Test Manager Contracts in Yorkshire

Test Manager
England > Yorkshire

The median Test Manager daily rate in Yorkshire is £525 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 94 90 134
Rank change year-on-year -4 +44 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 8 33 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.47% 1.49% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 1.56% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 8
10th Percentile £433 £436 £478
25th Percentile £444 £506 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £584 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.06% +16.75% +66.67%
75th Percentile £594 £700 £506
90th Percentile £643 - £529
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 1,536 2,119 2,581
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.67% 95.93% 96.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 959 1,434 1,906
10th Percentile £250 £232 £208
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £562
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 31 91
10th Percentile £11.30 £12.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £17.00 £12.51
Median hourly rate £16.50 £21.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.26% +19.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £25.83 £46.74 £22.38
90th Percentile £53.75 £63.75 £26.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%

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 2 June 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 2 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
West Yorkshire +10 6 £550 -21.43%
South Yorkshire -12 2 £488 -2.50% 2
East Yorkshire +2 1 £650 -
Test Manager
England

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

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 job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 4 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Test Planning
2 3 (37.50%) Test Management
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) JIRA
3 2 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (25.00%) NEC
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) NEC Housing
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Gherkin
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) Cucumber
3 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (12.50%) Defect Tracking
4 1 (12.50%) Re-Platforming
4 1 (12.50%) CREST Certified
4 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing

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 2 (25.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
2 2 (25.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (12.50%) JMeter
3 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (12.50%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
1 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Test Management
2 3 (37.50%) Test Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) BDD
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C++
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CEH
1 1 (12.50%) CREST Certified
1 1 (12.50%) GIAC
1 1 (12.50%) GPEN
1 1 (12.50%) OSCP
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) NEC
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Northgate