Test Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 606 609 528
Rank change year-on-year +3 -81 +16
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 153 141 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.24% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.25% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 112 82 165
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% +3.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £64,963 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Test Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in the UK excluding London

Test Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Test Management in the UK excluding London

Test Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Management in the UK excluding London

Test Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
South East 0 31 £50,000 -24.53% 6
Scotland -37 30 £47,500 - 2
North of England +31 29 £55,000 +27.91% 5
Midlands -16 26 £50,000 +33.33% 7
West Midlands +15 25 £50,000 +42.86% 5
North West +18 24 £62,500 -20.89% 3
South West -22 22 £50,000 -13.04% 4
East of England +12 11 £40,000 -28.89% 4
Yorkshire +58 5 £55,000 +29.41% 2
Wales - 4 £45,000 - 1
East Midlands -29 1 £70,000 +81.82% 2
Test Management
UK

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 27 (17.65%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) CMS
2 1 (0.65%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.65%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (5.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (11.11%) Azure
2 12 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (6.54%) GitHub
4 8 (5.23%) SaaS
5 7 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.27%) AWS
7 1 (0.65%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.61%) Bluetooth
1 4 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (2.61%) ZigBee
2 1 (0.65%) Broadband
2 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.65%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 66 (43.14%) JIRA
2 23 (15.03%) Cypress.io
3 22 (14.38%) Bitbucket
4 19 (12.42%) Selenium
5 18 (11.76%) Git
6 17 (11.11%) Cucumber
7 16 (10.46%) Zephyr
8 15 (9.80%) TestRail
9 10 (6.54%) Jenkins
10 8 (5.23%) TeamCity
11 7 (4.58%) Bugzilla
12 6 (3.92%) MSTest
12 6 (3.92%) Visual Studio
13 5 (3.27%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (3.27%) Serenity BDD
14 4 (2.61%) JMeter
14 4 (2.61%) SoapUI
15 3 (1.96%) GitLab
16 2 (1.31%) Appium
16 2 (1.31%) Postman
General
1 77 (50.33%) Social Skills
2 33 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (18.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (13.07%) Finance
5 9 (5.88%) Law
6 8 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.27%) Aviation
7 5 (3.27%) Games
8 4 (2.61%) Electronics
8 4 (2.61%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.61%) Retail
9 3 (1.96%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.96%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.31%) Automotive
10 2 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Marketing
11 1 (0.65%) Police
11 1 (0.65%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 31 (20.26%) Test Engineer
2 30 (19.61%) Test Manager
3 24 (15.69%) Analyst
4 23 (15.03%) Senior
5 20 (13.07%) Tester
6 19 (12.42%) Test Analyst
7 9 (5.88%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
8 8 (5.23%) Hardware Engineer
8 8 (5.23%) Hardware Test Engineer
8 8 (5.23%) Software Tester
9 7 (4.58%) Developer
9 7 (4.58%) Developer in Test
9 7 (4.58%) QA Engineer
9 7 (4.58%) Software Test Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Programme Manager
10 6 (3.92%) Programme Test Manager
10 6 (3.92%) Senior Test Engineer
10 6 (3.92%) Test Programme Manager
11 5 (3.27%) JavaScript Developer
11 5 (3.27%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.84%) Gherkin
2 11 (7.19%) Web Services
3 6 (3.92%) Playwright
3 6 (3.92%) RESTful
3 6 (3.92%) SOAP
4 4 (2.61%) ADO
5 3 (1.96%) .NET
5 3 (1.96%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.96%) WPF
6 1 (0.65%) Celery
6 1 (0.65%) Jest
6 1 (0.65%) Kafka
6 1 (0.65%) Middleware
6 1 (0.65%) React
6 1 (0.65%) REST
6 1 (0.65%) WebdriverIO
6 1 (0.65%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.07%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 15 (9.80%) Mobile App
4 10 (6.54%) IoT
5 9 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (4.58%) Client/Server
7 5 (3.27%) SCADA
8 4 (2.61%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (2.61%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.31%) BBC
9 2 (1.31%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.65%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.65%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.65%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.92%) Windows
2 3 (1.96%) Linux
3 1 (0.65%) Android
3 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (69.28%) Test Automation
2 92 (60.13%) Agile
3 72 (47.06%) Software Testing
4 69 (45.10%) Test Strategy
5 47 (30.72%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (30.72%) Test Scripting
6 38 (24.84%) Regression Testing
7 34 (22.22%) Test Planning
7 34 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
8 30 (19.61%) Mentoring
9 29 (18.95%) CI/CD
10 28 (18.30%) Performance Testing
11 27 (17.65%) Continuous Integration
11 27 (17.65%) SDLC
12 24 (15.69%) Computer Science
12 24 (15.69%) Functional Testing
12 24 (15.69%) Scrum
13 21 (13.73%) Defect Management
14 20 (13.07%) DevOps
15 18 (11.76%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.42%) JavaScript
1 19 (12.42%) SQL
2 13 (8.50%) Python
3 7 (4.58%) Java
4 5 (3.27%) C#
4 5 (3.27%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.31%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.31%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.31%) Ruby
6 1 (0.65%) VB
6 1 (0.65%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (24.84%) Degree
2 33 (21.57%) ISTQB
3 29 (18.95%) Security Cleared
4 19 (12.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (9.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 14 (9.15%) DV Cleared
7 13 (8.50%) SC Cleared
8 10 (6.54%) ISEB
9 5 (3.27%) CAPM
9 5 (3.27%) PMI Certification
9 5 (3.27%) PMP
10 4 (2.61%) HND
11 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.65%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (43.14%) QA
2 13 (8.50%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.92%) HP ALM
1 6 (3.92%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.65%) Ansible
2 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.84%) HP
3 6 (3.92%) SAP
4 2 (1.31%) Oracle
5 1 (0.65%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.65%) BT
5 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.65%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.65%) Workday