Test Manager Jobs in England

Test Manager
UK > England

The median Test Manager salary in England is £62,806 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 771 755 857
Rank change year-on-year -16 +102 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 94 146 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.19% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 70 104 184
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,425 £45,075
25th Percentile £51,391 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,806 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £79,063
90th Percentile £78,875 £90,125 £95,000
UK median annual salary £63,112 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.50% +12.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in England

Test Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Test Manager in England

Test Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Manager in England

Test Manager
Job Locations in 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 England region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands 0 26 £55,000 +10.00% 2
London +80 21 £78,750 - 11
North of England +33 19 £55,000 -15.38% 4
North West +2 15 £55,000 -25.42% 2
West Midlands 0 15 £70,000 +12.00% 2
East of England -2 13 £70,000 +12.00% 3
South East -13 12 £62,500 +8.70% 8
East Midlands -19 11 £49,329 -1.34%
Yorkshire +57 4 £55,000 -12.00% 2
South West -43 1 - - 1
Test Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 England region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 48 (51.06%) Test Strategy
2 43 (45.74%) Test Automation
3 41 (43.62%) User Acceptance Testing
4 39 (41.49%) Test Management
5 33 (35.11%) Agile
6 32 (34.04%) QA
7 30 (31.91%) Social Skills
8 26 (27.66%) JIRA
9 20 (21.28%) Software Testing
9 20 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (19.15%) Finance
11 17 (18.09%) Defect Management
12 16 (17.02%) Regression Testing
12 16 (17.02%) Project Management
13 15 (15.96%) ISTQB
13 15 (15.96%) Waterfall
13 15 (15.96%) Line Management
13 15 (15.96%) End-to-End Testing
14 14 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
14 14 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (13.83%) Mentoring
16 12 (12.77%) Functional Testing
16 12 (12.77%) Public Sector
16 12 (12.77%) Manual Testing
17 11 (11.70%) SAP
17 11 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
17 11 (11.70%) CI/CD
18 10 (10.64%) TestRail
18 10 (10.64%) Security Cleared
18 10 (10.64%) Matrix Management

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.06%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.32%) Azure
2 4 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.19%) AWS
3 3 (3.19%) SaaS
4 1 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.06%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.26%) LAN
1 4 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (4.26%) Wireless
2 1 (1.06%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.32%) SAP BW
1 5 (5.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (27.66%) JIRA
2 10 (10.64%) TestRail
3 8 (8.51%) SoapUI
4 4 (4.26%) Selenium
5 3 (3.19%) Cucumber
5 3 (3.19%) Zephyr
6 2 (2.13%) Appium
6 2 (2.13%) JUnit
6 2 (2.13%) TestNG
6 2 (2.13%) WebDriver
7 1 (1.06%) Git
7 1 (1.06%) Postman
7 1 (1.06%) TeamCity
General
1 30 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 18 (19.15%) Finance
3 14 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.77%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (7.45%) Retail
6 6 (6.38%) Law
7 4 (4.26%) Back Office
8 3 (3.19%) Automotive
8 3 (3.19%) Legal
8 3 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.13%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.13%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.06%) Aviation
10 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.06%) Electronics
10 1 (1.06%) Police
10 1 (1.06%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.32%) SOAP
2 4 (4.26%) ADO
3 3 (3.19%) Gherkin
3 3 (3.19%) WPF
4 1 (1.06%) .NET
4 1 (1.06%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.57%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.32%) BBC
2 5 (5.32%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.13%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.13%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.13%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.06%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.06%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.06%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (51.06%) Test Strategy
2 43 (45.74%) Test Automation
3 41 (43.62%) User Acceptance Testing
4 39 (41.49%) Test Management
5 33 (35.11%) Agile
6 20 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (21.28%) Software Testing
7 17 (18.09%) Defect Management
8 16 (17.02%) Project Management
8 16 (17.02%) Regression Testing
9 15 (15.96%) End-to-End Testing
9 15 (15.96%) Line Management
9 15 (15.96%) Waterfall
10 14 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (13.83%) Mentoring
12 12 (12.77%) Functional Testing
12 12 (12.77%) Manual Testing
13 11 (11.70%) CI/CD
13 11 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (10.64%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.32%) SQL
2 4 (4.26%) C#
3 3 (3.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (15.96%) ISTQB
2 10 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.51%) Degree
4 5 (5.32%) CAPM
4 5 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.32%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.32%) ISEB
4 5 (5.32%) PMI Certification
4 5 (5.32%) PMP
5 3 (3.19%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.19%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.06%) CEH
7 1 (1.06%) CISM
7 1 (1.06%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (34.04%) QA
2 5 (5.32%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.06%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.38%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.13%) Ansible
2 2 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (11.70%) SAP
2 6 (6.38%) HP
3 5 (5.32%) UiPath
4 3 (3.19%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.06%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.06%) BT
5 1 (1.06%) Workday