Test Manager
UK

The median Test Manager salary in the UK is £61,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 May 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
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 796 784 889
Rank change year-on-year -12 +105 -129
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 100 170 375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.100% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.19% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 74 115 194
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,075
25th Percentile £51,285 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £93,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +6.19%

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 94,762 90,274 156,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 91.49% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,687 56,956 84,572
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,500 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +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 22 May 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 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +23 97 £58,750 -16.07% 29
UK excluding London -4 77 £55,000 -15.38% 20
Midlands +3 27 £55,000 +10.00% 3
North of England +65 22 £55,000 -13.73% 4
Work from Home +7 21 £62,500 -3.85% 12
London +76 20 £80,000 - 9
North West +18 17 £53,750 -15.69% 2
West Midlands +22 15 £70,000 +12.00% 3
East of England +10 13 £70,000 +12.00% 3
South East +2 12 £62,500 +8.70% 9
East Midlands -14 12 £49,329 -1.34%
Yorkshire +71 5 £55,000 -13.73% 1
Wales +14 2 £65,000 +30.00%
South West -31 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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 52 (52.00%) Test Strategy
2 46 (46.00%) Test Automation
3 43 (43.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 39 (39.00%) Test Management
5 37 (37.00%) Agile
6 34 (34.00%) QA
7 33 (33.00%) Social Skills
8 26 (26.00%) JIRA
9 23 (23.00%) Software Testing
10 21 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (18.00%) Regression Testing
11 18 (18.00%) Finance
12 17 (17.00%) End-to-End Testing
12 17 (17.00%) Defect Management
13 16 (16.00%) Line Management
13 16 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
14 15 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (15.00%) Mentoring
14 15 (15.00%) Project Management
14 15 (15.00%) ISTQB
14 15 (15.00%) Waterfall
15 12 (12.00%) Manual Testing
15 12 (12.00%) Functional Testing
15 12 (12.00%) Public Sector
16 11 (11.00%) CI/CD
16 11 (11.00%) Security Cleared
16 11 (11.00%) SAP
16 11 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
17 10 (10.00%) Scrum
17 10 (10.00%) Matrix Management

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 (1.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.00%) Azure
2 4 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.00%) AWS
3 3 (3.00%) SaaS
4 1 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.00%) LAN
1 4 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (4.00%) Wireless
2 1 (1.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.00%) SAP BW
1 5 (5.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (26.00%) JIRA
2 10 (10.00%) TestRail
3 8 (8.00%) SoapUI
4 5 (5.00%) Selenium
5 4 (4.00%) Cucumber
6 3 (3.00%) Zephyr
7 2 (2.00%) Appium
7 2 (2.00%) JUnit
7 2 (2.00%) TestNG
7 2 (2.00%) WebDriver
8 1 (1.00%) Git
8 1 (1.00%) Postman
8 1 (1.00%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (1.00%) TeamCity
General
1 33 (33.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.00%) Finance
3 16 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.00%) Retail
6 7 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (7.00%) Law
7 4 (4.00%) Back Office
7 4 (4.00%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.00%) Automotive
8 3 (3.00%) Legal
9 2 (2.00%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.00%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.00%) Aviation
10 1 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.00%) Electronics
10 1 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.00%) Police
10 1 (1.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.00%) SOAP
2 4 (4.00%) ADO
2 4 (4.00%) Gherkin
3 3 (3.00%) WPF
4 1 (1.00%) .NET
4 1 (1.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.00%) BBC
3 5 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.00%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.00%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.00%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.00%) NHS
5 1 (1.00%) Smart Meter
5 1 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (52.00%) Test Strategy
2 46 (46.00%) Test Automation
3 43 (43.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 39 (39.00%) Test Management
5 37 (37.00%) Agile
6 23 (23.00%) Software Testing
7 21 (21.00%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (18.00%) Regression Testing
9 17 (17.00%) Defect Management
9 17 (17.00%) End-to-End Testing
10 16 (16.00%) Line Management
11 15 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (15.00%) Mentoring
11 15 (15.00%) Project Management
11 15 (15.00%) Waterfall
12 12 (12.00%) Functional Testing
12 12 (12.00%) Manual Testing
13 11 (11.00%) CI/CD
13 11 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (10.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.00%) SQL
2 4 (4.00%) C#
3 3 (3.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (15.00%) ISTQB
2 11 (11.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.00%) Degree
4 5 (5.00%) CAPM
4 5 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.00%) ISEB
4 5 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 5 (5.00%) PMP
5 4 (4.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.00%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.00%) CEH
7 1 (1.00%) CISM
7 1 (1.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (34.00%) QA
2 5 (5.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (1.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.00%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.00%) Ansible
2 1 (1.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (11.00%) SAP
2 6 (6.00%) HP
3 5 (5.00%) UiPath
4 4 (4.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.00%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.00%) BT
5 1 (1.00%) Workday