Test Manager Contracts in Yorkshire

Test Manager
England > Yorkshire

The median Test Manager daily rate in Yorkshire is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 88 119
Rank change year-on-year -4 +31 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 7 29 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.42% 1.30% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 1.36% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 9
10th Percentile £431 £433 £481
25th Percentile £441 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £616 £700 £525
90th Percentile £644 - £528
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,514 2,136 2,583
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.04% 95.78% 97.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 951 1,444 1,902
10th Percentile £250 £235 £206
25th Percentile £400 £415 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +7.95%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £650 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% +7.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 31 98
10th Percentile £11.28 £12.00 £10.74
25th Percentile £12.25 £17.00 £12.47
Median hourly rate £15.17 £21.50 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year -29.44% +21.88% -9.54%
75th Percentile £23.75 £50.77 £22.39
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £26.50
England median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +6.98%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Yorkshire

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in Yorkshire

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Manager in Yorkshire

Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Manager in Yorkshire

Test Manager
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Manager within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
West Yorkshire +12 6 £550 -16.51%
East Yorkshire 0 1 £650 -
South Yorkshire -10 1 £450 -10.00% 3
Test Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 across the Yorkshire region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
1 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Test Planning
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) JIRA
2 3 (42.86%) Test Management
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Cucumber
3 2 (28.57%) QA
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Gherkin
3 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
4 1 (14.29%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (14.29%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (14.29%) CREST Certified
4 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) NIST
4 1 (14.29%) Red Team
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (14.29%) Application Security
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) Cucumber
3 1 (14.29%) JMeter
3 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Gherkin
2 1 (14.29%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
1 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Test Management
2 3 (42.86%) Test Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Application Security
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (14.29%) Offensive Security
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Red Team
4 1 (14.29%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C++
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CEH
1 1 (14.29%) CREST Certified
1 1 (14.29%) GIAC
1 1 (14.29%) GPEN
1 1 (14.29%) OSCP
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) NEC