Test Management Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Test Management
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Test Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 48 -
Rank change year-on-year -29 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Management 3 13 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.35% 2.26% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 2.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 0
10th Percentile - £409 -
25th Percentile £425 £478 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% - -
75th Percentile £475 £578 -
90th Percentile - £591 -
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £507 £430
% change year-on-year -11.32% +18.02% -12.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.30 - -
Median hourly rate £26.61 - -
75th Percentile £26.91 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.80 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Test Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 739 520 629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.94% 90.43% 82.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 451 355 397
10th Percentile £263 £200 £238
25th Percentile £401 £393 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +10.81% -6.57%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £575
90th Percentile £663 £700 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £505 £488
% change year-on-year -0.94% +3.54% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 13 44
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.04 £13.48
25th Percentile £16.05 £14.70 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.10% +5.26% +112.09%
75th Percentile £23.58 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £28.76 £56.85 £68.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.46 £20.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year +7.30% -13.04% +29.94%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Test Management job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Test Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Test Management

Test Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JMeter
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Test Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
1 2 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) HP ALM
2 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) SAP