Test Management Jobs in England

Test Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Test Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Management over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 677 687 601
Rank change year-on-year +10 -86 +41
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 163 245 634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.27% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.28% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 122 160 288
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,549 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +17.20% -19.58%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,410 £85,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,549 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.58% +13.10% -16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Test Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,201 88,357 126,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.80% 95.62% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 53,948 52,208 73,866
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,291 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,783 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,185 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Test Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in England

Test Management
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Test Management in England

Test Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Management in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Management in England

Test Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
London +68 37 £65,000 -3.70% 17
South East -7 34 £50,000 -14.89% 10
North of England +45 29 £55,000 +27.91% 2
Midlands -1 26 £50,000 +33.33% 5
West Midlands +17 25 £50,000 +32.45% 3
North West +26 24 £62,500 -20.89% 2
South West -23 23 £50,000 -9.09% 4
East of England +23 11 £40,000 -15.79% 4
Yorkshire +54 5 £55,000 +29.41%
East Midlands -20 1 £70,000 +86.67% 2
Test Management
UK

Test Management
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 12 (7.36%) Confluence
2 1 (0.61%) CMS
2 1 (0.61%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.61%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.23%) Trello
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.66%) Azure
2 15 (9.20%) GitHub
3 14 (8.59%) SaaS
4 13 (7.98%) AWS
4 13 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.84%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.23%) BrowserStack
6 2 (1.23%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.45%) Bluetooth
1 4 (2.45%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (2.45%) ZigBee
2 1 (0.61%) Broadband
2 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.23%) Power BI
2 2 (1.23%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.61%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.61%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 65 (39.88%) JIRA
2 31 (19.02%) Selenium
3 28 (17.18%) Cucumber
4 15 (9.20%) Cypress.io
4 15 (9.20%) Jenkins
4 15 (9.20%) Zephyr
5 14 (8.59%) TestRail
6 10 (6.13%) Bitbucket Server
6 10 (6.13%) Git
6 10 (6.13%) Serenity BDD
7 9 (5.52%) Bitbucket
7 9 (5.52%) JMeter
7 9 (5.52%) SoapUI
8 8 (4.91%) Appium
8 8 (4.91%) TeamCity
9 7 (4.29%) Bugzilla
10 4 (2.45%) JUnit
10 4 (2.45%) Postman
10 4 (2.45%) TestNG
11 3 (1.84%) REST Assured
General
1 61 (37.42%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.88%) Finance
4 18 (11.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (7.98%) Law
6 10 (6.13%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.91%) Retail
8 5 (3.07%) Games
9 4 (2.45%) Electronics
10 3 (1.84%) Banking
10 3 (1.84%) German Language
10 3 (1.84%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.84%) Police
11 2 (1.23%) Automotive
11 2 (1.23%) Legal
11 2 (1.23%) Local Government
11 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.23%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 37 (22.70%) Test Manager
2 29 (17.79%) Senior
3 28 (17.18%) Analyst
4 22 (13.50%) Test Analyst
5 21 (12.88%) Tester
6 14 (8.59%) Test Engineer
7 12 (7.36%) Lead
8 10 (6.13%) QA Engineer
9 8 (4.91%) Automation Tester
9 8 (4.91%) Developer
9 8 (4.91%) Developer in Test
10 7 (4.29%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
10 7 (4.29%) Programme Manager
10 7 (4.29%) Programme Test Manager
10 7 (4.29%) Test Programme Manager
11 6 (3.68%) QA Leader
11 6 (3.68%) QA Tester
11 6 (3.68%) Senior Tester
11 6 (3.68%) Test Leader
12 5 (3.07%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.82%) Web Services
2 15 (9.20%) Gherkin
3 13 (7.98%) RESTful
3 13 (7.98%) SOAP
4 6 (3.68%) Playwright
5 4 (2.45%) ADO
6 3 (1.84%) .NET
6 3 (1.84%) Celery
6 3 (1.84%) Kafka
6 3 (1.84%) WireMock
6 3 (1.84%) WPF
7 2 (1.23%) REST
8 1 (0.61%) Jest
8 1 (0.61%) Middleware
8 1 (0.61%) React
8 1 (0.61%) WebdriverIO
8 1 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.27%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (11.66%) Product Ownership
3 16 (9.82%) Mobile App
4 14 (8.59%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.29%) Client/Server
6 5 (3.07%) BBC
6 5 (3.07%) SCADA
7 4 (2.45%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.45%) IoT
7 4 (2.45%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.23%) Hackathon
8 2 (1.23%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.61%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.61%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.61%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.13%) Linux
2 7 (4.29%) Windows
3 5 (3.07%) Android
4 4 (2.45%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.84%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.23%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (61.35%) Test Automation
2 96 (58.90%) Agile
3 73 (44.79%) Test Strategy
4 63 (38.65%) Software Testing
5 49 (30.06%) Test Scripting
6 45 (27.61%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (22.70%) Regression Testing
8 35 (21.47%) Scrum
8 35 (21.47%) Test Planning
9 33 (20.25%) Performance Testing
10 30 (18.40%) CI/CD
10 30 (18.40%) Mentoring
11 29 (17.79%) User Acceptance Testing
12 26 (15.95%) Defect Management
12 26 (15.95%) DevOps
13 24 (14.72%) Computer Science
13 24 (14.72%) Functional Testing
14 23 (14.11%) SDLC
15 21 (12.88%) End-to-End Testing
15 21 (12.88%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.11%) SQL
2 19 (11.66%) JavaScript
3 15 (9.20%) Java
4 8 (4.91%) Python
5 7 (4.29%) C#
6 6 (3.68%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.07%) Ruby
8 4 (2.45%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.61%) VB
10 1 (0.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (23.31%) Degree
2 35 (21.47%) ISTQB
3 33 (20.25%) Security Cleared
4 19 (11.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (9.82%) DV Cleared
5 16 (9.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 15 (9.20%) SC Cleared
7 11 (6.75%) ISEB
8 5 (3.07%) CAPM
8 5 (3.07%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.07%) PMP
9 4 (2.45%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.23%) HND
11 1 (0.61%) CEH
11 1 (0.61%) CISM
11 1 (0.61%) CISSP
11 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.61%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (39.88%) QA
2 2 (1.23%) PMO
3 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (3.07%) Docker
2 2 (1.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.68%) HP ALM
1 6 (3.68%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (1.84%) Ansible
2 3 (1.84%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.23%) Consul
Vendors
1 20 (12.27%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.36%) HP
3 8 (4.91%) SAP
4 4 (2.45%) Oracle
5 2 (1.23%) Google
5 2 (1.23%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.61%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.61%) BT
6 1 (0.61%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.61%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.61%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.61%) Workday