Senior Test Manager Contracts

Senior Test Manager
UK

The median Senior Test Manager daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 668 812
Rank change year-on-year +101 +144 -105
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Manager 8 14 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.025% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.026% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 16
10th Percentile £423 £459 £444
25th Percentile £450 £478 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £519
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -0.72% -5.68%
75th Percentile £550 £597 £538
90th Percentile £640 £698 £624
UK excluding London median daily rate - £483 £513
% change year-on-year - -5.85% +2.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Senior Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Manager in the UK

Senior Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Manager.

Daily rate trend for Senior Test Manager in the UK

Senior Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Test Manager over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Test Manager in the UK

Senior Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Test Manager in the UK

Senior Test Manager
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +94 8 £475 -19.15% 1
England +80 8 £475 -7.77% 1
Work from Home +112 5 £455 -11.65%

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior 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 job ads featuring Senior Test Manager in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Test Management
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) JIRA
3 2 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Power BI
4 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Line Management
4 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills

Senior 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 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
3 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Legal
1 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Test Management
2 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Line Management
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft