Test Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £540 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 339 363
Rank change year-on-year +86 +24 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 96 121 280
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.66% 0.50% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.52% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 76 204
10th Percentile £405 £441 £421
25th Percentile £460 £470 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -0.48% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £595 £588
90th Percentile £760 £713 £654
UK median daily rate £525 £541 £525
% change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,696 23,095 42,294
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.27% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,252 16,383 30,711
10th Percentile £325 £360 £359
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.60
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +32.91% +70.19%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

Test Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Test Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Manager.

Test Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Manager over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Test Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Manager.

Test Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 41 (42.71%) Test Strategy
2 34 (35.42%) Test Management
3 31 (32.29%) Test Automation
4 27 (28.13%) Social Skills
5 26 (27.08%) Finance
5 26 (27.08%) Agile
6 22 (22.92%) Test Scripting
7 21 (21.88%) Azure
8 19 (19.79%) Security Cleared
9 18 (18.75%) Software Testing
9 18 (18.75%) ISTQB
10 17 (17.71%) User Acceptance Testing
10 17 (17.71%) DevOps
11 16 (16.67%) Test Planning
12 15 (15.63%) Waterfall
12 15 (15.63%) End-to-End Testing
13 14 (14.58%) Defect Management
13 14 (14.58%) QA
13 14 (14.58%) Migration
14 13 (13.54%) Integration Testing
14 13 (13.54%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
16 11 (11.46%) Scenario Testing
16 11 (11.46%) Microsoft
16 11 (11.46%) Oracle
16 11 (11.46%) SAP
17 10 (10.42%) Public Sector
17 10 (10.42%) Dynamics 365
17 10 (10.42%) SC Cleared

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.04%) Confluence
2 1 (1.04%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.04%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.08%) NEC Housing
2 2 (2.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.04%) iTrent
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.04%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 21 (21.88%) Azure
2 13 (13.54%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (10.42%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.13%) AWS
4 3 (3.13%) Azure API Management
4 3 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.13%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.13%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.08%) GCP
5 2 (2.08%) OCI
5 2 (2.08%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.08%) Oracle CX
5 2 (2.08%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.08%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.08%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.13%) Power BI
2 2 (2.08%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.04%) DB2
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (9.38%) JIRA
2 7 (7.29%) Selenium
3 6 (6.25%) Postman
4 5 (5.21%) JMeter
5 3 (3.13%) SpecFlow
6 2 (2.08%) LoadRunner
6 2 (2.08%) SoapUI
7 1 (1.04%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.04%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (1.04%) JUnit
7 1 (1.04%) Ranorex
7 1 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 26 (27.08%) Finance
3 10 (10.42%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.33%) Retail
5 6 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.21%) Banking
7 4 (4.17%) Electronics
7 4 (4.17%) Legal
7 4 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.17%) Marketing
7 4 (4.17%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.08%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.08%) Prime Brokerage
8 2 (2.08%) Synthetic Prime Brokerage
9 1 (1.04%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.04%) Front Office
9 1 (1.04%) Local Government
9 1 (1.04%) Military
9 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) Web Services
2 3 (3.13%) Middleware
2 3 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (3.13%) Swagger
3 2 (2.08%) SOAP
3 2 (2.08%) XML
4 1 (1.04%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.04%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.13%) Life Science
2 3 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.08%) Derivative
3 2 (2.08%) Equities
3 2 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.08%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.08%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.04%) EPoS
4 1 (1.04%) FMCG
4 1 (1.04%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.04%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.04%) NHS
4 1 (1.04%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.25%) Linux
1 6 (6.25%) Windows
2 2 (2.08%) Unix
2 2 (2.08%) VMS
2 2 (2.08%) Windows 2000
2 2 (2.08%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (42.71%) Test Strategy
2 34 (35.42%) Test Management
3 31 (32.29%) Test Automation
4 26 (27.08%) Agile
5 22 (22.92%) Test Scripting
6 18 (18.75%) Software Testing
7 17 (17.71%) DevOps
7 17 (17.71%) User Acceptance Testing
8 16 (16.67%) Test Planning
9 15 (15.63%) End-to-End Testing
9 15 (15.63%) Waterfall
10 14 (14.58%) Defect Management
10 14 (14.58%) Migration
11 13 (13.54%) Integration Testing
12 12 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (11.46%) Scenario Testing
14 10 (10.42%) Non-Functional Testing
15 9 (9.38%) Functional Testing
15 9 (9.38%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.17%) SQL
2 2 (2.08%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.08%) Python
2 2 (2.08%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.04%) Java
3 1 (1.04%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (19.79%) Security Cleared
2 18 (18.75%) ISTQB
3 10 (10.42%) DV Cleared
3 10 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.29%) Degree
5 5 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.17%) ISEB
7 2 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.08%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.08%) PMP
8 1 (1.04%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (1.04%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.58%) QA
2 3 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.08%) GDPR
3 2 (2.08%) HL7
4 1 (1.04%) Def Stans
4 1 (1.04%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.04%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.04%) Docker
2 1 (1.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (5.21%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.08%) Ansible
2 2 (2.08%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (11.46%) Microsoft
1 11 (11.46%) Oracle
1 11 (11.46%) SAP
2 5 (5.21%) HP
3 3 (3.13%) Ariba
3 3 (3.13%) Salesforce
3 3 (3.13%) VMware
4 2 (2.08%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.08%) Juniper
4 2 (2.08%) NEC
5 1 (1.04%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.04%) Northgate
5 1 (1.04%) Temenos
5 1 (1.04%) Workday