Test Manager Jobs

Test Manager
UK

The median Test Manager salary in the UK is £63,112 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 827 778 914
Rank change year-on-year -49 +136 -133
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Manager 95 167 379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.088% 0.18% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.20% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 70 112 197
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,975 £45,150
25th Percentile £51,391 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,112 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,250 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% +4.80%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 9 June 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 9 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
England -25 92 £62,806 -6.95% 31
UK excluding London -74 72 £56,250 -16.67% 20
Midlands -18 26 £55,000 +10.00% 2
London +31 20 £77,500 +3.33% 11
Work from Home -4 19 £63,112 -2.90% 17
North of England +25 18 £55,000 -15.38% 5
West Midlands +4 15 £70,000 +12.00% 2
North West -2 15 £55,000 -25.42% 2
East of England -13 13 £70,000 +12.00% 4
South East -12 12 £62,500 +8.70% 6
East Midlands -34 11 £49,329 -1.34%
Yorkshire +58 3 £55,000 +3.29% 3
Wales +14 2 £65,000 +30.00%
South West -46 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 48 (50.53%) Test Strategy
2 43 (45.26%) Test Automation
3 41 (43.16%) User Acceptance Testing
4 39 (41.05%) Test Management
5 34 (35.79%) Agile
6 32 (33.68%) QA
7 31 (32.63%) Social Skills
8 26 (27.37%) JIRA
9 21 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (21.05%) Software Testing
11 18 (18.95%) Finance
12 17 (17.89%) Defect Management
13 16 (16.84%) Line Management
13 16 (16.84%) Regression Testing
13 16 (16.84%) Project Management
13 16 (16.84%) ISTQB
14 15 (15.79%) Waterfall
14 15 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (15.79%) Mentoring
14 15 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
14 15 (15.79%) End-to-End Testing
15 13 (13.68%) Public Sector
16 12 (12.63%) CI/CD
16 12 (12.63%) Functional Testing
16 12 (12.63%) Security Cleared
16 12 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
17 11 (11.58%) SAP
18 10 (10.53%) Scrum
18 10 (10.53%) Matrix Management
18 10 (10.53%) Manual Testing

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 (1.05%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.26%) Azure
2 4 (4.21%) AWS
2 4 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.16%) SaaS
4 1 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.21%) LAN
1 4 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (4.21%) Wireless
2 1 (1.05%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.26%) SAP BW
1 5 (5.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 26 (27.37%) JIRA
2 10 (10.53%) TestRail
3 7 (7.37%) SoapUI
4 4 (4.21%) Cucumber
4 4 (4.21%) Selenium
5 3 (3.16%) Zephyr
6 2 (2.11%) Appium
6 2 (2.11%) JUnit
6 2 (2.11%) TestNG
6 2 (2.11%) WebDriver
7 1 (1.05%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (1.05%) TeamCity
General
1 31 (32.63%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.95%) Finance
3 15 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.68%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (7.37%) Retail
6 6 (6.32%) Law
7 4 (4.21%) Back Office
8 3 (3.16%) Automotive
8 3 (3.16%) Legal
8 3 (3.16%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.11%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.11%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.05%) Aviation
10 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.05%) Electronics
10 1 (1.05%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.26%) SOAP
2 4 (4.21%) ADO
2 4 (4.21%) Gherkin
3 3 (3.16%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.47%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (6.32%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.26%) BBC
3 5 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.11%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.11%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.11%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.05%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.05%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.05%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (50.53%) Test Strategy
2 43 (45.26%) Test Automation
3 41 (43.16%) User Acceptance Testing
4 39 (41.05%) Test Management
5 34 (35.79%) Agile
6 21 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (21.05%) Software Testing
8 17 (17.89%) Defect Management
9 16 (16.84%) Line Management
9 16 (16.84%) Project Management
9 16 (16.84%) Regression Testing
10 15 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (15.79%) End-to-End Testing
10 15 (15.79%) Mentoring
10 15 (15.79%) Waterfall
11 12 (12.63%) CI/CD
11 12 (12.63%) Functional Testing
11 12 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (10.53%) Manual Testing
12 10 (10.53%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.26%) SQL
2 3 (3.16%) C#
2 3 (3.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (16.84%) ISTQB
2 12 (12.63%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.42%) Degree
4 5 (5.26%) CAPM
4 5 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.26%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.26%) ISEB
4 5 (5.26%) PMI Certification
4 5 (5.26%) PMP
4 5 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.21%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.05%) CEH
7 1 (1.05%) CISM
7 1 (1.05%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (33.68%) QA
2 5 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.05%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (2.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.32%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.11%) Ansible
2 2 (2.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (11.58%) SAP
2 6 (6.32%) HP
3 5 (5.26%) UiPath
4 4 (4.21%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.05%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.05%) BT
5 1 (1.05%) Workday