 1 (1.03%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.12%) Windows
2 1 (1.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (46.39%) Test Strategy
2 40 (41.24%) Test Automation
3 37 (38.14%) User Acceptance Testing
4 36 (37.11%) Test Management
5 31 (31.96%) Agile
6 24 (24.74%) Software Testing
7 16 (16.49%) End-to-End Testing
7 16 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (16.49%) Regression Testing
8 15 (15.46%) Line Management
9 13 (13.40%) Defect Management
10 12 (12.37%) Manual Testing
10 12 (12.37%) Project Management
10 12 (12.37%) Waterfall
11 11 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (10.31%) Functional Testing
12 10 (10.31%) Matrix Management
12 10 (10.31%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (9.28%) CI/CD
13 9 (9.28%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.15%) SQL
2 4 (4.12%) C#
3 1 (1.03%) Java
3 1 (1.03%) Python
3 1 (1.03%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (16.49%) ISTQB
2 10 (10.31%) Degree
2 10 (10.31%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.22%) ISEB
4 5 (5.15%) CAPM
4 5 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.15%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.15%) PMI Certification
4 5 (5.15%) PMP
5 2 (2.06%) CHECK Team Leader
5 2 (2.06%) CREST Certified
5 2 (2.06%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.03%) CEH
6 1 (1.03%) CISM
6 1 (1.03%) CISSP
6 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (29.90%) QA
2 3 (3.09%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.06%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.19%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.03%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (9.28%) SAP
2 6 (6.19%) HP
3 5 (5.15%) UiPath
4 3 (3.09%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.03%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.03%) BT
5 1 (1.03%) Salesforce